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The list of contenders for the title of best African player of the year has been unveiled! 4

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The list of contenders for the title of best African player of the year has been unveiled!

The list of contenders for the title of best African player of the year has been unveiled

The list of contenders for the title of best African player of the year has been unveiled

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced Thursday the names of 34 selected for this title which rewards the best performing players since the beginning of the year in club and national team.

In this list, the majority are Ivorians  with no less than six representatives, including Didier Drogba and the winner of the previous edition Yaya Touré.

The vote of the African Golden Ball 2012 will be accompanied by the “Best player operating on the continent”, with 32 players competing.

Note that Zambians Rainford Kalaba and Stoppila Sunzu and the Tunisian Youssef Msakni were chosen for two trophies.

CAF will refine these lists before the end of October. The name of the lucky ones will be revealed on December 20 in Accra, at the traditional gala GLOCAF Awards.

Besides the two trophies, nine other awards will be presented on this occasion, with the title of club of the year or the best hope.

The 34 nominees for African Footballer of 2012 are:

Abdelaziz Barrada (Getafe / Morocco), Adel Taarabt (QPR / Morocco), Alain Traore Sibiri (FC Lorient / Burkina Faso), Alexander Song (Barcelona / Cameroon), Andre Ayew (Marseille / Ghana), Arouna Koné (Wigan / Coast d’Ivoire), Aymen Abdennour (Toulouse / Tunisia), Bakaye Traoré (AC Milan / Mali), Cheick Ismael Tioté (Newcastle / Côte d’Ivoire), Christopher Katongo (Henan Construction / Zambia), Demba Ba (Newcastle / Senegal) Didier Drogba (Shanghai Shenhua / Côte d’Ivoire), Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu (Udinese / Ghana), Emmanuel Mayuka (Southampton / Zambia), Foxi Kethevoama (FC Astana / Central), Gervais Yao Kouassi (Arsenal / Ivory Coast) , Hilaire Momi Romeo Verdi (Le Mans / Central), John Obi Mikel (Chelsea / Nigeria), John Utaka (Montpellier / Nigeria), Kwadwo Asamoah (Juventus / Ghana), Moussa Sow (Fenerbahce / Senegal), Nicolas Nkoulou (Marseille / Cameroon), Papiss Demba Cisse (Newcastle / Senegal), Pape Moussa Konaté (FC Krasnodar / Senegal), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (St Etienne / Gabon), Rainford Kalaba (TP Mazembe / Zambia), Seydou Doumbia (CSKA Moscow / Coast d’Ivoire), Seydou Keita (Dalian Aerbin / Mali), Sofiane Feghouli (Valencia / Algeria) Soppila Sunzu (TP Mazembe / Zambia), Victor Moses (Chelsea / Nigeria), Yaya Touré (Manchester City / Ivory Coast) Younes Belhanda (Montpellier / Morocco) Youssef Msakni (Esperance Tunis / Tunisia).

 

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