The top three contenders for the 2015 African Player of the Year have been revealed.
They are Andre Ayew (Ghana/Swansea City), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/ Borussia Dortmund) and Yaya Toure (Cote d”Ivoire/ Manchester City).
The trio was unveiled at a press conference attended by CAF Executive member, Anjorin Moucharafou, and Glo representatives on Monday in Abuja, Nigeria.
For the African Player of the Year Based in Africa, the top three finalists are Baghdad Boundjah (Algeria/Etoile du Sahel), Mbwana Aly Samata (Tanzania/TP Mazembe) and Robert Kidiaba (DR Congo/TP Mazembe) .
The winner, to be decided by votes from Head Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF, will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala on January 7, 2016.
The Confédération Africaine de Football has released the nominees for the other categories for the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards.
The categories are Women Player of the Year, Youth Player of the Year, Most Promising Talent, Coach of the Year, Referee of the Year, African Legend, National Team of the Year, Women National Team of the Year, Club of the Year, Platinum Award.
The winners will be decided by votes from the CAF Football and Media Committees except Legend and Platinum awards, which are not subject to vote, while Referee of the Year Award will be decided by the votes of CAF Refereeing Committee.
Below are the nominees for the various categories in alphabetical order:
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, 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.
