Toure in running for fifth African player prize
Yaya Toure has every chance of
retaining his African footballer of the
year award after featuring on the
shortlist of 10 nominees revealed on
Monday.
The free-scoring Manchester City
midfielder captained the Ivory Coast to
glory at the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations
in February, and has won the
Confederation of African Football award
in each of the last four years.
His stiffest competition could come from
Borussia Dortmund and Gabon forward
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who is on
top of the Bundesliga scoring charts at
the moment alongside Bayern Munich’s
Robert Lewandowski.
Andre Ayew of Swansea City and Ghana
and Southampton’s Senegal winger Sadio
Mane are among the other contenders.
The winner, decided by votes from
coaches or technical directors of African
national teams, will be announced at a
ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria, on January
7 next year.
Nominees
André Ayew (Ghana/Swansea City)
Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia/Valencia)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim
‘Karika’ (Sudan/El Hilal)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt/AS Roma)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/
Borussia Dortmund)
Sadio Mané (Senegal/Southampton)
Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast/Paris Saint-
Germain)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria/Valencia)
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria/Porto)
Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Manchester
City)
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