And everyone keeps wondering why Mikel Obi’s name is missing on the list. Ahmed Musa and Vincent Enyeama are the only Super Eagles players on CAF’s 25-man 2014 African Player of the Year list.

African Player of the Year nominees

1.    Ahmed Musa                         (Nigeria, CSKA Moscow)

2.    Asamoah Gyan                          (Ghana, Al Ain)

3.    Dame N’doye                            (Senegal, Lokomotiv Moscow)

4.    Emmanuel Adebayor                              (Togo, Tottenham)

5.    Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting                 (Cameroon, Schalke 04)

6.    Fakhreddine Ben Youssef                     (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien)

7.    Ferdjani Sassi                             (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien)

8.    Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’ (Cote d’Ivoire, AS Roma)

9.    Islam Slimani                              (Algeria, Sporting Lisbon)

10. Kwadwo Asamoah                                   (Ghana, Juventus)

11. Mehdi Benatia                           (Morocco, Bayern Munich)

12. Mohamed El Neny                                   (Egypt, Basel)

13. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang               (Gabon, Borussia Dortmund)

14. Raïs M’Bolhi                                 (Algeria, Philadelphia Union)

15. Sadio Mané                                 (Senegal, Southampton)

16. Seydou Kieta                              (Mali, As Roma)

17. Sofiane Feghouli                       (Algeria, Valencia)

18. Stephane Mbia                          (Cameroon,  Sevilla)

19. Thulani Serero                            (South Africa, Ajax)

20. Vincent Aboubakar                                  (Cameroon, Porto)

21. Vincent Enyeama                                      (Nigeria, Lille)

22. Wilfried Bony                              (Cote d’Ivoire, Swansea)

23. Yacine Brahimi                            (Algeria, Porto)

24. Yannick Bolasie                          (DR Congo, Crystal Palace)

25. Yaya Toure                                   (Cote d’Ivoire, Man City)