CAF Award: Victor Moses, William Troost-Ekong, Junior Ajayi nominated
The Nigerian trio, Victor Moses, William Troost-Ekong and Junior Ajayi have been nominated after being listed among nominees by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF), the Africa Biggest Sports Award.
Following are the list of nominees in the two categories:
African Player of the Year
Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly) Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso & Lyon) Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo & Villareal) Christian Atsu (Ghana & Newcastle) Christian Bassogog (Cameroon & Henan Jianye) Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns) Eric Bailly (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester United) Essam El Hadary (Egypt & Al Taawoun) Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon & Sevilla) Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia & Zesco) Jean Michel Seri (Cote d’Ivoire & Nice) Junior Kabananga (DR Congo & Astana) Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco & Feyenoord) Keita Balde (Senegal & Monaco) Khalid Boutaib (Morocco & Yeni Malatyaspor) Mbwana Samata (Tanzania & Genk) Michael Olunga (Kenya & Girona) Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool) Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto) Naby Keita (Guinea & RB Leipzig) Percy Tau (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns) Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund) Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool) Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid) Victor Moses (Nigeria & Chelsea) Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon & Porto) William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria & Bursaspor) Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto) Youssef Msakni (Tunisia & Al Duhail) Yves Bissouma (Mali & Lille) African Player of the Year – Based in Africa
Achraf Bencharki (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club) Ahmed Fathi (Egypt & Al Ahly) Alkhaly Bangoura (Guinea & Etoile du Sahel) Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly) Aristide Bance (Burkina Faso & Al Masry) Ayman Majid (Morocco & FUS Rabat) Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia & Etoile du Sahel) Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe) Dean Furman (South Africa & Supersport United) Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns) Elsamani Saadeldin (Sudan & Al Merreikh) Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia & Zesco) Fawzi Chaouchi (Algeria & MC Alger) Geoffrey Serunkuma (Uganda & KCCA) Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand & Supersport) Junior Ajayi (Nigeria & Al Ahly) Karim Aouadhi (Tunisia & CS Sfaxien) Mohamed Meftah (Algeria & USM Alger) Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club) Muaid Ellafi (Libya & Ahly Tripoli) Nasr Eldin Ahmed (Sudan & Hilal Obeid) Oussama Darfalou (Algeria & USM Alger) Percy Tau (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns) Sabelo Ndzinisa (Swaziland & Mbabane Swallows) Saber Khalifa (Tunisia & Club Africain) Saladin Said (Ethiopia & Saint George) Sylvain Gbohouo (Cote d’Ivoire & TP Mazembe) Tady Etekiama (DR Congo & AS Vita) Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance) Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)
