{"id":433239,"date":"2017-11-02T00:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T00:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/two-ghanaian-players-named-in-caf-provisional-list-for-africa-best-player\/"},"modified":"2017-11-02T00:00:30","modified_gmt":"2017-11-02T00:00:30","slug":"two-ghanaian-players-named-in-caf-provisional-list-for-africa-best-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/02\/two-ghanaian-players-named-in-caf-provisional-list-for-africa-best-player\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Ghanaian players named in CAF provisional list for Africa Best Player"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  1 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/31656434.295.jpg\" alt=\"Thomas Partey Scored His Second La Liga Goal Of The Season1\" title=\"Thomas Partey Scored His Second La Liga Goal Of The Season1\" width=\"295\" height=\"295\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Atletico Madrid midfielder, Thomas Partey<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150834795848671\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150834795848671\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509580830_513_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Two Black Stars players have been named in a 30-man provisional list for the Confederation of Africa (CAF) Player of the year awards scheduled for Thursday January 4, 2018 in the Ghanaian capital, Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The Player of the year award is the top most of the individual awards to be given to footballers from across the African continent.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Madrid midfielder, Thomas Partey, as well as Newcastle United\u2019s winger, Christian Astu, are the only Ghanaian players to make the 30-man provisional list, which will be shortlisted to three before the awards gala.<\/p>\n<p>Both players were involved in the Black Stars\u2019 fourth place finish at the 2017 African Cup of Nations in Gabon.<\/p>\n<p>Partey has particularly impressed in the Black Stars in the 2018 World Cup qualifier having scored four goals so far in the campaign including a hat-trick against Congo in Brazaville.<\/p>\n<p>The pair will face competitions from the likes of African champions Fabrice Ondoa, Vincent Aboubakar all of Cameroun and AFCON silver medalist Mohammed Salah of Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Coaches and Technical Directors of the various National Associations of CAF, members of CAF Technical and Development Committee as well as selected media will decide the winner through the ballot.<\/p>\n<p>The award next year will have a different headline sponsor with Nigerian Oil Company Aiteo taking over as sponsors from telecommunication company Glo.<\/p>\n<p><b>African Player of the Year<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. Ali Maaloul (Tunisia &amp; Al Ahly) 2. Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso &amp; Lyon) 3. Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo &amp; Villareal) 4. Christian Atsu (Ghana &amp; Newcastle) 5. Christian Bassogog (Cameroon &amp; Henan Jianye) 6.Denis Onyango (Uganda &amp; Mamelodi Sundowns) 7. Eric Bailly (Cote d\u2019Ivoire &amp; Manchester United) 8. Essam El Hadary (Egypt &amp; Al Taawoun) 9. Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon &amp; Sevilla) 10. Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia &amp; Zesco) 11. Jean Michel Seri (Cote d\u2019Ivoire &amp; Nice) 12. Junior Kabananga (DR Congo &amp; Astana)<\/p>\n<p>The others are: 13. Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco &amp; Feyenoord) 14. Keita Balde (Senegal &amp; Monaco) 15. Khalid Boutaib (Morocco &amp; Yeni Malatyaspor) 16. Mbwana Samata (Tanzania &amp; Genk) 17. Michael Olunga (Kenya &amp; Girona) 18. Mohamed Salah (Egypt &amp; Liverpool) 19. Moussa Marega (Mali &amp; Porto) 20. Naby Keita (Guinea &amp; RB Leipzig).<\/p>\n<p>The rest are: 21. Percy Tau (South Africa &amp; Mamelodi Sundowns) 22. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon &amp; Borussia Dortmund) 23. Sadio Mane (Senegal &amp; Liverpool) 24. Thomas Partey (Ghana &amp; Atletico Madrid) 25. Victor Moses (Nigeria &amp; Chelsea) 26. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon &amp; Porto) 27. William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria &amp; Bursaspor) 28. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria &amp; Porto) 29. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia &amp; Al Duhail) 30. 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