{"id":174354,"date":"2015-12-14T15:36:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=174354"},"modified":"2015-12-14T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T15:36:54","slug":"andre-ayew-in-final-3-for-caf-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/12\/andre-ayew-in-final-3-for-caf-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Andre Ayew in final 3 for CAF Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew has been named among the final three-man shortlist for the 2015 African Player of the Year award, Citi Sports can confirm.<\/p>\n
The Swansea City star will slug it out with Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast for Africa\u2019s top football award.<\/p>\n
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) initially named a list of 34 players in October who were being considered for the award before cutting that down to 10 names.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”H6uevQ6xH5zEMpUWIDFWf3ePoJGkcR3f”]It was further whittled down to five before slashing it down to three players on Monday.<\/p>\n
Ayew has been selected for his heroics for both club and country after helping Ghana to the final of the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in February.<\/p>\n
Despite being a midfielder, he finished as the tournament\u2019s joint top scorer as the Black Stars were only beaten on penalties by Ivory Coast.<\/p>\n
He scored 12 goals in 14 matches for Marseille as a midfielder from February until May, when he quit the club for Swansea.<\/p>\n
He is currently the Welsh side\u2019s leading scorer despite being a midfielder with six goals which makes him a huge favourite for the award.<\/p>\n
The final winner will be decided by votes from the head coaches and technical directors of the football associations affiliated to CAF.<\/p>\n
The winner of the award will be announced at the Glo-CAF Awards Gala on 7th January 2016.
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\nBy: Rahman Osman\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ghana midfielder Andre Ayew has been named among the final three-man shortlist for the 2015 African Player of the Year award, Citi Sports can confirm. The Swansea City star will slug it out with Gabonese striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Yaya Toure of Ivory Coast for Africa\u2019s top football award. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":174355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[29,3,38],"yoast_head":"\n