The Confederation
of African Football (CAF) has released a list of 34 players to be considered for the
2012 African Footballer of the Award. In the list there is no player from the
East Africa region.
Yaya Toure
Three
players who ply their trade for clubs on the continent; Zambia’s Rainford
Kalaba and Stopila Sunzu of TP
Mazembe and Tunisia's Youssef Msakni of Esperance made the shortlist as well as
last year’s winner Yaya Toure of English Premier League champions Manchester
City FC.
CAF will
release a shortlist of ten finalists to be sent to national
associations, head coaches and secretary generals to select the top three
finalists which will be announced later in October.
The winner will be announced at a ceremony on Thursday 20
December 2012 in the Banquet Hall, State House in the Ghanaian capital Accra.
The full list as adapted from bbc.co.uk includes:
Abdelaziz Barrada - Getafe (Spain) and Morocco
Adel Taarabt - Queens Park Rangers (England) and Morocco
Alain Sibiri Traore - Lorient (France) and Burkina Faso
Alexander Song - Barcelona (Spain) and Cameroon
Andre 'Dede' Ayew - Marseille (France) and Ghana
Arouna Kone - Wigan (England) and Ivory Coast
Aymen Abdennour - Toulouse (France) and Tunisia.
Bakaye Traore - AC Milan (Italy) and Mali
Cheick Tiote - Newcastle United (England) and Ivory Coast
Christopher Katongo - Henan Construction (China) and Zambia
Demba Ba - Newcastle United (England) and Senegal
Didier Drogba - Shanghai Shenhua (China) and Ivory Coast
Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu - Udinese (Italy) and Ghana
Emmanuel Mayuka - Southampton (England) and Zambia
Foxi Kethevoama - FC Astana (Kazakhstan) and Central African Republic
Gervinho - Arsenal (England) and Ivory Coast
Hilaire Momi - Le Mans (France) and Central African Republic
Others include; John Obi Mikel - Chelsea (England) and Nigeria
John Utaka - Montpellier (France) and Nigeria
Kwadwo Asamoah - Juventus (Italy) and Ghana
Moussa Sow - Fenerbahce (Turkey) and Senegal
Nicolas N'koulou - Marseille (France) and Cameroon
Papiss Demba Cisse - Newcastle United (England) and Senegal
Pape Moussa Konate - FC Krasnodar (Russia) and Senegal
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang - St Etienne (France) and Gabon
Rainford Kalaba - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Zambia
The final part include; Seydou Doumbia - CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Ivory Coast
Seydou Keita - Dalian Aerbin (China) and Mali Sofiane Feghouli - Valencia (Spain) and Algeria
Stoppila Sunzu - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Zambia
Victor Moses - Chelsea (England) and Nigeria
Yaya Toure - Manchester City (England) and Ivory Coast
Younes Belhanda - Montpellier (France) and Morocco
Youssef Msakni - Esperance (Tunisia) and Tunisia
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