Iwobi, Iheanacho, Oshoala up for CAF Awards

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Iwobi, Iheanacho, Oshoala up for CAF Awards

Nigeria trio of Alex Iwobi, Kelechi Iheanacho and Asisat Oshoala, have all been nominated for the 2016 Glo-CAF Awards.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF), published the list of nominees on Sunday, with Nigeria in contention for six awards.
Oshoala will battle it out with South Africa’s Janine Van Wyk, Cameroon’s Gabrielle Onguene, Raissa Feudjlo Tchanyo and Ghana’s Elizabeth Addo, for the Women Player of the Year.
Iheanacho, who plays for Manchester City in England, is nominated for the Most Promising Talent, along with compatriot Oghenekaro Etebo, Egypt’s Ramadan Sobhi and DR Congo’s Elia Meschak.
Iwobi is up for the Youth Player of the Year, along with Cote d’Ivoire’s Frank Kessie, Ghana’s Eric Ayiah, Mali’s Sidiki Maiga and Ghana women’s Sandra Owusu-Ansah.
The Glo-CAF Awards will take place on Thursday, 5 January 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria.
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)
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)
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