The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have unveiled the three finalists for the 2017 African Player of the Year award and sadly Nigeria/Chelsea’s Victor Moses didn’t make the cut. The final shortlist features: Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/Borussia Dortmund) and Sadio Mane (Senegal/Liverpool)
Egypt’s Mohammed Salah, who was recently adjudged BBC Africa Footballer of the Year is the huge favourite to win the award. The 25 year-old’s performances for both club and country in this campaign has been nothing short of stellar and his role in ensuring the Pharaohs book a spot in the 2018 World Cup (since 1990) can never be ignored. The former Chelsea man has netted a total of 20 goals for Liverpool this season; the first premier league player to achieve that in all competitions this season.
CAF Coach of the Year shortlist includes Super Eagles manager Genort Rohr, Egypt’s national team coach Hector Cuper and L’Hussein Amoutta of Casablanca
The winner will be announced at a ceremony in Accra on 4th January 2018.
Aubameyang offered more than £800,000 a week to join China's Tianjin Quanjian
Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has received an offer from China which would make him the highest paid player in the world. The Gabonese international has been offered more than £800,000 a week to join China’s Tianjin Quanjian. According to L’Equipe, Manchester United are interested in a move for the striker. Aubameyang has scored 39 goals in 48 games this season.
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.
Glo-CAF Awards 2015: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang crowned African Footballer of the Year.
Borussia Dortmund player, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has emerged the 2015 Glo-CAF African Footballer of the Year. He is also the first ever Gabonese to scoop the prize. He was honoured in the 2015 edition of the Glo CAF Awards which held on 7th January in Abuja.
The 26 year-old who scored 27 goals in all competitions this season had 143 points. Ivory Coast international, Yaya Toure who won the award 4 consecutive times came second with 136 points while Swansea city player, Andre Ayew garnered 112 points.
Full list of Winners
Club of the Year – TP Mazembe
Fair Play Award – Allez Casa (Senegal Supporters group)
Women’s National Team Of The Year – Cameroon
Men’s National Team Of The Year – Cote D’Ivoire
Youth Player Of The Year– Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen
Most Promising Talent – Nigeria’s Oghenekaro Etebo
Coach of The Year – Havre Renard
Women’s National Team Of The Year – Cameroon
Woman player of the year – Gabrielle Enganamouit
Referee Of The Year – Ameshinda Bakari Wa Gambia Papa Gassama
African Player Of The Year based in Africa – Mbwana Samatta
Football Leader Of The Year – Abdiqani Said Arab Of Somalia
African Player Of The Year – Pierre Emerick Aubameyang
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
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
Vincent Enyeama makes CAF Player of the Year shortlist
Nigeria/Lille skipper, Vincent Enyeama Ivory Coast and Manchester City striker, Yaya Toure, and Gabon midfielder Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang have made CAF 2014 African Player of the Year award shortlist.
A statement on the CAF official website reads. “The trio made the cut following votes from head coaches or technical directors of the National Associations affiliated with CAF. Ghana’s Asamoah Gyan and Ahmed Musa of Nigeria failed to make the final list.”
The 2014 Glo-CAF awards will be held on 8th January, 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria.