CAF Reveals Top Three Nominees, Moses Snubbed For APOTY
Published: December 18, 2017
The Confederation of African Football on Monday, December 18, revealed the top three nominees for all the categories of the Aiteo CAF Awards 2017.
The big news for the Super Eagles faithful and Chelsea fans is that Nigeria Player of the Year Victor Moses is no longer in contention to win the prestigious African Player of the Year award, having failed to make the three-man shortlist.
For the fourth year running, Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in the final three again, and he's joined by runaway favorite to win the prize Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and teammate Sadio Mane.
Former Arsenal and Liverpool striker Asisat Oshoala remains in the running for Women’s Player of the Year alongside Chrestina Kgatlana (South Africa & UWC Ladies) and Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene(Cameroon & CSKA Moscow).
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr is a finalist for the Coach of the Year, along with Hector Cuper (Egypt) and L'Hussein Amoutta (Wydad Athletic Club).
Nigeria's Men's National Team and U20 Women's National Team have been shortlisted for National Team of the Year and Women’s National Team of the Year respectively.
The Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, 4 January 2018 in Accra, Ghana.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
The big news for the Super Eagles faithful and Chelsea fans is that Nigeria Player of the Year Victor Moses is no longer in contention to win the prestigious African Player of the Year award, having failed to make the three-man shortlist.
For the fourth year running, Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is in the final three again, and he's joined by runaway favorite to win the prize Liverpool's Mohamed Salah and teammate Sadio Mane.
Former Arsenal and Liverpool striker Asisat Oshoala remains in the running for Women’s Player of the Year alongside Chrestina Kgatlana (South Africa & UWC Ladies) and Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene(Cameroon & CSKA Moscow).
Super Eagles manager Gernot Rohr is a finalist for the Coach of the Year, along with Hector Cuper (Egypt) and L'Hussein Amoutta (Wydad Athletic Club).
Nigeria's Men's National Team and U20 Women's National Team have been shortlisted for National Team of the Year and Women’s National Team of the Year respectively.
The Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, 4 January 2018 in Accra, Ghana.
Ifeanyi Emmanuel
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