Musa, who has been propelling CSKA of Moscow in the UEFA Champions League was missing from the list of 10 nominees for the prestigious award as well as goalkeeper Enyeama, who a few weeks ago called it quits with international football.
The Top 10 nominees for the 2015 African Player of the Year as well as the 2015 African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) in the Glo-CAF Awards were announced on Monday.
The players were shortlisted from 37 players who earlier were nominated for the African Player of the Year, and 20 players who made the list for the Player of the Year (Based in Africa) category.
The top 10 nominees include Andre Ayew of Ghana and Swansea FC, Yacine Brahimi of Algeria and FC Porto of Portugal, Yaya Toure of Cote d’Ivoire and Manchester City of England, Mohamed Salah of Egypt and AS Roma of Italy, Aymen Abdennor of Tunisia and FC Valence of Spain, Modather Al Tayeb of Sudan and Al Hilal FC OF Sudan, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and Borrussia Dortmund of Germany and Sadio Mane of Senegal and Southampton of England.
Others are Serge Aurier of Cote d’Ivoire and Paris St Germain of France, Sofiane Feghouli of Algeria and FC Valence.
In the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) category, the 10 shortlisted players are Abdeladim Khadrouf of Morocco, Baghdad Bounedjah of Algeria and Etoile Sportive Sahel of Tunisia, Felipe Ovono of Equatorial Guinea and Orlando Pirates of South Africa, Kermit Erasmus of South Africa and Orlando Pirates, Mbwana Aly Samatta of Tanzania and TP Mazembe of Congo DR, Mohamed Meftah of Algeria and USM Alger of Algeria, Modather Al Tayeb of Sudan and Al Hilal, Robert Kidiaba Muteba of Congo DR and TP Mazembe, Robert Assale of Cote d’ Ivoire and Sewe Sports and Zinnedine Ferhat of Algeria and USM Alger.
The list of Top Five nominees will be released by CAF in the coming weeks.
The winners will be decided by votes from the head coaches and technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF.
The Glo- CAF Awards Gala nite will hold on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
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