The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has released the final list of nominees for various categories of the 2015 Glo-Caf awards with the Super Eagles noticeably missing from the team of this year’s nominees.
There is also no Nigerian player in the top three for the prestigious African Player of the Year ( APOY) award.
Yaya Toure of the Ivory Coast, Dede Ayew of Ghana and Gabon skipper Pierre Aubameyang are the three finalists that will slot it out for the award.
However, Nigeria were nominated in the Women Player of the Year category as well as getting nominations in four other categories.
The award ceremony will hold in Abuja, Nigeria on Thursday, January 7, 2016.
The full list of nominees.
Women Player of the Year
Gabrielle Onguéné, Cameroon
Gaelle Enganamouit, Cameroon
Ngozi Ebere, Nigeria
N’rehy Tia Ines, Cote d’Ivoire
Portia Boakye, Ghana
Youth Player of the Year
Adama Traore, Mali
Kelechi Nwakali, Nigeria
Samuel Diarra, Mali
Victor Osimhen, Nigeria
Yaw Yeboah, Ghana
Most Promising Talent
Azubuike Okechukwu, Nigeria
Etebo Oghenekaro, Nigeria
Djigui Diarra, Mali
Mahmoud Abdelmonem ‘kahraba’, Egypt
Zinedine Ferhat, Algeria
Coach of the Year
Baye Ba, Mali, U17
Emmanuel Amunike, Nigeria U17
Fawzi Benzarti, Etoile Sportive de Sahel
Hervé Renard, Cote d’ivore
Patrice Carteron, TP Mazembe
Referee of the Year
Alioum Neant, Cameroon
Bakary Papa GASSAMA, Gambia
Eric Arnaud OTOGO CASTANE, Gabon
Ghead Zaglol GRISHA, Egypt
Janny SIKAZWE, Zambia
African Legend
Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Ghana
Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Cameroon
National Team of the Year
Cote d’Ivoire
Ghana
Mali U17
Nigeria U17
Nigeria U-23
Women National Team of the Year
Ghana
Cameroon
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Club of the Year
USM Algers , Algeria
TP Mazembe, DR Congo
Orlando Pirates, South Africa
Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Tunisia
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