CAF Awards 2014 Nominees

Youth National team of the
Year
Winner: The Golden Eaglets won
a record fourth U17 World Cup in
fine style in UAE in November,
little wonder they are the only
nominees in this category this
year.

See rest of the awards after the cutNational Team of the Year
Winner: Nigeria Super Eagles will
be runaway winners of this
award ahead of Burkina Faso,
who they defeated to win a third
Nations Cup, and Ethiopia, who
they outscored to qualify for a
fifth World Cup.

Club of the Year
Winner: Egypt’s Al Ahly extended
their dominance in the CAF
Champions League, when they
won an eighth title at the
expense of Orlando Pirates of
South Africa.
Tunisia’s Club Sfaxien won a third
CAF Confederation Cup by edging
past TP Mazembe also in the year
under review, but Ahly should
scoop this again.

Most Promising Talent
Winner: Nigeria’s Kelechi
Iheanacho is expected to follow
more famous countrymen like
Mikel Obi and Taye Taiwo, who
have own this category.
Iheanacho was picked as the
MVP of the U17 World Cup and
finished as second leading scorer
of the tournament.
The other two nominees are
Saleh Gomaa of the Egypt U20
and his Ghanaian counterpart
Ebenezer Assifuah.

Coach of the Year
Winner: Stephen Keshi will rule
okay here after he became only
the second man to win the
AFCON both as a player and
coach.
He won the tournament against
all odds even with little hope in
his team from Nigerians. He also
qualified the team for Brazil 2014
World Cup as well as deliver CHAN
2014 ticket to Nigeria for the
first time.
Other nominees: Nigeria U17
coach Manu Garba and Paul Put
of Burkina Faso.
Best Africa-based Player
Winner: Mohamed Aboutrika
helped his beloved Ahly to win
yet another Champions League
title. He will beat Nigeria’s Sunday
Mba, who shone at the AFCON in
South Africa.

African Footballer of the Year
Winner: Nigeria’s Mikel Obi
deserves to be named Africa
Footballer of 2013 following his
exploits with the Eagles at the
AFCON and the FIFA
Confederations Cup. He also did
well for Chelsea in all
competition, helping them to win
a first-ever UEFA Europa League
in May.
Other nominees: Yaya Toure:
Cote d’Ivoire midfielder is a good
player who did well for country
and club Manchester City.
Didier Drogba: He has been
doing well for Galatasaray but
failed to propel Cote d’Ivoire to
win AFCON, same as Yaya.