The football Governing body in Africa, CAF has a few hours ago, released nominees for the CAF African Player award, as the likes of Ahmed Musa, Alex Iwobi and Odion Ighalo make the list of nominees.
The countries with most nominees on the CAF African Player award are:
Algeria (4) Morocco (4)
Egypt (3) Nigeria (3), Tunisia (3) Senegal(3)
Cameroon (2)DR Congo (2)
South Africa (1) Ghana(1) Mali (1) , Uganda (1) Madagascar(1) Cote d’Ivoire (1) Guinea(1) Angola(1)Gabon (1)
See the full list of nominees for CAF African player award:
Abdelmoumene Djabou- Algeria/ES Setif
Ahmed Gomaa (Egypt/El Masary)
Ahmed Musa (Nigeria/Al-Nassr)
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria/Arsenal)
Andre Onana (Cameroon/Ajax)
Anis Badri (Tunisia/Esparence)
Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco & Hebei China Fortune)
Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Fanev Andriatsima (Madagascar & Clermont Foot)
Franck Kom (Cameroon & Esperance)
Jacinto Muondo Dala ‘Gelson’ (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax)
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal & Everton)
Ismail Haddad (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo & AS Vita)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto)
Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Changchun Yatai, Nigeria)
Percy Tau (South Africa & Union Saint-Gilloise)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
Taha Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid)
Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia & Saint-Étienne)
Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)
Wilfried Zaha (Cote d’Ivoire & Crystal Palace)
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto)
Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Esperance)
The tall list will be pruned down to three before the awards ceremony, which will take place in Dakar, Senegal on 8 January 2019.
Liverpool and Egypt superstar Mohamed Salah won the award last year following his impressive exploits for club and country.