Moses Simon nominated for CAF POTY Award, Senegal dominates 30-man list

Moses Simon has been nominated for the African Footballer of the 12 months.

Simon, 26, was Nigeria’s stand out participant on the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations and had an excellent season with FC Nantes.

The Winger’s kind in Cameroon earlier this yr was essential to Nigeria reaching the second spherical of the AFCON the place the workforce was eradicated by Tunisia.

In Ligue 1, Moses contributed 6 targets and eight assists in one among Nantes’ finest league performances since their league triumph in 2000.

The Canaries have been additionally topped Coupe de France winners and the Nigerian’s contribution within the cup run was equally vital.

In a collection of tweets, Thursday, CAF launched the checklist of nominees for the totally different Males’s, Nationwide groups and Membership classes for the Awards scheduled for August.

AFCON winner Sadio Mane, Egypt’s captain and Premier League’s high scorer Mohamed Salah in addition to Premier League winner Riyad Mahrez have been among the many 30 nominees.

The checklist was dominated by Senegal (5), with Egypt and Morocco coming in because the closest with 4 nominees every.

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30 gamers from 13 international locations contending to sit down on the throne of African soccer. ?

Your preliminary nominations for the #CAFAwards2022 Participant of the 12 months ? pic.twitter.com/FZGiM7ugxP

— CAF (@CAF_Online) June 30, 2022

Males’s Coach of the 12 months, Younger Participant and Interclub Participant of the yr are some.of the Classes listed.

The Girls’s Classes might be launched on July 5.