Caf Player of the Year: Toure in frame for fifth title

12 October 2015

Manchester City midfielder Yaya Toure is in the frame to win a fifth straight African Player of the Year award.

Toure has been included on an initial list of 37 names for the Confederation of African Football's annual title, which will be announced on 22 December.

The Ivory Coast captain led his side to the Africa Cup of Nations title in February in Equatorial Guinea.

DR Congo keeper Robert Kidiaba is one four players also on a 24-man list for the Africa-based player of the year.

If Toure claims a fifth title he will overtake Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o, who has won the award four times.

Toure's international team-mates Gervinho, Max Gradel and Serge Aurier are the other names on the international list from the Nation Cup winning squad.

List of players nominated for Caf's African Player of the year award:

Ahmed Musa - CSKA Moscow (Russia) and Nigeria
Andre Ayew- Swansea City (England) and Ghana
Aymen Abdennour - Valencia (Spain) and Tunisia
Baghdad Bounedjah - Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) and Algeria
Bassem Morsi - Zamalek (Egypt) and Egypt
Chrisitian Atsu - Bournemouth (England) and Ghana
Dieumerci Mbokani - Norwich City (England) and DR Congo
El Arbi Soudani - Dynamo Zagreb (Croatia) and Algeria
Faouzi Ghoulam - Napoli (Italy) and Algeria
Ferebory Dore - Angers (France) and Congo
Gervinho - Roma (Italy) and Ivory Coast
Ibrahima Traore - B Monchengladbach (Germany) and Guinea
Javier Balboa - Al Faisaly (Saudi Arabia) and Equatorial Guinea
Heldon Ramos - Rio Ave (Portugal) and Cape Verde
Mame Biram Diouf - Stoke City (England) and Senegal
Max Gradel - Bournemouth (England) Ivory Coast
Mehdi Benatia - Bayern Munich (Germany) and Morocco
Mudather El Tahir 'Careca' - Al Hilal (Sudan) and Sudan
Mohamed Salah - Roma (Italy) and Egypt
Nicolas Nkoulou - Marseille (France) and Cameroon
P-Emerick Aubameyang - B Dortmund (Germany) and Gabon
Robert Kidiaba - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and DR Congo
Rudy Gestede - Aston Villa (England) and Benin
Riyad Mahrez - Leicester City (England) and Algeria
Sadio Mane - Southampton (England) and Senegal
Serge Aurier - Paris St Germain (France) and Ivory Coast
Seydou Keita - Roma (Italy) and Mali
Sofiane Feghouli - Valencia (Spain) and Algeria
Stephane Mbia - Trabzonspor (Turkey) and Cameroon
Thievy Bifouma - Granada (Spain) and Congo
Victor Wanyama - Southampton (England) and Kenya
Vincent Aboubakar - Porto (Portugal) and Cameroon
Vincent Enyeama - Lille (France) and Nigeria
Yacine Brahimi - Porto (Portugal) and Algeria
Yannick Bolasie - Crystal Palace (England) and DR Congo
Yasine Chikhaoui - Al Gharafa (Qatar) and Tunisia
Yaya Toure - Manchester City (England) and Ivory Coast

List of players nominated for Caf's Africa-Based Player of the year award:

Abdeladim Khadrouf - Moghreb Tetouan and Morocco
Abdelmalek Ziaya - Entente Setif and Algeria
Ahmed Akaichi - Etoile du Sahel and Tunisia
A. Carolus - USM Algers (Algeria) and Madagascar
Baghdd Bounedjah - Etoile du Sahel (Tunisia) and Algeria
Bakri El Madina - Al Merriekh and Sudan
Bassem Morsi - Zamalek and Egypt
Boris Moubhio - AC Leopards and Congo
Djigui Diarra - Stade Malien and Mali
Felipe Ovono - Orlando Pirates (South Africa) and Eq Guinea
Sylvain Gbohouo - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Ivory Coast
Hazem Emam - Zamalek and Egypt
Hocine Ragued - Esperance and Tunisia
Kermit Erasmus - Orlando Pirates and South Africa
Malick Evouna - Al Ahly (Egypt) and Gabon
Mbwana Samatta - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Tanzania
Mohamed Koffi - Zamalek (Egypt) and Burkina Faso
Mohamed Meftah - USM Algers and Algeria
Mudather El Tahir 'Careca' - Al Hilal and Sudan
Oupa Manyisa - Orlando Pirates and South Africa
Robert Kidiaba - TP Mazembe and DR Congo
Roger Assale - TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Ivory Coast
Thamsanqa Gabuza - Orlando Pirates and South Africa
Zein Edin Farahat - USM Algers and Algeria

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