Nwakali, Osimhen, Etebo, Okechukwu & Ebere Nominated For CAF Awards
On Monday, the Confederation of African Football announced the nominees for the other categories for the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards and five Nigerian players are in the running to pick up awards next month in Abuja.<br /><br />Golden Eaglet skipper Kelechi Nwakali has been nominated for the Youth Player of the Year and will have to see of the challenge of compatriot Victor Osimhen, <span>Adama Traore, </span><span>Samuel Diarra (both Mali) and Yaw Yeboah (Ghana).</span><br /><br /><span class=\"st\"> Paris Saint-Germain defender Ngozi Ebere would step into the shoes of Asisat Oshoala if she is chosen ahead of </span><span>Gabrielle Onguéné, </span><span>Gaelle Enganamouit (both Cameroon), </span><span>N</span><span>’rehy Tia Ines (Ivory Coast) and </span><span>Ghanaian Portia Boakye</span> in the Women Player of the Year Category.<br /><br />Nigeria U23 internationals Azubuike Okechukwu and <span>Etebo Oghenekaro were both nominated for the Most Promising Talent Award alongside Algeria U23s star </span><span>Zinedine Ferhat, </span><span>Mahmoud Abdelmonem and </span><span>Djigui Diarra.</span><br /><br /><span>The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 7, 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.</span><br /><br /><b>Nominee For The Various Categories</b> :<br /><br /><u><b>Women Player of the Year</b></u><br /><br />Gabrielle Onguéné, Cameroon<br /><br />Gaelle Enganamouit, Cameroon<br /><br />Ngozi Ebere, Nigeria<br /><br />Nrehy Tia Ines, Cote d’Ivoire<br /><br />Portia Boakye, Ghana<br /><br /><br /><u><b>Youth Player of the Year</b></u> <br /><br />Adama Traore, Mali<br /><br />Kelechi Nwakali, Nigeria<br /><br />Samuel Diarra, Mali<br /><br />Victor Osimhen, Nigeria<br /><br />Yaw Yeboah, Ghana<br /><br /><u><b>Most Promising Talent</b></u> <br /><br />Azubuike Okechukwu, Nigeria<br /><br />Etebo Oghenekaro, Nigeria<br /><br />Djigui Diarra, Mali<br /><br />Mahmoud Abdelmonem ‘kahraba’, Egypt<br /><br />Zinedine Ferhat, Algeria<br /><u><b><br />Coach of the Year</b></u> <br /><br />Baye Ba, Mali, U17<br /><br />Emmanuel Amunike, Nigeria U17<br /><br />Fawzi Benzarti, Etoile Sportive de Sahel<br /><br />Hervé Renard, Cote d’ivore<br /><br />Patrice Carteron, TP Mazembe<br /><br /><u><b>Referee of the Year</b></u><br /><br />Alioum Neant, Cameroon<br /><br />Bakary Papa GASSAMA, Gambia<br /><br />Eric Arnaud OTOGO CASTANE, Gabon<br /><br />Ghead Zaglol GRISHA, Egypt<br /><br />Janny SIKAZWE, Zambia<br /><br /><u><b>African Legend</b></u><br /><br />Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Ghana<br /><br />Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Cameroon<br /><br /><u><b>National Team of the Year</b></u><br /><br />Cote d’Ivoire<br /><br />Ghana<br /><br />Mali U17<br /><br />Nigeria U17<br /><br />Nigeria U-23<br /><br /> <u><b>Women National Team of the Year</b></u><br /><br />Ghana<br /><br />Cameroon<br /><br />South Africa<br /><br />Zimbabwe<br /><br /> <u><b>Club of the Year</b></u><br /><br />USM Algers , Algeria<br /><br />TP Mazembe, DR Congo<br /><br />Orlando Pirates, South Africa<br /><br />Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Tunisia<br /><br />Photo Credit : fifa.com<br />
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