{"id":449872,"date":"2017-12-24T19:00:29","date_gmt":"2017-12-24T19:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/caf-opens-public-voting-for-footballer-of-the-year-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2017-12-24T19:00:29","modified_gmt":"2017-12-24T19:00:29","slug":"caf-opens-public-voting-for-footballer-of-the-year-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/24\/caf-opens-public-voting-for-footballer-of-the-year-for-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF opens public voting for Footballer of the Year for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Sunday, 24 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-12-24<\/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\/30092373.295.jpg\" alt=\"CAFpic Opens\" title=\"CAFpic Opens\" width=\"295\" height=\"172\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Candidates for 2017 African Footballer of the Year<\/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\/1514142029_485_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> For the first time in African Football, the top three nominees are being put to a public vote to decide the winner of the CAF African Footballer of the year 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt star Mohammed Salah of Liverpool and his club mate Sadio Mane alongside Gabon star Pierre Emerick Augbameyang were shortlisted last week in Accra.<\/p>\n<p>The voting process will start on Sunday, 24 December.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the public will select the Team of the Year with the top 11 players selected individually by position.<\/p>\n<p>Early this month, fans voted Salah as the BBC African Footballer of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Public voting will be the final of three stages determining the winner of the award.<\/p>\n<p>The first stage saw the consultation of players, and the second, coaches.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, voting for the strongest \u2018team\u2019 in Africa will be conducted via the CAF Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>Details of the voting process will be revealed in a CAF ceremony, taking place on January 4.<\/p>\n<p>The changes come as part of a wide range of new rules implemented by CAF in 2017. In addition to the new voting and selection process,<\/p>\n<p>CAF removed the award for \u2018Best Africa-based Player\u2019 in December, saying the professional committee entrusted to select the best player for an African team lacked the competence for the job.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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