| Date : 15-12-11 Ghana's Andre Ayew has been named on the five-man shortlist for the 2011 Caf Footballer of the Year award.
The Olympique Marseille midfielder is joined in the running for the award by Samuel Eto'o Fils of Cameroon, Mali's Seidu Keyta, Moussa Sow of Senegal and Yaya Toure of Cote d'Ivoire.
Asamoah Gyan and Kevin-Prince Boateng dropped out of the 10-man shortlist after the final list was revealed.
According to CAF, the CAF Technical, Football and Media Committees decided on the choice of shortlists for the other categories taking into account the performance of the nominees from January to November, 2011.
Ayew, 21, who is one of Ghana's key performers, helped the Black Stars pick silver at the 2010 Nations Cup and followed up with a great display at the World Cup that same year where the team reached the quarter-finals.
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony that comes off in Accra, the Ghana capital on Thursday, December 22.
It will be the third time the Ghanaian capital will be hosting the annual event after 2006 and 2009.
The shortlisted nominees are (in alphabetical order);
African Player of the Year 2011
(a) Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille and Ghana)
(b) Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhachkala and Cameroon)
(c) Seydou Keita (Barcelona and Mali)
(d) Moussa Sow (Lille and Senegal)
(e) Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Cote d'Ivoire)
African Player of the Year 2011 (Based in Africa)
(a) Oussama Darragi (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Tunisia)
(b) Zouhir Dhaouadi (Club Africain and Tunisia)
(c) Banana Yaya (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Cameroon)
National Team of the Year
(a) Botswana
(b) Cote d'Ivoire
(c) Niger
(d) Tunisia
Women's National Team of the Year
(a) Cameroon
(b) Nigeria
(c) South Africa
Club of the Year
(a) Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
(b)Maghreb Association Sportive of Fez (Morocco)
(c) Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)
Most Promising Talent of the Year
(a) Ahmed Elshenawy (El-Masry and Egypt)
(b) Souleymane Coulibaly (Tottenham Hotspurs and Cote d'Ivoire)
(c) Ahmed Musa (VVV Venlo and Nigeria)
Coach of the Year
(a) Harouna Doula (Niger)
(b) Nabil Maaloul (Esperance Sportive de Tunis) - Tunisia
(c) Stanley Tshosane (Botswana)
Women's Footballer of the Year
(a) Nompumelelo Nyandani (South Africa)
(b) Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)
(c) Miriam Paixao Silva (Equatorial Guinea)
Referee of the Year
(a) Alioum Neant (Cameroon)
(b) Noumandiez Doue (Cote d'Ivoire)
(c) Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)
Legend Award
Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)
Austin 'Jay-Jay' Okocha (Nigeria) |
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