Super Eagles captain Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa are now among four other African stars to battle Yaya Toure for the CAF African Footballer of the Year for 2014.
The other players in the five-man short list are Asamoah Gyan of Ghana and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Gabon.
Both Enyeama and Ahmed Musa enjoyed a fine run at the World Cup in Brazil, but Manchester City star Yaya from Cote d’Ivoire has won the prestigious award for the past three years.
There are also two Nigeria stars for the women’s version of the award – Asisat Oshoala and Desire Oparanozie. They will battle Annette Ngo Ndom of Cameroon, Portia Modise of South Africa and Zenatha Coleman of Namibia for Woman Player of the Year.
The Youth Player of the Year has Oshoala and Uchechi Sunday from Nigeria, Fabrice Ondoa of Cameroon and Kader Bidimbou of Congo Brazaville as nominees.
In the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) category, the five shortlisted players are the duo of Akram Djahnit and El Hedi Belamieri of Algeria and ES Setif, Firmin Mubel Ndombe of Congo and AS Vita, Fakhereddine Ben Youssef of Tunisia and CS Sfaxien and late Senso Meyiwa of South Africa and Orlando Pirates.
For Most promising Talent Award, the shortlisted players are Clinton N’jie of Cameroon and Olympic Lyon, Mubele Ndombe of Congo DR and AS VIta, Vincent Aboubakar of Cameroon and FC Porto and Yacini Brahimi of Algeria and also FC Porto
Florent Mbenge, Kherireddine Madoui of Algeria, Rigo Gervais of Cote D’Ivoire, Stephen Keshi of Nigeria and Vahid Halilhdzich of Bosnia and Algeria were nominated for Coach of the Year.
Other nominees are the trio of Nigeria, Algeria and Libya listed for National Team of the Year, Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Nigeria and Nigeria U-20 for Women’s National Team of the Year and Club of the Year with Al-Ahly of Egypt, AS Vita of Congo, ES Setif of Algeria and Sewe Sports of Cote d’Ivoire as nominees.
The winners will be decided by votes from the head coaches and technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF.
The Glo-CAF Awards Gala night will take place on Thursday January 8, 2015 in Lagos, Nigeria.
