{"id":442122,"date":"2017-11-29T18:41:47","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T18:41:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/29\/i-deserve-caf-young-player-of-the-year-award-eric-ayiah\/"},"modified":"2017-11-29T18:41:47","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T18:41:47","slug":"i-deserve-caf-young-player-of-the-year-award-eric-ayiah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/29\/i-deserve-caf-young-player-of-the-year-award-eric-ayiah\/","title":{"rendered":"I deserve CAF young player of the year award \u2013 Eric Ayiah"},"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, 29 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>AdomOnline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-29<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/86732214.295.jpg\" alt=\"Eric Ayiah4\" title=\"Eric Ayiah4\" width=\"295\" height=\"197\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Black Starlets captain, Eric Ayiah<\/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=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511980907_59_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Black Starlets captain, Eric Ayiah, is beaming with confidence ahead of the 2017 CAF Awards.<\/p>\n<p>He received nomination for the CAF Young Player of the year award after his impressive performance at the Africa Youth Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Ghana youth star lost the award to Nigeria and Arsenal winger, Alex Iwobi who enjoyed a fine campaign for both the Gunners and Nigeria last year.<\/p>\n<p>He however believes he is in a good position to grab the title this time around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a great opportunity and I am excited because I never expected it, I lost it to Iwobi last year but I am confident that I will win it this time around but I want everyone to support me by voting for me,\u201d he told Graphic Sports.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many players in the team but I believe  I was nominated by the grace of God and also for my hard work and dedication to the national agenda.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have checked the list and I know that I am ahead of my competitors, so I am confident that I will win it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The 17-year-old will be competing for the accolade with Senegalese youngster Krepin Diatt, Luther Singh of South Africa, Zambia\u2019s Patson Daka and Salam Giddou of Mali.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 71 updated by: 71 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sports News of Wednesday, 29 November 2017 Source: AdomOnline.com 2017-11-29 Black Starlets captain, Eric Ayiah Black Starlets captain, Eric Ayiah, is beaming with confidence ahead of the 2017 CAF Awards. 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