The five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed on the BBC's Newsday programme.


Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure has made the shortlist for the fifth consecutive year and is joined by Nigerians Victor Moses and John Mikel Obi, Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon.


The winner will be decided by African football fans, who have until 18:00 GMT on 25 November to vote for their choice.


You can either vote via this page ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24808135) or by sending an SMS from your phone to +44 7786 20 20 08:


Text 1 for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Text 2 for Victor Moses
Text 3 for John Mikel Obi
Text 4 for Jonathan Pitroipa
Or Text 5 for Yaya Toure


Standard international text rates apply, please check with your service provider. Texts are limited to one text per mobile phone number.

The winner will be announced on Monday, 2 December at 17:35 GMT on the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and television programmes.

obi deserves it.