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WHO WINS CAF'S BEST AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD?

The 5-man CAF finalists list has been whittled down. We now have 3 distinguished footballers vying for the 2013 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards, best African player of the year category. They include Nigeria/Chelsea midfielder, Mikel Obi; Ivorian pair, Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure.
Winners will be announced during a colour gala in Lagos on January 9.
CATEGORIES
1) BEST AFRICAN PLAYER
– Mikel Obi
– Yaya Toure
– Didier Drogba
2) NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
– Burkina Faso
– Ethiopia
– Nigeria
(3) BEST COACH OF THE YEAR
– Manu Garba (Nigeria)
– Paul Put (Burkina Faso)
– Stephen Keshi (Nigeria)
(4) CLUB OF THE YEAR
Al Ahly
CS Sfaxien
Orlando Pirates
(5) HOPE OF THE YEAR
– Ebenezer Assifuah (Ghana)
– Saleh Gomaa (Egypt)
– Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria)
(6) REFEREE OF THE YEAR
– Alioum Nil (Cameroon)
– Papa Gassama (Gambia)
– Haimoudi Djamel (Algeria)
(7) LEGENDS OF THE CAF
– Mehdi Faria (Morocco)
– Bruno Metsu (France / Senegal)
CAF Platinum Award
Supporters of Nigeria
Young National Team of the Year
Nigeria U17
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AFCON 2013: NIGERIA PETITIONS CAF OVER POOR OFFICIATING

Asides the not-too-impressive performance of the Super Eagles since the whole African Cup of Nations (AFCON) tournament started, the officials of the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) think Nigeria has been a victim of unfair refeering decisions.

Citing the two games played so far, (against Burkina Faso and Zambia), they claim the bookings were not only too much but Ogenyi Onazi’s red card was uncalled for.

They have therefore penned their complaints to CAF and even requested for fairer treatment.

Did NFF go overboard? Or was writing the petition right and timely?

Source: www.kickoff.com

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CAF SHORTLISTS THREE PLAYERS FOR THE AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD

Yaya Toure
Andre Ayew
Seydou Keita

The TheConfederation of African Football (CAF) has shortlisted the final three players contesting for the 2011 African Player of the Year award
The players are:
Yaya Toure (Manchester City&Ivory Coast) Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseile& Ghana)
Seydou Keita (Barcelona&Mali)
The winner will be announced at the CAF Awards Gala, which on Thursday, December 22 in Accra. The shortlist for the 2011 African Player of the Year was decided by votes of head coaches or technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF based on the performance of the nominees from January to November, 2011.

Source: Goal.com

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