The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the shortlisted nominees for the 2017 AITEO CAF Awards. The list which was published on CAF's websites and Twitter handle @CAF_Online has super Eagles striker, Victor Moses as a nominee for the African Player of the Year award. Asisat Oshoala and Gernot Rohr were nominated for the African Player of the year Women Category and the Coach of the year award respectively. Meanwhile, the Falconet was nominated for the African Women's National Team of the year award.
The full list is presented below
Women’s Player of the Year
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian)
Chrestina Kgatlana (South Africa & UWC Ladies)
Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene(Cameroon & Rossyanka)
Rutendo Makore (Zimbabwe & Black Rhinos)
Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Kvarnsvedens)
African player of the year
Victor Moses (Nigeria & Chelsea)
Mohammed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)
Pierre Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon & Porto)
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto)
Keita Balde (Senegal & Monaco)
Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco & Feynoord)
Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso & Lyon)
Naby Keita (Guinea & Leipzig)
Women’s National Team of the Year
Ghana U-20
Kenya
Nigeria U-20
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Coach of the Year
Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)
Hector Cuper (Egypt)
Hugo Broos (Cameroon)
L'Hussein Amoutta (Wydad Athletic Club)
Mihayo Kazembe (TP Mazembe)
National Team of the Year
Cameroon
Egypt
Mali U-17
Nigeria
Zambia U-20
Club of the Year
Al Ahly
Mbabane Swallows
SuperSport United
TP Mazembe
Wydad Athletic Club
Youth Player of the Year
Eric Ayiah (Ghana & Charity Stars)
Krepin Diatta (Senegal &Sarpsborg)
Luther Singh (South Africa & Braga)
Patson Daka (Zambia & Liefering)
Salam Giddou (Mali & Guidars)
Referee of the Year
Bamlak Tessema (Ethiopia)
Ghead Grisha (Egypt)
Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)
Malang Diedhiou (Senegal)
Mehdi Abid Charef (Algeria)
Papa Bakary Gassama (Gambia)