The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the nominees for the 2013 African Player of the Year and the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa).
Twenty-five (25) players made the cut for the flagship African Player of The Year.Five out of the 25 are nigerians namely:-Mikel Obi,Emmanuel Emenike,Sunday Mba,Vincent Enyeama and Ahmed Musa.
The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Ivorian Yaya Toure is the reigning African Player of the Year and Mohamed Aboutrika of Egypt for the African Player of the Year (Based in Africa).
The nominees are (in alphabetical order);
African Player of the Year

Ahmed Musa(Nigeria/CSKA Moscow),

Asamoah Gyan(Ghana/Al Ain)

Dame N’Doye(Senegal/Locomotiv Moscow)

Didier Drogba(Cote d’Ivoire/Galatasaray)

Emmanuel Emenike(Nigeria/
Fenerbahce)

Islam Slimani(Algeria/Sporting Lisbon)

John Mikel Obi(Nigeria/Chelsea)

Jonathan Pitroipa(Burkina Faso/Stade Rennais)

Kévin Constant(Guinea/AC Milan)
Kwadwo Asamoah(Ghana/Juventus)

Luís Carlos Almada Soares –(Platini)(Cape Verde/AC Omonia)

Mehdi Benattia(Morocco/AS Roma)

Mohamed Aboutrika(Egypt/
Al Ahly)

Mohamed Salah(Egypt/Basel FC)

Nicolas Nkoulou(Cameroon/Marseille)

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang(Gabon/Borussia Dortmund),

Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça
(Cape Verde/Lille).

Saladin Said(Ethiopia/
Wadi Degla FC)

Seydou Keita(Mali/
Dalian Aerbin F.C)

Sofiane Feghouli(Algeria/ Valencia)

Sunday Mba(Nigeria/
Warri Wolves)

Victor Wanyama(Kenya/Southampton FC)

Vincent Enyeama(Nigeria/Lille)

Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’
(Cote d’Ivoire/AS Roma)

Yaya Toure(Cote d’Ivoire/Manchester city)

Sunday Mba also made the 21 man shortlist for The African Player Of The Year(based in africa) category.Full list:-

Adane Girma
Ethiopia
St George

Ahmed Fathi
Egypt
Al Ahly

Alexis Yougouda Kada
Cameroon
Coton Sport

Ali Machani
Tunisia
CAB

Bapidi Fils Jean Jules
Cameroon
Coton Sport

Daine Marcelle-Klate
South Africa
Orlando Pirates

Fakhreddine Ben Youssef
Tunisia
CSS

Getaneh Kebede
Ethiopia
Bidvest Wits

Idrissa Kouyate
Cote d’Ivoire
CS Sfaxien

Iheb Msakni
Tunisia
Esperance

Luyanda Lennox Bacela
South Africa
Orlando Pirates

MbwanaSamatta
Tanzania
TP Mazembe

Moez Ben Cherifia
Tunisia
EST

Mohamed Aboutrika
Egypt
Ahly

Rainford Kalaba
Zambia
TP Mazembe

Senzo Meyiwa
South Africa
Orlando Pirates

Soumbeila Diakite
Mali
Stade Malien

Sunday Mba
Nigeria
Warri Wolves

Tresor Mputu
DR Congo
TP Mazembe

Waleed Soliman
Egypt
Al Ahly

Yannick N’djeng
Cameroon
EST


More details here:-http://www.cafonline.com/football/news/18722-nominees-for-2013-african-player-of-the-year-revealed.html

*My surprise inclusion from nigeria on the 1st list are Ahmed Musa and Sunday Mba
My surprise exclusion is Victor Moses.
What are yours(Africa generally) ??

Ahmed musa and sunday mba ahead of moses.Really ?.Hahahahaha.
C'mon CAF exchange one of them and replace with moses !!!!