{"id":448332,"date":"2017-12-19T17:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/caf-names-final-three-for-2017-african-best-player\/"},"modified":"2017-12-19T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-19T17:30:29","slug":"caf-names-final-three-for-2017-african-best-player","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/19\/caf-names-final-three-for-2017-african-best-player\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF names final three for 2017 African 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 Tuesday, 19 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>ghananewsagency.org<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-19<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/30497789.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mane Salah Auba\" title=\"Mane Salah Auba\" width=\"295\" height=\"157\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mane, Salah and Aubameyang has been shortlisted for the Best Player award<\/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\/12\/1513704629_591_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have named the final three players for the 2017 African Player of theYear award in Accra next month.<\/p>\n<p>The three which includes 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Dortmund), Sadio Mane (Senegal and Liverpool) and Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool) were part of an initial 30-man shortlist which was trimmed down to 11 before the final three. <\/p>\n<p>Head Coaches\/Technical Directors of the 54 affiliated National Associations to CAF together with Associate Members,( Reunion Island and Zanzibar), as well as 10-member media Panel of Experts will vote to select the eventual Award winners.<\/p>\n<p>After winning the BBC African Footballer of the Year recently, Liverpool\u2019s Mohammed Salah would be stand out as favourite to clinch the coveted gong. <\/p>\n<p>The winner of the award will be named at the AITEO CAF awards 2017 ceremony to be held in Accra on 4th January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Nigerian energy giants, Aiteo, are the headline sponsors of next year\u2019s edition that will see players, officials and administrators who distinguished themselves during the year under review being honoured for their efforts towards the development of the game on the continent.<\/p>\n<p><b>Other Awards categories are listed below:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>African Player of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah (Egypt &amp; Liverpool)<\/p>\n<p>Sadio Mane (Senegal &amp; Liverpool)<\/p>\n<p>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon &amp; Dortmund)<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s Player of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria &amp; Dalian Quanjian)<\/p>\n<p>Chrestina Kgatlana (South Africa &amp; UWC Ladies)<\/p>\n<p>Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon &amp; Rossyanka)<\/p>\n<p>Women\u2019s National Team of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Ghana U-20<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria U-20<\/p>\n<p>South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Coach of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)<\/p>\n<p>Hector Cuper (Egypt)<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019Hussein Amoutta<\/p>\n<p>National Team of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Club of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Al Ahly<\/p>\n<p>TP Mazembe<\/p>\n<p>Wydad Athletic Club<\/p>\n<p>Youth Player of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Krepin Diatta (Senegal &amp;Sarpsborg)<\/p>\n<p>Patson Daka (Zambia &amp; Liefering)<\/p>\n<p>Salam Giddou (Mali &amp; Guidars)<\/p>\n<p>Referee of the Year<\/p>\n<p>Bamlak Tessema (Ethiopia)<\/p>\n<p>Ghead Grisha (Egypt)<\/p>\n<p>Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)<\/p>\n<p>Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)<\/p>\n<p>Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)<\/p>\n<p>Papa Bakary Gassama (Gambia).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JQNUDH5-17k?ecver=2\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" gesture=\"media\" allow=\"encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 55 updated by: -1 --><\/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 Tuesday, 19 December 2017 Source: ghananewsagency.org 2017-12-19 play videoMane, Salah and Aubameyang has been shortlisted for the Best Player award The Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) have named the final three players for the 2017 African Player of theYear award in Accra next month. 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