DROGBA RECEIVES AFRICAN NOMINATION

Posted on: Wed 09 Nov 2011

Didier Drogba is among 10 players nominated for the African Footballer of the Year Award.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have once more placed the two-time winner on their shortlist.
Drogba won in both 2006 and 2009, and was runner-up in both 2004 and 2005, finishing third in 2003 and 2010.
The national coaches from 54 countries affiliated to the Confederation of African Football will vote for their winner.
The shortlist will first be reduced to three names before a winner is announced in the Ghanaian capital of Accra on December 22.
The full list of nominees is:
Adel Taarabt (Morocco and Queens Park Rangers)
Andre Ayew (Ghana and Marseille)
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana and Al-Ain)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast and Chelsea)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana and AC Milan)
Moussa Sow (Senegal and Lille)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon and Anzhi)
Seydou Keita (Mali and Barcelona)
Gervinho (Ivory Coast and Arsenal)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast and Manchester City)Didier Drogba is among 10 players nominated for the African Footballer of the Year Award.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have once more placed the two-time winner on their shortlist.
Drogba won in both 2006 and 2009, and was runner-up in both 2004 and 2005, finishing third in 2003 and 2010.
The national coaches from 54 countries affiliated to the Confederation of African Football will vote for their winner.
The shortlist will first be reduced to three names before a winner is announced in the Ghanaian capital of Accra on December 22.
The full list of nominees is:
Adel Taarabt (Morocco and Queens Park Rangers)
Andre Ayew (Ghana and Marseille)
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana and Al-Ain)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast and Chelsea)
Kevin-Prince Boateng (Ghana and AC Milan)
Moussa Sow (Senegal and Lille)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon and Anzhi)
Seydou Keita (Mali and Barcelona)
Gervinho (Ivory Coast and Arsenal)
Yaya Toure (Ivory Coast and Manchester City)

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