Caf has released the names of 25 candidates for this year’s edition. There are 21 names for the best Africa-based player including three from Orlando Pirates
Caf has published the names of players to vie for the 2013 African Player of the Year award, as well as the second prize which goes to the African Player of the Year based in Africa award.
Three South African players are listed in the latter, Orlando Pirates' Lennox Bacela, Senzo Meyiwa and Daine Klate. The Bucs players were rewarded for finishing as runners up in the Caf Champions League.
The long list for the premier individual football accolade on the continent is made of 25 players, with Africa’s reigning champions Nigeria having the highest representatives with five players, followed by Cote D’Ivoire, providing three candidates, one of whom is the reigning African Player of the Year, Yaya Toure and two-time winner Didier Drogba.
Cape Verde, who broke onto the continental scene this year at the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa, also have two men representing them, Platini and Ryan Mendes.
Egypt’s Mohamed Aboutrika and Ethiopian Saladin Said are the only players based in Africa on the list for the flagship award.
The category for the Africa-based Player of the Year has 21 nominees, including three from Caf Champions League winners Al Ahly.
The winners will be announced at the Glo-Caf Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, January 9, 2014 in Lagos, Nigeria.
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African Player of the Year
| Name | Country | Club | |
| Ahmed Musa | Nigeria | CSKA Moscow | |
| Asamoah Gyan | Ghana | Al Ain | |
| Dame N’Doye | Senegal | Locomotiv Moscow | |
| Didier Drogba | Cote d’Ivoire | Galatasaray | |
| Emmanuel Emenike | Nigeria | Fenerbahce | |
| Islam Slimani | Algeria | Sporting Lisbon | |
| John Mikel Obi | Nigeria | Chelsea | |
| Jonathan Pitroipa | Burkina Faso | Stade Rennais | |
| Kévin Constant | Guinea | AC Milan | |
| Kwadwo Asamoah | Ghana | Juventus | |
| Luís Carlos Almada Soares – (Platini) | Cape Verde | AC Omonia | |
| Mehdi Benattia | Morocco | AS Roma | |
| Mohamed Aboutrika | Egypt | Al Ahly | |
| Mohamed Salah | Egypt | Basel FC | |
| Nicolas Nkoulou | Cameroon | Marseille | |
| Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang | Gabon | Borussia Dortmund, | |
| Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça | Cape Verde | Lille | |
| Saladin Said | Ethiopia | Wadi Degla FC | |
| Seydou Keita | Mali | Dalian Aerbin F.C | |
| Sofiane Feghouli | Algeria | Valencia | |
| Sunday Mba | Nigeria | Warri Wolves | |
| Victor Wanyama | Kenya | Southampton FC | |
| Vincent Enyeama | Nigeria | Lille | |
| Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’ | Cote d’Ivoire | AS Roma | |
| Yaya Toure | Cote d’Ivoire | Manchester City |
African Player of the Year – Based in Africa
| Name | Country | Club | |
| Adane Girma | Ethiopia | St George | |
| Ahmed Fathi | Egypt | Al Ahly | |
| Alexis Yougouda Kada | Cameroon | Coton Sport | |
| Ali Machani | Tunisia | CAB | |
| Bapidi Fils Jean Jules | Cameroon | Coton Sport | |
| Daine Marcelle-Klate | South Africa | Orlando Pirates | |
| Fakhreddine Ben Youssef | Tunisia | CSS | |
| Getaneh Kebede | Ethiopia | Bidvest Wits | |
| Idrissa Kouyate | Cote d’Ivoire | CS Sfaxien | |
| Iheb Msakni | Tunisia | Esperance | |
| Luyanda Lennox Bacela | South Africa | Orlando Pirates | |
| Mbwana Samatta | Tanzania | TP Mazembe | |
| Moez Ben Cherifia | Tunisia | EST | |
| Mohamed Aboutrika | Egypt | Ahly | |
| Rainford Kalaba | Zambia | TP Mazembe | |
| Senzo Meyiwa | South Africa | Orlando Pirates | |
| Soumbeila Diakite | Mali | Stade Malien | |
| Sunday Mba | Nigeria | Warri Wolves | |
| Tresor Mputu | DR Congo | TP Mazembe | |
| Waleed Soliman | Egypt | Al Ahly | |
| Yannick N’djeng | Cameroon | EST |
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