Dede Ayew, Demba Ba, Didier Drogba, Alex Song and Yaya Toure are the final five nominees for the Confederation of African Football's Player of the Year award.

Ivory Coast and Manchester City's Toure won the accolade last year.

Caf initially named 34 players who they were considering for the award before cutting that down to 10 names.

The final nominees were decided by votes from the head coaches and technical directors of the football associations affiliated to Caf.

The 2012 Caf African Footballer of the Year will be crowned at an awards ceremony in the Ghana capital, Accra, on 20 December.


What happened to our own Chelsea Midfielder, John Mikel Obi

BBC Sports.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20463587

I was expecting Mikel to be on the final list because he has greatly improved, now pushes the game forward and making attempts to score...now I am pissed...sighs

Before Nko, who wan dash monkey Banana! We no longer have world class players so let's accept the reality!

What do you expect?

mikel what...,,,,,,,,,

average player

With the quality of the players on the list, I honestly think African player individual ability has not progressed or even has declined.

I know say one day our boys will make us proud again.....

What a pity

Is unfortunate mikel name is misin!!!!

yes, mikel has developed his game, won both the champions league and the FA cups, but i still believe he's got a lot of work to do, if he's to deserve the award.

wow..3 ivorians? this shows that ivory coast is the new giant of africa when it comes to football.... well nigeria shall rise again when are develop talented boiz and not boiz that are just in for the money

Naija don carry last for dis one o.

Mikel... A midfielder that played over 1,000,000 games last year and didn't bag one goal or one assist. You don't win awards by passing sideways. His inclusion in the original list was unmerited sef.

No more heroes to wear d crown.

Intrepid!:
Mikel... A midfielder that played over 1,000,000 games last year and didn't bag one goal or one assist. You don't win awards by passing sideways. His inclusion in the original list was unmerited sef.

You will be surprised you don't have to score to be a good player.

Get better criteria to make your point.

Not surprised at all. Mikel Obi would have made the cut but his dedication to national assignments must have adversely affected him.

Story teller! what kind of Jeep would have its engine in the 'boot'

were you guyz expecting any.te boyz are not committed to playing gud football anymore.pride and arrogance hav taken their talent.

What do you expect before?our boys play in lower leagues and small clubs.only mikel was eligible but despite him winning 2 major trophies,caf didnt deem him fit 2 make the cut.

Obi is a boy,Obi is a boy;when will Obi become a man?

You want make dem giv 'yakubu' abi?

These guys vote anyhow and who they like, if not Mikel Played Very Good More Than Song, Ayew, Demba Ba, even Yaya Toure.... They Must Look Through What They Played Last Season and their Archievements..

ALL THIS THINGS NA PASHIER.... E NO GOOD..

Ayew n song?i laugh at caf.that moroccan played better dan ayew in france,and he won ligue 1 for lille.if song is there,definitely mikel should be there as well.song played nothing last year when mikel was bossing the midfield against barca and bayern munich.this caf is bias.demba ba played well till cisse came and stole the show.my final 3 should be,drogba,toure n mikel.

Its not hard to guess.mikel should add something 'more special' to his game to gain recognition

Chai!!!.....see as NLers dey think like Farouk Lawal....shey una think sey CAF dey collect bribe before including names?
CAF always go for the best and which Nigeria isn't (yet).

caf and their politics

DailyNews: I was expecting Mikel to be on the final list because he has greatly improved, now pushes the game forward and making attempts to score...now I am pissed...sighs

Mikel has really improved but needs to work even harder,better luck next time.

Akposkool: Ayew n song?i laugh at caf.that moroccan played better dan ayew in france,and he won ligue 1 for lille.if song is there,definitely mikel should be there as well.song played nothing last year when mikel was bossing the midfield against barca and bayern munich.this caf is bias.demba ba played well till cisse came and stole the show.my final 3 should be,drogba,toure n mikel.

are you kidding me?mikel may have won the champions league but he did so parking the bus with chelsea but song did much better wit goals & assist for arsenal.gues who went to barca?song

fankasibe: Chai!!!.....see as NLers dey think like Farouk Lawal....shey una think sey CAF dey collect bribe before including names?
CAF always go for the best and which Nigeria isn't (yet).

Even Mikel? No am sure.

Na wa 4 CAF! Not even one prayer from one of their Major tournament (Nation Cup) No single Zambia player or from the winner of CAF champions league. Invariable they are saying the African league and their own major competition do not have an impact in this award selection. Kudos to they technical team [color=#006600][/color]