Four players of the Black Stars of Ghana have received nomination in the 2019 CAF Awards.
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The awards is to honour African players who performed extraordinary in the year under review both at club level and the national team.
Goalkeeper Richard Ofori will battle with the likes of Cameroon and Ajax shot stopper Andre Onana as well as Al Ahly’s Mohammed El-Shenewy from Egypt for the goalkeeper slot in CAF finest eleven of the year.
Atletico Madrid midfielder who Thomas Partey, Mubarak Wakaso, and Crystal Palace forward Jordan Ayew have all been nominated in the CAF finest eleven of the year which will be announced in January 2020.
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Below is the full list of nominees
GOALKEEPERS
Moez Ben Cherifa (Tunisia, Esperance)
Yassine Bounou (Morocco, Sevilla)
Mohammed El-Shenawy (Egypt, Al Ahly)
Sylvian Gbohouo (Ivory Coast, TP Mazembe)
Rais M’bolhi (Algeria, Ettifaq FC)
Eduoard Mendy (Senegal, Stade Rennais)
Richard Ofori (Ghana, Maritzburg united)
Andre Onana (Cameroon, Ajax)
Dennis Onyango (Uganda, Mamelodi Sundowns)
Francis Uzoho (Nigeria, Omonia Nicosia)
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DEFENDERS
Youcef Atal (Algeria, OGC Niece)
Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast, Tottenham Hotspur)
Mehdi Benatia (Morocco, Al-Duhail FC)
Ahmed El-Mohamedy (Egypt, Aston Villa)
Lamine Gassama (Senegal, Goztepe)
Faouzi Ghoulam (Algeria, Napoli)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, Borussia Dortmund)
Ahmed Hegazi (Egypt, West Brom)
Kalidou Koulibally (Senegal, Napoli)
Christian Luyindama (DR Congo, Galatasaray)
Issa Mandi (Algeria, Real Betis)
Joel Matip (Cameroon, Liverpool)
Noussair Mazraoui (Morocco, Ajax)
Yassine Meriah (Tunisia, Olympiakos)
Youssouf Sabaly (Senegal, Bordeaux)
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MIDFIELDERS
Andre-Frank Anguissa (Cameroon, Villareal)
Ismael Bennacer (Algeria, AC Milan)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria, Galatasaray)
Idrissa Gueye (Senegal, Paris St German)
Tarrek Hamed (Egypt, Zamalek)
Alex Iwobi (Nigeria, Everton)
Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia, Saint Etienne)
Naby Keita (Guinea, Liverpool)
Franck Kessie (Ivory Coast, AC Milan)
Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria, Leicester City)
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria, Manchester City)
Thomas Partey (Ghana, Athletico Madrid)
Mubarak Wakaso (Ghana, Deportivo Alaves)
Victor Wanyama (Kenya, Tottenham Hotspur)
Hakim Ziyech (Morocco, Ajax)
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FORWARDS
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Arsenal)
Jordan Ayew (Ghana, Crystal Palace)
Anice Badri (Tunisia, Esperance)
Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo, Beijing Guoan)
Youcef Belaili (Algeria, Al Ahli)
Baghdad Bounedjah (Algeria, Sadd SC)
Odion Ighalo (Nigeria, Shanghai Shenhua)
Sadio Mane (Senegal, Liverpool)
Moussa Marega (Mali, FC Porto)
M’baye Niang (Senegal, Stade Rennais)
Nicholas Pepe (Ivory Coast, Arsenal)
Mohammed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool)
Islam Slimani (Algeria, AS Monaco)
Percy Tau (South Africa, Club Brugge)
Wilfred Zaha (Ivory Coast, Crystal Palace)
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