Rabat- The African football Confederation (CAF) has announced on Thursday the nominees for the 2014 African player of the year and the 2014 African player of the year (Based in Africa).
Moroccan international and Bayern Munich player Mehdi Benatia is among the twenty-five players that have been nominated for the topmost African player of the year.
The winners of the two categories will be decided by votes from Head Coaches and Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF.
The Awards Gala is set to take place on Thursday, 8 January 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria.
The African Player of the year nominees are (in alphabetical order) as follows:
1. Ahmed Musa (Nigeria, CSKA Moscow) 2. Asamoah Gyan (Ghana, Al Ain) 3. Dame N’doye (Senegal, Lokomotiv Moscow) 4. Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, Tottenham) 5. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon, Schalke 04) 6. Fakhreddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien) 7. Ferdjani Sassi (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien) 8. Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’ (Cote d’Ivoire, AS Roma) 9. Islam Slimani (Algeria, Sporting Lisbon) 10. Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana, Juventus) 11. Mehdi Benatia (Morocco, Bayern Munich) 12. Mohamed El Neny (Egypt, Basel) 13. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Borussia Dortmund) 14. Raïs M'Bolhi (Algeria, Philadelphia Union) 15. Sadio Mané (Senegal, Southampton) 16. Seydou Kieta (Mali, As Roma) 17. Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria, Valencia) 18. Stephane Mbia (Cameroon, Sevilla) 19. Thulani Serero (South Africa, Ajax) 20. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon, Porto) 21. Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, Lille) 22. Wilfried Bony (Cote d’Ivoire, Swansea) 23. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria, Porto) 24. Yannick Bolasie (DR Congo, Crystal Palace) 25. Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire, Man City) The African Player of the year (Based in Africa) nominees are (in alphabetical order); 1. Amr Gamal (Egypt, Al Ahly) 2. Abdelrahman Fetori (Libya, Ahly Benghazi) 3. Bernard Parker (South Africa, Kaizer Chiefs) 4. Bongani Ndulula (South Africa, Amazulu) 5. Akram Djahnit (Algeria, ES Setif) 6. Ejike Uzoenyi (Nigeria, Enugu Rangers) 7. El Hedi Belamieri (Algeria, ES Setif) 8. Fakhereddine Ben Youssef (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien) 9. Ferdjani Sassi (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien) 10. Firmin Mubel Ndombe (DR Congo, AS Vita) 11. Geoffrey Massa (Uganda, Pretoria University) 12. Jean Kasusula (DR Congo, TP Mazembe) 13. Kader Bidimbou (Congo, AC Leopards) 14. Lema Mabidi (DR Congo, As Vita) 15. Mudathir Al Taieb (Sudan, Al Hilal) 16. Roger Assalé (Cote d’Ivoire, Sewe Sport) 17. Senzo Meyiwa (South Africa, Orlando Pirates) 18. Solomon Asante (Ghana, TP Mazembe) 19. Souleymane Moussa (Cameroon, Coton Sport) 20. Yunus Sentamu (Uganda, AS Vita)