Alex Iwobi is in contention for the CAF Africa Player of the Year Award after the Nigerian youngster made the category’s 10-man shortlist.
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Last month CAF published 34 potential winners including Ahmed Musa and Odion Ighalo, but the duo did not make the second cut.
Last year’s winner Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, runners-up Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sadio Mane also made the 11-man cut.
Three players based in Africa including Uganda’s legendary goalkeeper, Dennis Onyango was named.
Iwobi enjoyed brief run with Nigeria in the build up to the World Cup and found his spark inside two months under new Arsenal Manager Unai Emery.
The shortlisted nominees were decided by votes from the members of the CAF Technical & Development Committee.
The final phase will involve votes from CAF Media Experts, Legends, Coaches of the quarter-finalists of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, and Coaches…
