CAF POTY: Osimhen battles Arsenal, Liverpool, Man Utd, Tottenham and Nottingham Forest stars, 23 others

Victor Osimhen has been nominated alongside Liverpool star Mohamed Salah, Arsenal midfield stalwart Thomas Partey, Manchester United midfielder Sofyan Amrabat and Tottenham Hotspur midfielders Yves Bissouma and Pape Matar Sarr for the CAF men's Player of the Year award.

The other Premier League stars in the running for the prestigious accolade are Nottingham Forest's Ibrahima Sangare and West Ham United's Mohammed Kudus.

Osimhen has become one of the most prolific forwards in European football in the last twelve months, helping Napoli to their third Scudetto triumph and the quarterfinals of the UEFA Champions League.

The Nigeria national teamer was nominated for the Ballon d'Or and finished in 8th position, the highest of all African Players nominated and the highest ever position attained by a Nigerian player in the history of the award.

Osimhen will be seeking to become the first Nigerian to win the award since Nwankwo Kanu in 1999.

Other Nigerian winners of the CAF POTY in the past are: Rashidi Yekini, (1993), Emmanuel Amunike (1994), and  Victor Ikpeba (1997).

Full list of nominees  Player of the Year (Men)

1.     Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria and Borussia Dortmund)

2.     Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Al Ahli)

3.     Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso and Bayer Leverkusen)

4.     Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon and SSC Napoli)

5.     Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon and Besiktas)

6.     Ibrahima Sangare (Cote d’Ivoire and Nottingham Forest)

7.     Seko Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire and Al Nassr)

8.     Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo and Olympique Marseille)

9.     Fiston Mayele (DR Congo and Pyramids)

10.  Mahmoud Abdel Moneim “Kahraba” (Egypt and Ahly)

11.  Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt and Al Ahly)

12.  Mohamed ElShenawy (Egypt and Al Ahly)

13.  Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)

14.  Mohammed Kudus (Ghana and West Ham United)

15.  Thomas Partey (Ghana and Arsenal)

16.  Serhou Guirassy (Guinea and VfB Stuttgart)

17.  Yves Bissouma (Mali and Tottenham Hotspur)

18.  Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain)

19.  Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco and Olympique Marseille)

20.  Hakim Ziyech (Morocco and Galatasaray)

21.  Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco and Manchester United)

22.  Yahya Jabrane (Morocco and Wydad Athletic Club)

23.  Yassine Bounou (Morocco and Al Hilal)

24.  Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco and Sevilla)

25.  Peter Shalulile (Namibia and Mamelodi Sundowns)

26.  Victor Osimhen (Nigeria and SSC Napoli)

27.  Sadio Mane (Senegal and Al Nassr)

28.  Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal and Tottenham Hotspur)

29.  Percy Tau (South Africa and Al Ahly)

30.  Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Tunisia and Ferencvaros)

Abdulkareem Abdulhamid

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