CAF Awards 2022: Simon, Amoo omitted from final shortlist of Player of the Year category – Abroad

The Nigerian duo of Moses Simon and Akinkunmi Amoo has been omitted from the ultimate checklist of nominees for the lads’s classes of the CAF Awards 2022.

Simon made the preliminary 30-man checklist of nominees for the lads’s Participant of the 12 months award following his spectacular efficiency for each membership and nation.

The winger was one in every of Nigeria’s high gamers on the 2021 AFCON regardless of the Tremendous Eagles being eradicated within the spherical of 16. He additionally guided Nantes to the French Cup final season.

In the meantime, Amoo was nominated for Younger Participant of the 12 months however has now been dropped from the ultimate five-man shortlist, which was printed on the CAF web site on Monday.

Full checklist of ultimate nominees:

Participant of the 12 months (Males)

– Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester Metropolis)

– Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon & Olympique Lyonnais)

– Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon & Al Nassr)

– Sebastien Haller (Cote d’Ivoire & Ajax)

– Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

– Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)

– Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)

– Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)

– Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)

– Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)

– Younger Participant of the 12 months (Males)

– Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso & Lorient)

– Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)

– Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana & Rennes)

– Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Metz)

– Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)

The CAF Awards 2022 shall be held in Rabat, Morocco on 21 July 2022.

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