Onyango, Okwi out as Caf trims shortlists for 2019 Awards

Uganda Cranes captain Denis Onyango and striker Emmanuel Okwi have been left out as the Confederation of African Football reduced the shortlists for the 2019 Caf awards.

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Onyango had been nominated among the Caf Player of the Award and the Inter-Club Player of the year while Okwi had been considered for the latter only.

The shortlist for the Men’s biggest award now has ten names that include among others Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Tanzania’s Mbwana Samatta, Kenya Women national team coach David Ouma as well as the national team have also been left out of the shortened lists.

According to CAF, the shortlists of nominees were decided upon by votes from a Caf technical and development committee and a panel of media experts.

The final phase of voting for the men’s and women’s African Player of the Year, as well as the male and female Coach of the Year, will be selected by head coaches or technical directors and the captains of senior national teams from Caf’s member associations.

The Interclubs Player of the Year will be decided upon by the head coaches and captains of the group phase of the current African continental club competitions.

The winners will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on 7 January in the Egyptian resort of Hurghada.

Men’s Player of the Year:

• Andre Onana (Cameroon and Ajax)
• Hakim Ziyech (Morocco and Ajax)
• Ismail Bennacer (Algeria and AC Milan)
• Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal and Napoli)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)
• Odion Ighalo (Nigeria and Shanghai Shenhua)
• Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Arsenal)
• Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Manchester City)
• Sadio Mane (Senegal and Liverpool)
• Youcef Belaili (Algeria and Al Ahli Jeddah)

Women’s Player of the Year:

• Ajara Nchout (Cameroon and Valerenga)
• Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and Barcelona)
• Gabrielle Onguene (Cameroon and CSKA Moscow)
• Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi and Jiangsu Suning)
• Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa and Beijing Phoenix FC)
• Interclubs Player of the Year:
• Anice Badri (Tunisia and Esperance)
• Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (Togo and Renaissance Berkane/Al Ain)
• Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia and Esperance)
• Tarek Hamed (Egypt and Zamalek)
• Youcef Belaïli (Algeria and Esperance/Al Ahli Jeddah)

Youth Player of the Year:

• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Borussia Dortmund)
• Krépin Diatta (Senegal and Club Brugge)
• Moussa Djenepo (Mali and Southampton)
• Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria and Villarreal)
• Victor Osimhen (Nigeria and Lille)

Men’s Coach of the Year:

• Aliou Cisse (Senegal – Senegal)
• Christian Gross (Switzerland – Zamalek)
• Djamel Belmadi (Algeria – Algeria)
• Moine Chaabani (Tunisia – Esperance)
• Nicolas Dupuis (France – Madagascar)

Women’s Coach of the Year:

• Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon)
• Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
• Clementine Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
• Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
• Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)

Men’s National Team of the Year:

• Algeria
• Madagascar
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• Tunisia

Women’s National Team of the Year:

• Cameroon
• Ivory Coast
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Zambia

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