CAF Announces Top 3 Contenders in the 2019 Awards

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) he announced the nominees of the CAF 2019 awards that is just three weeks away.

The federation went through a tight and seemingly fair process of nominations before reaching a conclusion.

“The shortlist of top three nominees for each award category was reached following votes from a CAF Technical & Development Committee and a panel of media experts with emphasis on the nominees’ performance during the year under review, 2019” said the federation in a statement.

They added that a panel of experts, legends and former CAF winners were included in the whole process of nominations.

CAF also said that the award winners for each category will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt.

Our women’s national team Banyans Banyans made it through the nominations

The final African Women's Player of the Year shortlist is out!

🇨🇲 @AjaraNjoya@ValerengaOslo – @FecafootOfficie

🇳🇬 @AsisatOshoala@FCBfemeni – @NGSuper_Falcons

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Beijing BG Phoenix – @Banyana_Banyana#CAFAwards2019 🏆 pic.twitter.com/jReVHFtup7

— CAF (@CAF_Online) December 22, 2019

The top three (3) contenders for all the categories are as follows (in alphabetical order):

African Player of the Year

Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)

African Women’s Player of the Year

Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga)

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)

African Interclubs Player of the Year

Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)

Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)

Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)

African Youth Player of the Year

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)

Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)

African Men’s Coach of the Year

Aliou Cisse (Senegal – Senegal)

Djamel Belmadi (Algeria – Algeria)

Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia – Esperance)

African Women’s Coach of the Year

Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon)

Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)

African Men’s National Team of the Year

Algeria

Madagascar

Senegal

African Women’s National Team of the Year

Cameroon

Nigeria

South Africa