CAF AWARDS: Rohr nominated for Best Coach, Oshoala for Women player

Super Eagles Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr has been nominated for the 2017 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards in the Coach of the Year category.

Also, Super Falcons & Dalian Quanjian star, Asisat Oshoala was nominated for the Women’s Player of the Year category.

Rohr, who led the Super Eagles through an undefeated World Cup qualifying campaign, made the five-man shortlist that comprised of three national coaches and two club side coaches.

He will battle against Cameroon coach, Hugo Broos, who won the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations with the Indomitable Lions, and Egypt boss, Hector Cuper, who helped the Pharaohs qualify for their World Cup in 28years.

The other two coaches on the list are L’Hussein Amotta of Wydad Athletic Club and Mihayo Kazembe of TP Mazembe.

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Oshoala won the award in 2016 after leading Nigeria’s attack to the African Women Cup of Nations (AWCON) title in Cameroon.

To retain the title, she will be competing against South Africa’s Chrestina Kgatlana, Cameroon’s Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene, Zimbabwe’s Rutendo Makore and Malawi’s Tabitha Chawinga.

Meanwhile, the Nigerian Women’s U-20 national team, the Falconets are up for the award for the Women’s National Team of the Year, while the Super Eagles were also shortlisted for the Men’s National Team of the Year.

The winners will be decided by votes from the members of the CAF Technical & Development Committee, CAF media experts panel and independent media and TV consultants, according to CAF.

And the Awards Gala will take place on Thursday, 4 January 2018 in Accra, Ghana.

 

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