{"id":14024,"date":"2011-12-15T10:26:01","date_gmt":"2011-12-15T10:26:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/andre-ayew-in-final-list-for-caf-player-of-the-year-award\/"},"modified":"2011-12-15T10:26:01","modified_gmt":"2011-12-15T10:26:01","slug":"andre-ayew-in-final-list-for-caf-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/15\/andre-ayew-in-final-list-for-caf-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Ayew in final list for CAF player of the year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/d505dede_ayew.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18869\" title=\"dede_ayew\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/d505dede_ayew.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andre Dede Ayew<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ghana and Marseille midfielder Andre Dede Ayew has been named in the five-man shortlist for the 2011 Caf Footballer of the Year award revealed on Tuesday December 13.<\/p>\n<p>The shortlist for the 2011 African Player of the Year and 2011 African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) were decided by votes of Head coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF.<\/p>\n<p>The CAF Technical, Football and Media Committees decided on the choice of shortlists for the other categories taking into account the performance of the nominees from January to November, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>The winners will be unveiled at the Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, December 22 at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra. The award ceremony is to reward excellence in African football on and off the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>It will be the third time the Ghanaian capital will be hosting the annual event after 2006 and 2009.<\/p>\n<p>The shortlisted nominees are (in alphabetical order);<\/p>\n<p><strong>African Player of the Year 2011<\/strong> (a) Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille and Ghana)<br id=\"0.972832271635149\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Samuel Eto\u2019o (Anzhi Makhachkala and Cameroon)<br id=\"0.901684755357181\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Seydou Keita (Barcelona and Mali)<br id=\"0.904529622651204\"\/><br \/>\n(d) Moussa Sow (Lille and Senegal)<br id=\"3.94153450749722e-02\"\/><br \/>\n(e) Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Cote d\u2019Ivoire)<\/p>\n<p><strong>African Player of the Year 2011 (Based in Africa)<\/strong> (a) Oussama Darragi (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Tunisia)<br id=\"9.98577326107136e-03\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Zouhir Dhaouadi (Club Africain and Tunisia)<br id=\"0.656544214329244\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Banana Yaya (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Cameroon)<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Team of the Year<\/strong> (a) Botswana<br id=\"0.259888144721001\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Cote d\u2019Ivoire<br id=\"0.737424095569951\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Niger<br id=\"0.865390301935666\"\/><br \/>\n(d) Tunisia<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s National Team of the Year<\/strong> (a) Cameroon<br id=\"0.901464591230061\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Nigeria<br id=\"0.583592514496568\"\/><br \/>\n(c) South Africa<\/p>\n<p><strong>Club of the Year<\/strong> (a) Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)<br id=\"0.957230889914177\"\/><br \/>\n(b)Maghreb Association Sportive of Fez (Morocco)<br id=\"0.137993100716831\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Most Promising Talent of the Year<\/strong> (a) Ahmed Elshenawy (El-Masry and Egypt)<br id=\"0.525452999568414\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Souleymane Coulibaly (Tottenham Hotspurs and Cote d\u2019Ivoire)<br id=\"0.633966267230146\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Ahmed Musa (VVV Venlo and Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Coach of the Year<\/strong> (a) Harouna Doula (Niger)<br id=\"0.328846817604463\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Nabil Maaloul (Esperance Sportive de Tunis) \u2013 Tunisia<br id=\"0.648515856339316\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Stanley Tshosane (Botswana)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Women\u2019s Footballer of the Year<\/strong> (a) Nompumelelo Nyandani (South Africa)<br id=\"0.180337527488886\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)<br id=\"0.915391723506943\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Miriam Paixao Silva (Equatorial Guinea)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Referee of the Year<\/strong> (a) Alioum Neant (Cameroon)<br id=\"0.560817716031425\"\/><br \/>\n(b) Noumandiez Doue (Cote d\u2019Ivoire)<br id=\"0.639331787506172\"\/><br \/>\n(c) Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Legend Award<\/strong> Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)<br id=\"0.922926916991913\"\/><br \/>\nAustin \u2018Jay-Jay\u2019 Okocha (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By: Citifmonline. com<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Andre Dede Ayew Ghana and Marseille midfielder Andre Dede Ayew has been named in the five-man shortlist for the 2011 Caf Footballer of the Year award revealed on Tuesday December 13. 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