2015 CAF Awards

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CAF Awards 2015: Aubameyang reveals he is hurt by Yaya Touré and Andre Ayew's comments

Dortmund player, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has hit back at criticisms from Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure and Swansea midfielder Andre Ayew over his African Football’s player of the year award.
Recall that in a vote of coaches and technical directors of Caf nations, Aubameyang who has been the Bundesliga’s leading scorer so far this season with 18 goals, garnered 143 points, with Toure and Ayew getting136 and 112 points respectively.
Yet, Yaya Toure and Ghana’s Andre Ayew insisted that he doesn’t deserve the award. Toure even said the decision had brought “shame” on the continent.
Reacting to their comments, Aubameyang said “I was hurt by what was said. I spoke with Ayew, I did not understand [his attitude]. It doesn’t matter. The Golden Ball [of Africa] is played on all season. It’s a shame. The award is based on the whole year and not just the African Cup of Nations,” The Gabon international said.
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Ayew, Aubameyang and Yaya Toure battle for CAF African Player of the Year award.

Manchester City player, Yaya Toure Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund and Swansea’s Andre Ayew have emerged the three finalists for the 2015 award. Toure who has won the prize 4 times will be looking to claim the 5th gong.
The winner will be decided by a vote of national coaches and technical directors and announced at a ceremony on January 7 in Abuja, Nigeria.   

Nominees list
Men Player of the Year
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Gabon
Yaya Toure, Cote d”Ivoire
Women Player of the Year
Gaelle Enganamouit, Cameroon
Ngozi Ebere, Nigeria
Nrehy Tia Ines, Cote d’Ivoire
Portia Boakye, Ghana
Youth Player of the Year
Kelechi Nwakali, Nigeria
Samuel Diarra, Mali
Victor Osimhen, Nigeria
Yaw Yeboah, Ghana
Most Promising Talent
Etebo Oghenekaro, Nigeria
Djigui Diarra, Mali
Mahmoud Abdelmonem ‘kahraba’, Egypt
Zinedine Ferhat, Algeria
Coach of the Year
Emmanuel Amunike, Nigeria U17
Fawzi Benzarti, Etoile Sportive de Sahel
Hervé Renard, Cote d’ivore
Patrice Carteron, TP Mazembe
Referee of the Year
Bakary Papa GASSAMA, Gambia
Eric Arnaud OTOGO CASTANE, Gabon
Ghead Zaglol GRISHA, Egypt
Janny SIKAZWE, Zambia
African Legend
Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Ghana
Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Cameroon
National Team of the Year
Ghana
Mali U17
Nigeria U17
Nigeria U-23
Women National Team of the Year
Cameroon
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Club of the Year
TP Mazembe, DR Congo
Orlando Pirates, South Africa
Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Tunisia



Andre Ayew, Ghana
Gabrielle Onguéné, Cameroon
Adama Traore, Mali
Azubuike Okechukwu, Nigeria
Baye Ba, Mali, U17
Alioum Neant, Cameroon
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Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
USM Algers , Algeria

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Enyeama, Ahmed Musa missing on GLO-CAF Awards shortlist

Unlike last year that Lille goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama’s name appeared on the 10-man list, his and that of Ahmed Musa are missing on this year’s GLO-CAF awards shortlist. Recall that their names appeared on the initial 35-man list before it was whittled down.

Nigeria’s hopes of seeing Enyeama or Ahmed Musa clinch the prize this year have been dashed again. The last Nigerian recipient of the award was Nwankwo Kanu in 1999.

The winner will be decided by votes of the coaches or technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF. An awards gala will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Below are the contenders of the 2015 African Player of the Year prize.

1) Andre Ayew (Ghana & Swansea)

2) Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia & Valencia)

3) Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim ‘Karika’ (Sudan & El Hilal)

4) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma)

5) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)

6) Sadio Mane (Senegal & Southampton)

7) Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire & Paris Saint Germain)

8) Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria & Valencia)

9) Yacine Brahimi ( Algeria & Porto)

10) Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester City)

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