By Ayomide Oriade
Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa have both made the final five-man list for the prestigious 2014 CAF African Footballer of the Year award.
Completing the five-man short list are current holder Yaya Toure of Cote d’Ivoire, Asamoah Gyan of Ghana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon.
Manchester City star Yaya from Cote d’Ivoire has won the prestigious award for the past three years.
Nigerians nominated for awards in the women category are Asisat Oshoala and Desire Oparanozie. They will battle Annette Ngo Ndom of Cameroon, Portia Modise of South Africa and Zenatha Coleman of Namibia for Woman Player of the Year award.
Oshoala and Uchechi Sunday were also nominated for The Youth Player of the Year award, with Fabrice Ondoa of Cameroon and Kader Bidimbou of Congo Brazaville as other nominees.
Nigeria was also nominated in the National Team of the Year category alongside Algeria and Libya. Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Nigeria’s U-20 were also nominated for Women’s National Team of the Year award.
Other categories and nominees are: Club of the Year, Al-Ahly of Egypt, AS Vita of Congo, ES Setif of Algeria and Sewe Sports of Cote d’Ivoire as nominees. African Player of the Year (Based in Africa), Akram Djahnit and El Hedi Belamieri of Algeria and ES Setif, Firmin Mubel Ndombe of Congo and AS Vita, Fakhereddine Ben Youssef of Tunisia and CS Sfaxien and late Senso Meyiwa of South Africa and Orlando Pirates.
Most promising Talent Award: Clinton N’jie of Cameroon and Olympic Lyon, Mubele Ndombe of Congo DR and AS VIta, Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon and FC Porto and Yacini Brahimi of Algeria and also FC Porto
Florent Mbenge, Kherireddine Madoui of Algeria, Rigo Gervais of Cote D’Ivoire, Stephen Keshi of Nigeria and Vahid Halilhdzich of Bosnia and Algeria were nominated for Coach of the Year.
The Glo-CAF Awards Gala night will be held on Thursday January 8, 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria.
