Mane, Aubameyang, Bailly na big names for Caf African Player 2017
Di Confederation of African Football (Caf) don release list of 30 players for di African Player of di Year and di African Player wey base for Africa.
Dem go announce di winners for 4 January 2018 Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang wey win am for 2015 dey di list with many big players wey dey Europe like Sadio Mane of Senegal wey finish third for 2016. 2016 winner Riyad Mahrez of Algeria no make di list. Most of di nominees dem dey play for Europe, Egypt 44 years old Essam El Hadary dey inside. Di goalkeeper wey sabi dey play im football for Saudi Arabia Al-Taawoun. Mahrez, no dey di kain form e dey last year wey help Leicester to win Premier League title. Four players na im make di two list of Africa Player and Best Africa-Based Player list. Dem be Tunisia Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly), South Africa Percy Tau, Uganda goalkeeper Dennis Onyango (both Mamelodi Sundowns) and Zambia Fackson Kapumbu (Zesco United). Na head coaches, technical directors from national teams with members of Caf Technical and Development Committee and journalists go vote to decide di winners. Dem go announce di winners for 4 January 2018 for Ghana capital Accra. 2016 winner Riyad Mahrez name no dey for Confederation of African Football list for 2017 African Player of di Year: 1. Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly) 2. Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso & Lyon) 3. Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo & Villareal) 4. Christian Atsu (Ghana & Newcastle) 5. Christian Bassogog (Cameroon & Henan Jianye) 6. Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns) 7. Eric Bailly (Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester United) 8. Essam El Hadary (Egypt & Al Taawoun) 9. Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon & Sevilla) 10. Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia & Zesco) 11. Jean Michel Seri (Cote d'Ivoire & Nice) 12. Junior Kabananga (DR Congo & Astana) 13. Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco & Feyenoord) 14. Keita Balde (Senegal & Monaco) 15. Khalid Boutaib (Morocco & Yeni Malatyaspor) 16. Mbwana Samata (Tanzania & Genk) 17. Michael Olunga (Kenya & Girona) 18. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool) 19. Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto) 20. Naby Keita (Guinea & RB Leipzig) 21. Percy Tau (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns) 22. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund) 23. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool) 24. Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid) 25. Victor Moses (Nigeria & Chelsea) 26. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon & Porto) 27. William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria & Bursaspor) 28. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto) 29. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia & Al Duhail) 30. Yves Bissouma (Mali & Lille) African Player of di Year - Wey Base for Africa: 1. Achraf Bencharki (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club) 2. Ahmed Fathi (Egypt & Al Ahly) 3. Alkhaly Bangoura (Guinea & Etoile du Sahel) 4. Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly) 5. Aristide Bance (Burkina Faso & Al Masry) 6. Ayman Majid (Morocco & FUS Rabat) 7. Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia & Etoile du Sahel) 8. Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe) 9. Dean Furman (South Africa & Supersport United) 10. Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns) 11. Elsamani Saadeldin (Sudan & Al Merreikh) 12. Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia & Zesco) 13. Fawzi Chaouchi (Algeria & MC Alger) 14. Geoffrey Serunkuma (Uganda & KCCA) 15. Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand & Supersport) 16. Junior Ajayi (Nigeria & Al Ahly) 17. Karim Aouadhi (Tunisia & CS Sfaxien) 18. Mohamed Meftah (Algeria & USM Alger) 19. Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club) 20. Muaid Ellafi (Libya & Ahly Tripoli) 21. Nasr Eldin Ahmed (Sudan & Hilal Obeid) 22. Oussama Darfalou (Algeria & USM Alger) 23. Percy Tau (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns) 24. Sabelo Ndzinisa (Swaziland & Mbabane Swallows) 25. Saber Khalifa (Tunisia & Club Africain) 26. Saladin Said (Ethiopia & Saint George) 27. Sylvain Gbohouo (Cote d'Ivoire & TP Mazembe) 28. Tady Etekiama (DR Congo & AS Vita) 29. Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance) 30. Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)