CAF reveals top award nominees

  1. Posted on Tuesday 16 February 2010 - 16:00
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    Glorea Bentil, AfricaNews reporter in Accra, Ghana
    Barcelona duo of Seydou Keita and Yaya Toure did not make it in the final three of the Glo-Caf African Footballer of the Year 2009 awards. The Confederation of African Football revealed Ivorian striker, Didier Drogba, Ghana midfielder Michael Essien and Cameroonian forward Samuel Eto'o Fils as the contenders.
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    Ex-Black Stars defender Anthony Baffoe revealed the identity of the nominees for the various categories at the ceremony attended by Kwesi Nyantakyi, President of the Ghana Football Association (GFA) and other sporting dignitaries in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday.

    The top three for other categories namely; Best African Player on the continent, National Team of the Year, Club of the Year, Young Player of the Year and Coach of the Year were also revealed.

    The winners of the respective categories will be announced at the Awards Gala fixed for March 11, 2010 at the Banquet Hall, State House, in Accra, Ghana.

    The list was drawn up by Caf's Technical and Media committees before it was whittled down by national team coaches across the continent.

    "The list has been carefully selected by the committees which has been mandated by Caf to do and we know the best have been chosen," Caf director of communications Suleiman Habuba said.

    This is the fifth time cellular giants Globacom is sponsoring the annual awards which seeks to reward distinguished football personalities for their performance during the year under review.

    Togo striker Emmanuel Adebayor picked the flagship prize at the 2008 Awards Gala held in Lagos, Nigeria last year.

    Top Three nominees (alphabetical order)

    African Footballer of the Year 2009
    Didier Drogba (Chelsea and Cote d’Ivoire)
    Michael Essien (Chelsea and Ghana)
    Samuel Eto’o Fils (Inter Milan and Cameroon)

    Best African player on the continent 2009
    Uche Agba (Heartland FC and Nigeria)
    Mputu Mabi (T.P. Mazembe and DR Congo)
    Abdelmalek Ziaya (Entente Setif and Algeria)

    National Team of the Year 2009
    Algeria
    Cote d’Ivoire
    Ghana

    Club of the Year 2009
    Heartland FC (Nigeria)
    Stade Malien (Mali)
    T.P. Mazembe (DR Congo)

    Young Player of the Year 2009
    Dominic Adiyiah (AC Milan and Ghana U-20)
    Kermit Erasmus (Feyenoord and South Africa U-20)
    Sani Emmanuel (Bodens BK and Nigeria U-17)

    Coach of the Year 2009
    Diego Garzitto (T.P. Mazembe)
    John Obuh (Nigeria U-17)
    Sellas Tetteh (Ghana U-20)

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