Super Eagles forward nominated for CAF Men’s Player of the Year award

Tremendous Eagles ahead was the one nominee in CAF’s record for Participant of the 12 months nominations

Moses Simon is the one Nigerian footballer within the CAF nominations for the Males’s Participant of the 12 months award.

Simon, who had a decent African Cup of Nations showing was the one Nigerian nominee within the nominations which seemed to have been largely influenced by the African Cup of Nations.

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30 gamers from 13 international locations contending to take a seat 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

Nigeria received eradicated within the spherical of 16 of the competitors with Simon standing out as among the finest gamers of the event regardless of the Tremendous Eagles’ early exit.

Nominees for the awards embody common suspects Sadio Mane, Mohammed Salah and Riyad Mahrez. Shocking nominees are Gambia’s Musa Barrow, Mali’s Hamari Traore and others.

Morocco, Egypt and Senegal had the very best variety of nominees with 4 every for the North African and 5 for the African Champions.

The preliminary nominees come from 13 international locations together with Nigeria, Senegal, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Mali, Gambia, Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and others.