Etebo, Osimhen, Nwakali, Amuneke for Glo-CAF Award

Nifemi Daniel

Nigeria U-23 goal hero, Oghenekaro Etebo, and Golden Eaglets duo of Victor Osimhen and Kelechi Nwakali, have been shortlisted for the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards as the Confederation African Football, CAF, on Monday released the nominees for the other categories for the award.

The list was unveiled at a press conference attended by CAF Excutive member Anjorin Moucharafou and Glo representatives in Abuja, Nigeria.

The other categories listed by CAF are; Women Player of the Year, Youth Player of the Year, Most Promising Talent, Coach of the Year, Referee of the Year, African Legend, National Team of the Year, Women National Team of the Year, Club of the Year, Platinum Award.

Etebo, alongside the captain of the U-23 Eagles, Azubuike Okechukwu, were nominated for the Most Promising Talent category while Nwakali and Osimhen who were instrumental to Nigeria winning the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup were listed for Youth Player of the Year award.

Super Falcons and PSG Ladies of France defender, Ebere Ngozi, has been listed for the Women Player of the Year category while the U-17 Golden Eaglets and newly crown U-23 AFCON champions, the U-23 Eagles will battle Cote d’Ivoire senior team, Ghana team and Mali U-17 team for the National Team of the Year award.

Also listed for the Award is Golden Eaglets winning Coach, Emmanuel Amunike, who is being considered for the coach of the year.

The winners will be decided by votes from the CAF Footbal and Media Committees except Legend and Platinum awards, which are not subject to vote while Referee of the Year Award will be decided by the votes of CAF Refereeing Committee.

Similarly, the top three contenders for the 2015 African Player of the Year are: Andre Ayew (Ghana/ Swansea City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/ Borussia Dortmund) and Yaya Toure (Cote d”Ivoire/ Manchester City).

The winner will be decided by votes from Head Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 7, 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Below are the nominees for the various categories in alphabetical order;

Women Player of the Year

· Gabrielle Onguéné, Cameroon

· Gaelle Enganamouit, Cameroon

· Ngozi Ebere, Nigeria

· N’rehy Tia Ines, Cote d’Ivoire

· Portia Boakye, Ghana

Youth Player of the Year

· Adama Traore, Mali

· Kelechi Nwakali, Nigeria

· Samuel Diarra, Mali

· Victor Osimhen, Nigeria

· Yaw Yeboah, Ghana

Most Promising Talent

· Azubuike Okechukwu, Nigeria

· Etebo Oghenekaro, Nigeria

· Djigui Diarra, Mali

· Mahmoud Abdelmonem ‘kahraba’, Egypt

· Zinedine Ferhat, Algeria

Coach of the Year

· Baye Ba, Mali, U17

· Emmanuel Amunike, Nigeria U17

· Fawzi Benzarti, Etoile Sportive de Sahel

· Hervé Renard, Cote d’ivore

· Patrice Carteron, TP Mazembe

Referee of the Year

· Alioum Neant, Cameroon

· Bakary Papa GASSAMA, Gambia

· Eric Arnaud OTOGO CASTANE, Gabon

· Ghead Zaglol GRISHA, Egypt

· Janny SIKAZWE, Zambia

African Legend

· Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Ghana

· Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Cameroon

National Team of the Year

· Cote d’Ivoire

· Ghana

· Mali U17

· Nigeria U17

· Nigeria U-23

Women National Team of the Year

· Ghana

· Cameroon

· South Africa

· Zimbabwe

Club of the Year

· USM Algers , Algeria

· TP Mazembe, DR Congo

· Orlando Pirates, South Africa

· Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Tunisia

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