37-Man Nomination List For The 2015 African Player Awards

 

CAF have released a 37-man nomination list for the 2015 African Player Awards. As expected, holder Yaya Toure and Super Eagles shot stopper Vincent Enyeama lead the nomination list with other expected names like new Super Eagles skipper, Ahmed Musa, Andrew Ayew , Sadio Mane, Piere-Emerick Aubameyang and Mehdi Benatia.

Four members of the Ivory Coast side that won the last edition of the Africa Cup of Nations made the list and Algeria with six players.

Full List below:

Algeria: Baghdad Bounedjah (Etoile Sahel/TUN), Yacine Brahimi (Porto/POR), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia/ESP), Faouzi Ghoulam (Napoli/ITA), Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City/ENG), El-Arbi Hillel Soudani (Dinamo Zagreb/CRO)

Benin: Rudy Gestede (Aston Villa/ENG)

Cape Verde: Heldon Ramos (Rio Ave/POR)

Congo Brazzaville: Thievy Bifouma (Granada/ESP), Ferebory Dore (Angers/FRA)

Cameroon: Vincent Aboubakar (Porto/POR), Stephane Mbia (Trabzonspor/TUR), Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille/FRA)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Yannick Bolasie (Crystal Palace/ENG), Robert Kidiaba (TP Mazembe), Dieumerci Mbokani (Norwich City/ENG)

Egypt: Bassem Morsy (Zamalek), Mohamed Salah (Roma/ITA)

Equatorial Guinea: Javier Balboa (Al Faisaly/KSA)

Gabon: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Borussia Dortmund/GER)

Ghana: Christian Atsu (Bournemouth/ENG), Andre Ayew (Swansea City/ENG)

Guinea: Ibrahima Traore (Borussia Moenchengladbach/GER)

Ivory Coast: Serge Aurier (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Gervinho (Roma/ITA), Max Alain Gradel (Bournemouth/ENG), Yaya Toure (Manchester City/ENG, title-holder)

Kenya: Vincent Wanyama (Southampton/ENG)

Nigeria: Vincent Enyeama (Lille/FRA), Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscow/RUS)

Mali: Seydou Keita (Roma/ITA)

Morocco: Mehdi Benatia (Bayern Munich/GER)

Senegal: Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke City/ENG), Sadio Mane (Southampton/ENG)

Sudan: Mudather Eltaib (Al Hilal)

Tunisia: Aymen Abdennour (Valencia/ESP), Yassine Chikhaoui (Al Gharafa/QAT)

Africa-based Footballer of the Year (24 nominees)

Algeria: Zinedine Ferhat, Mohamed Meftah (both USM Alger), Baghdad Bounedjah (Etoile Sahel/TUN), Abdelmalek Ziaya (Entente Setif)

Burkina Faso: Mohamed Koffi (Zamalek/EGY)

Congo Brazzaville: Boris Moubhio (AC Leopards)

Democratic Republic of Congo: Robert Kidiaba (TP Mazembe)

Egypt: Hazem Emam, Bassem Morsy (both Zamalek)

Equatorial Guinea: Felix Ovono (Orlando Pirates/RSA)

Gabon: Malick Evouna (Al Ahly/EGY)

Ivory Coast: Roger Assale, Sylvain Gbohouo (both TP Mazembe/COD)

Madagascar: Carolus Andriamahitsinoro (USM Alger/ALG)

Mali: Djigui Diarra (Stade Malien)

Morocco: Abdeladim Khadrouf (Moghreb Tetouan)

South Africa: Kermit Erasmus, Thamsanqa Gabuza, Oupa Manyisa (all Orlando Pirates)

Sudan: Bakry ‘Al Medina’ Babiker (Al Merrikh), Mudather Eltaib (Al Hilal)

Tanzania: Mbwana Samatta (TP Mazembe/COD)

Tunlsia: Ahmed Akaichi, Hocine Ragued (both Esperance)