Enyeama, Musa In Fresh Battle For CAF Footballer Of The Year Award.

 

Ex Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama and

current captain of the team, Ahmed Musa are in a fresh

tussle over who emerges as the best footballer on the

continent.

According to Vanguard reports, the Confederation

Africaine de Football (CAF) on Sunday, listed the Nigerian

pair were among its list of nominees for the 2015 African

Player of the Year.

The former captain was said to have questioned the

captaincy of Musa as he returned to the team following

his absence in previous games, a development which led

to an altercation between the goalkeeper and the team’s

coach.

The team went ahead to lose their friendly against Congo

in a rather disappointing fashion, but later regrouped to

hand Cameroon a first defeat in six games after series of

consultative meetings by the Nigeria Football federation

(NFF).

The players now have another score to settle as the CAF

player of the year award has pitched them against each

other.

Below are the thirty-seven (37) players nominated for the

top prize in African football in alphabetical order:

Name Club Nationality

Ahmed Musa CSKA Moscow, Russia Nigeria

Andre Ayew Swansea City, England Ghana

Aymen ABDENNOUR FC Valence, Spain Tunisia

Baghdad Bonjah Étoile du Sahel, Tunisia Algeria

Bassem Morsi Zamalek, Egypt Egypt

Chrisitian Atsu Bournemouth, England Ghana

Dieu Merci Mbokani Norwich, England D.R Congo

El Arbi Hillel Soudani Dynamo Zagreb, Croatia Algeria

Faouzi Ghoulam Napoli, Italy Algeria

Férébory Doré Angers, France Congo

Gervais Yao Kouassi Rome, Italy Cote d’Ivoire

Ibrahima Traoré Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany

Guinea

Javier Balboa Al-Faisaly, Saudi Arabia Equatorial Guinea

Héldon Ramos Rio Ave, Portugal Cape Verde

Mame Diouf Stoke City, England Senegal

Max Alain Gradel Bournemouth, England Cote d’Ivoire

Mehdi Benatia Bayern Munich, Germany Morocco

Modather Al Tayeb “Karika” Al Hilal, Sudan Sudan

Mohamed Salah As Roma, Italy Egypt

Nicolas Nkoulou Marseille, France Cameroon

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Borussia Dortmund,

Germany Gabon

Robert Kidiaba T.P Mazembe, D.R Congo D.R Congo

Rudy Gestede Aston Villa, England Benin

Riyad Mahrez Leicester City, England Algeria

Sadio Mané Southampton, England Senegal

Serge AURIER Paris Saint Germain, France Côte d’Ivoire

Seydou keita Rome, Italy Mali

Sofiane FEGHOULI Valence, Spain Algeria

Stéphane Mbia Trabzonspor, Turkey Cameroon

Thievy Bifouma Granada, Spain Congo

Victor Wanyama Southampton, England Kenya

Vincent Aboubakar Porto, Portugal Cameroon

Vincent Enyeama Lille, France Nigeria

Yacine Brahimi Porto, Portugal Algeria

Yannick Bolasie Crystal Palace, England RD Congo

Yasine Chikhaoui Al-Gharafa, Qatar Tunisia

Yaya Toure Man City, England Cot d’Ivoire

Yaya Toure beat off stiff opposition from Nigeria’s

Enyeama and Aubameyang from Gabon to clinch the

coveted prize last year and many are of the opinion that

he may retain the award for an unprecedented fifth

consecutive time.