GLO-CAF Awards:Iwobi,Iheanacho,Oshoala vie for honours as organizers release list of nominees

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l-r Iheanacho and Iwobi (courtesy premium times)

Organizers of the GLO-CAF awards,CAF have released the nominees for the 2016 edition of the awards.Though Nigeria has no representative in the African PLayer of the year category, the country can take solace in the nomination of youngsters Iwobi,Iheanacho and Asisat Oshoala in fresh categories.

Iwobi is nominated in the 'Youth player of the year' category while Iheanacho is nominated in the 'Most promising talent' category.
Other Nigerian nominees are the reigning women champions,the Super Falcons and their team coach Florence Omagbemi who are nominated in the 'Women's national team of the year' and 'Coach of the year' categories respectively.The winners will be announced at the GLO-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday January 5,2017 in Abuja,Nigeria.

LIST OF CATEGORIES AND NOMINEES

Women’s Player of the Year

Asisat OSHOALA (Nigeria & Arsenal Ladies)
Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Kvarnsvedensik)
Gabrielle ABOUDI ONGUENE (Cameroon & Rossiyanka)
Janine VAN WYK (South Africa & JVW)
Raissa FEUDJIO TCHUANYO (Cameroon & Aland United).

Most promising Talent

Elia MESCHAK (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Kelechi IHEANACHO (Nigeria & Manchester City)
Naby KEITA (Guinea & RB Leipzig)
Oghenekaro ETEBO (Nigeria & CD Feirense)
Ramadan SOBHI (Egypt & Stoke City)

Youth Player of the Year

Alex IWOBI (Nigeria & Arsenal)
Eric AYIAH (Ghana U-17)
Franck KESSIE (Cote d’Ivoire & Atalanta)
Sandra OWUSU-ANSAH (Ghana & Supreme Ladies)
Sidiki MAIGA (Mali U-20)

Coach of the Year

Florent IBENGE (DR Congo)
Milutin ‘Micho’ SREDOJEVIC (Uganda)
Pitso MOSIMANE (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Nacer SANDJAK (MO Bejaia)
Florence OMAGBEMI (Nigeria women’s national team)

Referee of the Year

Papa Gasama, Gambia
Grishea Gehead, Egypt
Malang Diedhiou, Senegal
Club of the Year
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
MO Bejaia (Algeria)
TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
Zamalek (Egypt)
Zesco United (Zambia)

National Team of the Year

DR Congo
Guinea Bissau
Nigeria U-23
Senegal
Uganda

Women’s National Team of the Year

Cameroon
Ghana
Nigeria
South Africa
Zimbabwe

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