The Confederation of African Football have announced the shortlists for this year’s CAF awards, with Orlando Pirates trio Thembinkosi Lorch, Bandile Shandu and Mandla Ncikazi dropping out.
CAF confirmed their shortlists on Monday morning, with only Percy Tau and Pitso Mosimane remaining in the fold to lift an accolade.
Tau has survived the cut in the CAF Interclub Player of the Year award, which saw Lorch and Shandu dropped, while Mosimane has been named among the five final nominees for the Coach of the Year award.
Mosimane, though, has strong competition from former Egypt coach Carlos Queiroz, The Gambia coach Tom Saintfiet, Senegal’s AFCON-winning coach Aliou Cisse and CAF Champions League winner Walid Regragui.
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Pirates, though, are still within a chance to lift the CAF Club of the Year award, alongside Petro de Luanda, Al Ahly, RS Berkane and Wydad Athletic.
In the main category, the CAF Player of the Year award, 10 players are left on the final shortlist and you can see all final nominees below:
CAF Player of the Year nominees:
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
- Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon & Olympique Lyonnais)
- Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon & Al Nassr)
- Sebastien Haller (Cote d’Ivoire & Ajax)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
- Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)
- Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)
- Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
- Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)
CAF Interclub Player of the Year nominees:
- Tiago Azulao (Petro Atletico)
- Karim Konate (ASEC Mimosas)
- Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly)
- Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly)
- Percy Tau (Al Ahly)
- Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly)
- Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly)
- Achraf Dari (Wydad Athletic Club)
- Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Athletic Club)
- Zouheir El Moutaraji (Wydad Athletic Club)
CAF Young Player of the Year nominees:
- Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso & Lorient)
- Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)
- Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana & Rennes)
- Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Metz)
- Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)
CAF National Team of the Year Nominees:
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Egypt
- Morocco
- Senegal
