The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released a 30-man shortlist for the 2019 African Player of the Year award, with Wilfred Ndidi, and Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane making the cut.
The 28th edition of the annual football awards will be held on January 7, 2019 in Hurghada, Egypt and its boasts some categories such as African Player of the Year, Women’s Player of the Year, National Team of the Year (Men & Women), Youth Player of the Year and Coach of the Year (Men & Women).
MEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Nigeria
Algeria
Madagascar
Senegal
Tunisia
WOMEN'S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
Nigeria
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Kenya
South Africa
Zambia
YOUTH PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)
Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
Amadou Haidara (Mali & RB Leipzig)
Amadou Sagna (Senegal & Club Brugge)
Enock Mwepu (Zambia & Red Bull Salzburg)
Ismaïla Sarr (Senegal & Watford)
Krepin Diatta (Senegal & Club Brugge)
Moussa Djenepo (Mali & Southampton)
Moussa Ndiaye (Senegal & Excellence Foot)
Musa Barrow (Gambia & Atalanta)
Osvaldo Pedro Capemba ‘Capita’ (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
Patson Daka (Zambia & Red Bull Salzburg)
Sekou Koita (Mali & Red Bull Salzburg)
Steve Regis Mvoue (Cameroon & AS Azur Star)
Zito Luvumbo (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
MEN’S AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)
Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria & Leicester City)
Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Shanghai Shenhua)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
André Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria& Al-Sadd)
Carolus Andriamatsinoro (Madagascar & Al Adalah)
Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Cameroon & Paris Saint-Germain)
Ferjani Sassi(Tunisia & Zamalek)
Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax)
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal & Paris Saint-Germain)
Ismail Bennacer (Algeria & AC Milan)
Jordan Ayew (Ghana & Crystal Palace)
Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (Togo & Al Ain)
Mahmoud Hassan"Trezeguet" (Egypt & Aston Villa)
Mbwana Samatta (Tanzania & Genk)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto)
Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
Nicolas Pepe (Côte d'Ivoire & Arsenal)
Percy Tau (South Africa & Club Brugge)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
Thomas Teye Partey (Ghana & Atlético Madrid)
Wilfried Zaha (Côte d'Ivoire & Crystal Palace)
Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Ahli Jeddah)
WOMEN’S AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria & Southeastern Fire)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria & Rivers Angels)
Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga )
Ange N'Guessan (Côte d'Ivoire & Tenerife)
Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Jiangsu Suning)
Gabrielle Ouguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moscow)
Refiloe Jane (South Africa & AC Milan)
Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning)
Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)
AFRICAN INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly)
Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Emmanuel Okwi (Uganda & Simba)
Ferjani Sassi (Tunisia & Zamalek)
Fousseny Coulibaly (Cote d'Ivoire & Esperance)
Franck Kom (Cameroon & Esperance)
Herenilson (Angola & Petro de Luanda)
Ismail El Haddad (Morocco & Wydad Casablanca)
Jean Marc Makusu (DR Congo & AS VITA)
Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (Togo & RS Berkane / Al Ain)
Mahmoud Alaa (Egypt & Zamalek)
Meddie Kagere (Rwanda & Simba)
Meschack Elia (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)
Themba Zwane (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Tresor Mputu (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Walid El Karti (Morocco & Wydad Casablanca)
Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)
WOMEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR
Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)
Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon)
Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
Clementine Toure (Côte d'Ivoire)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
David Ouma (Kenya)
MEN'S COACH OF THE YEAR
Gernot Rohr (Germany - Nigeria)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal - Senegal)
Christian Gross (Switzerland - Zamalek)
Corentin Martins (France - Mauritania)
Djamel Belmadi (Algeria - Algeria)
Faouzi Benzarti (Tunisia - Wydad Athletic Club)
Moine Chaâbani (Tunisia - Esperance)
Mounir Jaouani (Morocco - Berkane FC)
Nicolas Dupuis (France - Madagascar)
Pitso Mosimane (South Africa - Mamelodi Sundowns)
