Though Nigeria is out of the running to see any of its players win the coveted CAF African Player  of The Year Award, the country has representation in other categories released on Sunday.

The trio of Alex Iwobi, Oghenekaro Etebo and Kelechi Iheanacho have been nominated for fresh categories. So also is Asisat Oshoala, while Super Falcons coach Florence Omagbemi has been nominated for coach of the year.

Also nominated are the Super Falcons for the women’s national team of the year, as well as the Nigeria U23 side for the national team of the year.

CAF released the nominees for the other categories for the 2016 Glo-CAF Awards on Sunday.

The categories Women’s Player of the Year, National Team of the Year, Club of the Year, Coach of the Year, Women’s National Team of the Year, Youth Player of the Year, Most Promising Talent, Referee of the Year, Football Leader of the Year, Fair Play Award, African Legend, Platinum Award, Africa Finest XI.

The winners will be decided by votes from the CAF Technical & Development, Media Committees and a panel of 20 experts (Journalists, TV consultants) except Fair Play, Legend and Platinum awards, which are not subject to vote. For this year, there will be no votes for the Youth National Team of the Year.

Meanwhile, the Referee of the Year will be voted only by the CAF Referees Committee. The winners will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 5, 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria.

Other Categories Women’s Player of the Year Asisat OSHOALA (Nigeria & Arsenal Ladies) Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Kvarnsvedensik) Gabrielle ABOUDI ONGUENE (Cameroon & Rossiyanka) Janine VAN WYK (South Africa & JVW) Raissa FEUDJIO TCHUANYO (Cameroon & Aland United)

Most promising Talent Elia MESCHAK (DR Congo & TP Mazembe) Kelechi IHEANACHO (Nigeria & Manchester City) Naby KEITA (Guinea & RB Leipzig) Oghenekaro ETEBO (Nigeria & CD Feirense) Ramadan SOBHI (Egypt & Stoke City) Youth Player of the YearAlex IWOBI (Nigeria & Arsenal) Eric AYIAH (Ghana U-17) Franck KESSIE (Cote d’Ivoire & Atalanta) Sandra OWUSU-ANSAH (Ghana & Supreme Ladies) Sidiki MAIGA (Mali U-20)Coach of the Year Florent IBENGE (DR Congo) Milutin ‘Micho’ SREDOJEVIC (Uganda) Pitso MOSIMANE (Mamelodi Sundowns) Nacer SANDJAK (MO Bejaia) Florence OMAGBEMI (Nigeria women’s national team) Referee of the Year Papa Gasama, Gambia Grishea Gehead, Egypt Malang Diedhiou, Senegal Club of the Year Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) MO Bejaia (Algeria) TP Mazembe (DR Congo) Zamalek (Egypt) Zesco United (Zambia)National Team of the Year DR Congo Guinea Bissau Nigeria U-23 Senegal Uganda Women’s National Team of the Year Cameroon Ghana Nigeria South Africa Zimbabwe

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