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Six Tunisian players are vying for the Best African Player and Best African Player of the Year Awards in 2017 (Glo-Caf Awards), whose list of nominees was announced Wednesday by the Confederation of African Football.
Al Ahly's Tunisian left-back, Ali Maaloul, is in the extended list of nominees for the title of best African player, along with his compatriot Youssef Msakni who plays at Qatari club Al-Duhail.
Tunisians Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile du Sahel), Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly / Egypt), Karim Aouadhi (CS Sfaxien), Saber Khalifa (Club Africain) and Taha Yassine Khenissi (Esperance Tunis) were nominated for the title of best player based in Africa.
List of 30 nominees for the Best African Player of the Year Award 2017:
1. Ali Maâloul (Tunisia / Al Ahly Cairo)
2. Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso / O. Lyon)
3. Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo / Villarreal)
4. Christian Atsu (Ghana / Newcastle)
5. Christian Bassogog (Cameroon / Henan Jianye)
6. Denis Onyango (Uganda / Mamelodi Sundowns)
7. Eric Bailly (Côte d’Ivoire/ Manchester United)
8. Essam El Hadary (Egypt / Al Taawoun)
9. Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon / Sevilla FC)
10. Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia / Zesco)
11. Jean Michel Seri (Côte d’Ivoire / OGC Nice)
12. Junior Kabananga (DR Congo / Astana)
13. Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco / Feyenoord)
14. Keita Balde (Senegal / AS Monaco)
15. Khalid Boutaib (Morocco / Yeni Malatyaspor)
16. Mbwana Samata (Tanzania / Genk)
17. Michael Olunga (Kenya / Girona)
18. Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)
19. Moussa Marega (Mali / FC Porto)
20. Naby Keita (Guinea / RB Leipzig)
21. Percy Tau (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
22. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon / Borussia Dortmund)
23. Sadio Mané (Senegal / Liverpool)
24. Thomas Partey (Ghana / Atletico Madrid)
25. Victor Moses (Nigeria / Chelsea)
26. Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon / FC Porto)
27. William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria / Bursaspor)
28. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria / FC Porto)
29. Youssef Msakni (Tunisia / Al-Duhaïl)
30. Yves Bissouma (Mali / Lille CSO)
List of 30 nominees for the trophy of best African player:
1. Achraf Bencharki (Morocco - Wydad Athletic Club)
2. Ahmed Fathi (Egypt - Al Ahly)
3. Alkhaly Bangoura (Guinea – Etoile du Sahel)
4. Ali Maâloul (Tunisia - Al Ahly)
5. Aristide Bance (Burkina Faso - Al Masry)
6. Ayman Majid (Morocco - FUS Rabat)
7. Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia - Etoile du Sahel)
8. Ben Malango (DR Congo -TP Mazembe)
9. Dean Furman (South Africa - Supersport United)
10. Denis Onyango (Uganda - Mamelodi Sundowns)
11. Elsamani Saadeldin (Sudan - Al Merreikh)
12. Fackson Kapumbu (Zambia - Zesco)
13. Fawzi Chaouchi (Algeria - MC Alger)
14. Geoffrey Serunkuma (Uganda - KCCA)
15. Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand - Supersport)
16. Junior Ajayi (Nigeria - Al Ahly)
17. Karim Aouadhi (Tunisia - CS Sfaxien)
18. Mohamed Meftah (Algeria - USM Alger)
19. Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco - Wydad Athletic Club)
20. Muaid Ellafi (Libya - Ahly Tripoli)
21. Nasr Eldin Ahmed (Sudan - Hilal Obeid)
22. Oussama Darfalou (Algeria - USM Algiers)
23. Percy Tau (South Africa - Mamelodi Sundowns)
24. Sabelo Ndzinisa (Swaziland - Mbabane Swallows)
25. Saber Khalifa (Tunisia - Club Africain)
26. Saladin Said (Ethiopia - Saint George)
27. Sylvain Gbohouo (Ivory Coast - TP Mazembe)
28. Tady Etekiama (DR Congo - AS VitaClub)
29. Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia - Esperance)
30. Tarek Hamed (Egypt - Zamalek).
The 2017 Glo-CAF Awards Ceremony will be held on Thursday, January 4, 2018 in Accra, Ghana.