Glo-CAF Awards: 30-man shortlist revealed

By El-Amisty Nobo| Follow Amisty on twitter @ElAmistyNobo

The Confederation of African Football [CAF] has revealed the nominees for the 2017 African Player of the Year.

The thirty-man shortlist will later be pruned down to three from which the ultimate winner will be selected at the Awards Gala on Thursday, January 04, 2017 in Accra, Ghana.

The winner is decided by votes from Head Coaches and Technical Directors of the CAF affiliated National Associations, members of the CAF Technical & Development Committee as well as panel of Media Experts.

Aiteo, Nigerian energy giants are the headline sponsors of the upcoming event.

Ali Maaloul [Tunisia, Al Ahly]

Bertrand Traore [Burkina Faso, Lyon]

Cedric Bakambu [DR Congo, Villarreal]

Christian Atsu [Ghana, Newcastle United]

Christian Bassogog [Cameroon, Henan Jianye]

Denis Onyango [Uganda, Mamelodi Sundowns]

Eric Bailey [Ivory Coast, Manchester United]

Essam El Hadary [Egypt, Al Taawoun]

Fabrice Ondoa [Cameroon, Seville]

Fackson Kanumbu [Zambia, Zesco United]

Jean Michel Seri [Ivory Coast, Nice]

Junior Kabananga [DR Congo, Astana]

Karim El Ahmadi [Morocco, Feyenoord Rotterdam]

Keita Balde [Senegal, Monaco]

Khalid Boutaib [Morocco, Yeni Malatyaspor]

Mbwana Samata [Tanzania, Genk]

Michael Olunga [Kenya, Girona]

Mohamed Salah [Egypt, Liverpool]

Moussa Marega [Mali, FC Porto]

Naby Keita [Guinea, RB Leipzig]

Percy Tau [South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns]

Pierre-Emeric Aubameyang [Gabon, Borussia Dortmund]

Sadio Mane [Senegal, Liverpool]

Thomas Partey [Atletico Madrid]

Victor Moses [Nigeria, Chelsea]

Vincent Aboubakar [Cameroon, FC Porto]

William Troost-Ekong [Nigeria, Bursaspor]

Yacine Brahimi [Algeria, FC Porto]

Youssef Msakni [Tunisia, Al Duhail]

Yves Bissouma [Mali, Lille]

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