(CAF) on Friday listed five Super Eagles
players among the list of the 2013
African Player of the Year. This is
contained in a statement issued in
Abuja and made available by CAF on
Friday. The statement from CAF listed
the players to include, the Super
Eagles' captain and goalkeeper,Vincent
Enyeama, Ahmed MusaandEmmanuel
Emenike; who are forward players.
Others are the mid-field
sensational,John Mikel Obiand Warri
Wolfes'Sunday Mba. It said that 25
players made the cut for the flagship
African Player of the Year category, and
21 made the African Player of the Year,
based in Africa. The reigning African
Player of the Year, Ivorian Yaya Toure,
two of his compatriots, Didier Drogba
and Yao Kouassi Gervais 'Gervinho'
made the exalted list of African
footballers. Two players each from
Ghana, Egypt, Cape Verde and Algeria
also made the African Player of the Year
category. There was one nominee each
from Senegal, Kenya, Burkina Faso,
Mali, Ehiopia, Guinea, Cameroon,
Morocco and Gabon. The list of
nominees for CAF's African Player of
the Year, based in Africa, included the
reigning Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt,
and only Nigeria's Sunday Mba made
the list. Four players from Tunisia's
local league made the second list;
while Cameroon, Egypt and South-
Africa have three nominees each.
Ehiopia has two, while Cote D'Ivoire,
Tanzania, Zambia, DR Congo, Nigeria
and Mali have a nominee each. The
eventual winners for both categories
will be announced at the Glo-CAF
Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday,
Jan. 9, 2014 in Lagos.
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