Super Eagles star makes CAF 11-man shortlist for player of the Year, Troost-Ekong out

Steve Dede 22:45 - 27 November 2017

Moses had an impressive year for Chelsea and the Super Eagles of Nigeria.

CAF have cut down a 30-man list released earlier in Novembe, reducing it to 11 with Moses making the cut.

Another Super Eagles star William Troost-Ekong did not make the cut-down list.

The winner of the awards will be announced at the Awards Gala which will hold on Thursday, January 4 in Accra, Ghana.

Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez is the holder of the award which he won after winning the 2016 Premier League title with Leicester City. He however did not make the nominees this year.

Included in the 11-man shortlist are Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso and Olympique Lyon), Denis Onyango (Uganda and Mamelodi Sundowns), Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco and Feyenoord), Keita Balde (Senegal and Monaco), Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool), Naby Keita (Guinea and RB Leipzig), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Borussia Dortmund), Sadio Mane (Senegal and Liverpool), Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon and Porto), Yacine Brahimi (Algeria and Porto)

Victor Moses’ year

Moses makes the 11-man shortlist for the African Player of the Year following his exploits for Chelsea in the year under review.

The 27-year-old was an influential part of Antonio Conte’s team that won the 2017 Premier League title.

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Moses made 22 consecutive Premier League starts from September 2016 to April 2017. 28 starts and 33 league appearances in total last season.

He is the Nigerian player with the most Premier League appearances for a title-winning team ever.

Moses also helped Nigeria seal qualification to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Moses will be hoping to make it to the final shortlist for the African Player of the Year award.

No Nigerian player has made the final three of the award since 2013 when John Mikel Obi finished second. Nigeria have not had a winner of the award in 18 years-Kanu Nwankwo won the 1999 edition.

Also in the list are Cameroon’s Vincent Aboubakar who helped the Indomitable Lions to the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) title, Mohamed Salah who scored two goals as Egypt got the final of the 2017 AFCON and was also influential as they qualified for their first World Cup in 27 years. He also helped Roma to a second-place Serie A finish with 87 points, their highest so far in history even more than 75 they got when they last won the Serie A title in 2001.

Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang makes the shortlist following his brilliant year in the Bundesliga where he finished as the highest goalscorer with 31 goals and also won the German Cup.

Guinean Naby Keita makes the shortlist following his break-out year with RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga.

Other notable names on the shortlist include, Keita Balde, Sadio Mane and Yacine Brahimi.

11-man shortlist

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