CAF Shortlists for the 2013 African Player of the Year Prize
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), on Friday, released the lists of 
candidates for the 2013 African Player of the Year and African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) awards.
Twenty-five players have been shortlisted for the flagship African Player of the Year category while 21 players based in the continent slug it out for the domestic category.
Sunday Mba, scorer of Nigeria’s winning goal in the 2013 African Cup of Nations (AFCON) and Mohamed Aboutrika, who led Egyptian champions Al-Ahly to the 2013 Caf Champions League triumph, got double nominations each, both in line for the two awards.
Ivoirian Yaya Toure is the reigning AfricanPlayer of the Year and Aboutrika for the African player of the Year (Based in Africa).
The winners will be announced at a Glo-CAF Awards Gala billed for Lagos, Nigeria, on Thursday, January 9, 2014.
The Nominees:
African Player of the Year
Name | Country | Club
Ahmed Musa/Nigeria/CSKA Moscow
Asamoah Gyan/Ghana/Al Ain
Dame N’Doye/Senegal/Locomotiv Moscow
Didier Drogba/Cote d’Ivoire/Galatasaray
Emmanuel Emenike/Nigeria /Fenerbahce
Islam Slimani/Algeria/Sporting Lisbon
John Mikel Obi/Nigeria/Chelsea
Jonathan Pitroipa/Burkina Faso/Stade Rennais
Kévin Constant/Guinea/AC Milan
Kwadwo Asamoah/Ghana/Juventus
Luís Carlos Almada Soares – (Platini)/Cape Verde/AC Omonia
Mehdi Benattia/Morocco/AS Roma
Mohamed Aboutrika/Egypt/Al Ahly
Mohamed Salah/Egypt/Basel FC
Nicolas Nkoulou/Cameroon/Marseille
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang/Gabon/Borussia Dortmund
Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça/Cape Verde/Lille
Saladin Said/Ethiopia/Wadi Degla FC
Seydou Keita/Mali/Dalian Aerbin F.C
Sofiane Feghouli/Algeria/Valencia
Sunday Mba/Nigeria/Warri Wolves
Victor Wanyama/Kenya/Southampton FC
Vincent Enyeama/Nigeria/Lille
Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’/Cote d’Ivoire/AS Roma
Yaya Toure/Cote d’Ivoire/Manchester City
African Player of the Year – Based in Africa
Name/Country/Club
Adane Girma/Ethiopia/St George
Ahmed Fathi/Egypt/Al Ahly
Alexis Yougouda Kada/Cameroon/Coton Sport
Ali Machani/Tunisia/CAB
Bapidi Fils Jean Jules/Cameroon/Coton Sport
Daine Marcelle-Klate/South Africa/Orlando Pirates
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef/Tunisia/CSS
Getaneh Kebede/Ethiopia /idvest Wits
Idrissa Kouyate/Cote d’Ivoire/CS Sfaxien
Iheb Msakni/Tunisia/Esperance
Luyanda Lennox Bacela/South Africa/Orlando Pirates
Mbwana Samatta/Tanzania/TP Mazembe
Moez Ben Cherifia/Tunisia/EST
Mohamed Aboutrika/Egypt/Al Ahly
Rainford Kalaba/Zambia/TP Mazembe
Senzo Meyiwa/South Africa/Orlando Pirates
Soumbeila Diakite/Mali/Stade Malien
Sunday Mba/Nigeria/Warri Wolves
Tresor Mputu/DR Congo /TP Mazembe
Waleed Soliman/Egypt/Al Ahly
Yannick N’djeng/Cameroon/EST
Culled from Information Nigeria