2015 African Women Player of the Year: Ngozi Ebere nominated, Oshoala missing

Ngozi Ebere was the only Nigerian player nominated while Asisat Oshoala was missing

 

 

Super Falcons defender Ngozi Ebere has been nominated for the 2015 African Women Player of the Year award.

Ebere alongside Gabrielle Onguéné, Gaelle Enganamouit both of  Cameroon, N'rehy Tia Ines of  Cote d’Ivoire and Portia Boakye of Ghana were all unveiled at a press conference attended by CAF Executive member Anjorin Moucharafou and Glo representatives on Monday, 14 December 2015 in Abuja, Nigeria.

 

Current holder of the award, Asisat Oshoala was missing from the list.

Asisat Oshoala is the current holder of the award

Other categories for the 2015 Glo-CAF Awards were also unveiled.

The winners will be decided by votes from the CAF Football land Media Committees except Legend and Platinum awards, which are not subject to vote while Referee of the Year Award will be decided by the votes of CAF Refereeing Committee.

The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 7, 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Below are the nominees for the various categories:

Youth Player of the Year 

Adama Traore, Mali, Kelechi Nwakali, Nigeria, Samuel Diarra, Mali, Victor Osimhen, Nigeria, Yaw Yeboah, Ghana

Most Promising Talent     

Azubuike Okechukwu, Nigeria, Etebo Oghenekaro, Nigeria, Djigui Diarra, Mali, Mahmoud Abdelmonem ‘kahraba’, Egypt, Zinedine Ferhat, Algeria

Coach of the Year 

Baye Ba, Mali, U17, Emmanuel Amunike, Nigeria U17, Fawzi Benzarti, Etoile Sportive de Sahel, Hervé Renard, Cote d’ivore, Patrice Carteron, TP Mazembe

Referee of the Year

Alioum Neant, Cameroon, Bakary Papa GASSAMA, Gambia, Eric Arnaud OTOGO CASTANE, Gabon, Ghead Zaglol GRISHA, Egypt, Janny SIKAZWE, Zambia

African Legend

Charles Kumi Gyamfi, Ghana, Samuel Mbappé Léppé, Cameroon

National Team of the Year

Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali U17, Nigeria U17, Nigeria  U-23

Women National Team of the Year

Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Club of the Year

USM Algers , Algeria, TP Mazembe, DR Congo, Orlando Pirates, South Africa, Etoile Sportive du Sahel, Tunisia