{"id":279189,"date":"2016-12-23T13:24:46","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:24:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=279189"},"modified":"2016-12-23T13:24:46","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:24:46","slug":"caf-player-of-the-year-aubameyang-mahrez-and-mane-make-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/12\/caf-player-of-the-year-aubameyang-mahrez-and-mane-make-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF Player of the Year: Aubameyang, Mahrez and Mane make shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"sp-story-body__introduction\">Borussia Dortmund and Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is still in line to retain his African Player of the Year crown after making the Confederation of African Football&#8217;s (Caf) final three-man shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>The 27-year-old will go up against Leicester City&#8217;s Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez &#8211; the BBC&#8217;s 2016 African Footballer of the Year &#8211; and Liverpool and Senegal winger Sadio Mane.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt&#8217;s Mohamed Salah and Islam Slimani of Algeria both missed out having made the final five.<\/p>\n<p>Caf confirmed that the winners will be unveiled at a ceremony on Thursday 5 January in Abuja, Nigeria.<i class=\"sp-story-body__external-link-icon gelicon gelicon--external\"><\/i><\/p>\n<p>Aubameyang&#8217;s victory last year ended Ivory Coast midfielder Yaya Toure&#8217;s run of winning the trophy in four successive years.<\/p>\n<p>Mahrez stands a great chance of dethroning him after a stunning 2016 in which he helped Leicester win the Premier League title and won the English Players&#8217; Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>Zambian midfielder Rainford Kalaba, Zimbabwean forward Khama Billiat and Ugandan goalkeeper Denis Onyango are the three contenders for the prize for Caf&#8217;s best African player based on the continent.<\/p>\n<p><b>List of players nominated for Caf&#8217;s 2016 African Player of the year award:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang<\/b> &#8211; Borussia Dortmund (Germany) and Gabon<\/li>\n<li><b>Riyad Mahrez<\/b> &#8211; Leicester City (England) and Algeria<\/li>\n<li><b>Sadio Mane<\/b> &#8211; Liverpool (England) and Senegal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>List of players nominated for Caf&#8217;s 2016 African Player of the year (based in Africa) award:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Denis Onyango <\/b>&#8211; Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) and Uganda<\/li>\n<li><b>Khama Billiat <\/b>&#8211; Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) and Zimbabwe<\/li>\n<li><b>Rainford Kalaba <\/b>&#8211; TP Mazembe (DR Congo) and Zambia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC Sport<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Borussia Dortmund and Gabon star Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is still in line to retain his African Player of the Year crown after making the Confederation of African Football&#8217;s (Caf) final three-man shortlist. 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