Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho, Asisat Oshoala & Etebo to battle for glory at Glo-CAF awards

Arsenal's Alex Iwobi, Man City's Kelechi Iheanacho, Arsenal ladies' Asisat Oshoala and Super Eagles midfielder Oghenekaro Etebo, are the popular Nigerian football stars

set to battle for glory at the Glo-CAF 2016 Awards slated for 5th of January, 2017.

Super Falcons star Asisat Oshoala will be up against South Africa’s Janine Van Wyk, Cameroon’s Gabrielle Onguene, Raissa Feudjlo Tchanyo and Ghana’s Elizabeth Addo for the Women's player of the year award in awards list released by CAF .

Kelechi Iheanacho will battle for the Most Promising Talent award with Oghenekaro Etebo, Egypt's Ramadan Sobhi and DR Congo's Elia Meschak while Iwobi will compete against Cote d’Ivoire’s Frank Kessie, Ghana’s Eric Ayiah, Mali’s Sidiki Maiga and Ghana women’s Sandra Owusu-Ansah for the Youth Player of the Year prize.

See the full nominee list below...

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)

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)

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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