Confederation of African Football (Caf) has released the final shortlists for its 2019 Awards.<\/p>\n
Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez along with Liverpool duo Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are the three finalists in contention for the Men\u2019s Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n
The women\u2019s shortlist involves Ajara Nchout of Cameroon and Valerenga, Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria and Barcelona and South Africa\u2019s Beijing Phoenix FC star Thembi Kgatlana.<\/p>\n
The winners will be announced at the Caf Awards ceremony on 7 January at Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt.<\/p>\n
Full list of shortlists are as follows (in alphabetical order):<\/p>\n
African Player of the Year
\nMohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
\nRiyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
\nSadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)<\/p>\n
African Women\u2019s Player of the Year
\nAjara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga)
\nAsisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
\nThembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)<\/p>\n
African Interclubs Player of the Year
\nAnice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
\nTarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)
\nYoucef Bela\u00efli (Algeria & Esperance \/ Ahli Jeddah)<\/p>\n
African Youth Player of the Year
\nAchraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
\nSamuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)
\nVictor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)<\/p>\n
African Men\u2019s Coach of the Year
\nAliou Cisse (Senegal \u2013 Senegal)
\nDjamel Belmadi (Algeria \u2013 Algeria)
\nMo\u00efne Cha\u00e2bani (Tunisia \u2013 Esperance)<\/p>\n
African Women\u2019s Coach of the Year
\nAlain Djeumfa (Cameroon)
\nDesiree Ellis (South Africa)
\nThomas Dennerby (Nigeria)<\/p>\n
African Men\u2019s National Team of the Year
\nAlgeria
\nMadagascar
\nSenegal<\/p>\n
African Women\u2019s National Team of the Year
\nCameroon
\nNigeria
\nSouth Africa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Confederation of African Football (Caf) has released the final shortlists for its 2019 Awards. Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez along with Liverpool duo Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah are the three finalists in contention for the Men\u2019s Player of the Year award. The women\u2019s shortlist involves Ajara Nchout of Cameroon and Valerenga, Asisat Oshoala of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":17116,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,16],"tags":[108,810],"class_list":{"0":"post-17115","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-sport","9":"tag-caf-c-l","10":"tag-sports-in-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"\n