The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced its final shortlists for its 2018 awards. Liverpool duo of Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are joined by Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the three-man list.
Egypt’s Salah has already won the 2017 BBC African Footballer of the Year award, while Gabon’s Aubameyang won the CAF award in 2015. Senegal’s Mane has been included in the CAF Team of the Year for 2015 and 2016.
The list was cut from 11 nominees that CAF announced in November.
CAF also released the shortlists for several of its other award categories, which will be handed out on January 4th in Accra, Ghana.
African Player of the Year:
Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and B. Dortmund)
Sadio Mane (Senegal and Liverpool)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and Dalian Quanjian)
Chrestina Kgatlana (South Africa and UWC Ladies)
Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene(Cameroon and CSKA Moscow)
Women’s National Team of the Year:
Ghana U-20
Nigeria U-20
South Africa
Coach of the Year:
Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)
Hector Cuper (Egypt)
L’Hussein Amoutta (Wydad Athletic Club)
National Team of the Year:
Cameroon
Egypt
Nigeria
Club of the Year:
Al Ahly
TP Mazembe
Wydad Athletic Club
Youth Player of the Year:
Krepin Diatta (Senegal and Sarpsborg)
Patson Daka (Zambia and Liefering)
Salam Giddou (Mali and Guidars)
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