Enyeama, Oshoala, Oparanozie in player-of-the-year shortlists

Vincent Enyeama, Asisat Oshoala and Desire Oparanozie have been shortlisted into the final three for the 2014 African Player of the Year award in the men and women’s categories.

CAF announced the finalists for this year’s award on their official website on Thursday.

Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and the current holder of the award, Yaya Toure of the Ivory Coast are the other shortlists.

In the women’s category, Annette Ngo Ndom of Cameroon will battle with Oshoala and Oparanozie for the gong.

Oshoala can bag double awards as she also made the shortlist for the Youth Player of the Year.

The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards night in Lagos on January 8, 2015.

LIST OF NOMINEES

African Player of the Year

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Borussia Dortmund)

Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria and Lille)

Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire and Manchester City)

African Player of the Year – Based in Africa

Akram Djahnit (Algeria and ES Setif)

El Hedi Belamieri (Algeria and ES Setif)

Firmin Mubele Ndombe (DR Congo and AS Vita)

Women’s Player of the Year

Annette Ngo Ndom (Cameroon and Amazon Grimstad)

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and River Angels)

Desire Oparanozie (Nigeria and Guingamp)

Youth Player of the Year

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and River Angels)

Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon and Barcelona)

Uchechi Sunday (Nigeria and River Angels)

Most Promising Talent

Clinton N’jie (Cameroon and Olympique Lyon)

Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon and Porto)

Yacine Brahimi (Algeria and Porto)

Coach of the Year

Florent Ibenge (DR Congo)

Kheireddine Madoui (ES Setif)

Vahid Halilhodzic (Former coach of Algeria)

National Team of the Year

Algeria

Libya

Nigeria

Women’s National Team of the Year

Cameroon

Nigeria

Nigeria U-20

Club of the Year

Al Ahly (Egypt)

AS Vita (DR Congo)

ES Setif (Algeria)