Nigeria John Mikel Obi And Victor Moses Nominated For BBC African Footballer Of The Year!!

The shortlist of five candidates for the
2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year
award has been announced by the BBC
Today, November 11, 2013, Monday.
Nigerian Footballers Victor Moses
(Liverpool, on loan from Chelsea) and
John Mikel Obi (Chelsea) are joined by
Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa
(Rennes) and Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang of Gabon (Borussia
Dortmund).
The list also includes Ivory Coast's Yaya
Toure (Manchester City), who has made
his fifth consecutive appearance in it.
The winner will be decided by African
football fans, who have an opportunity to
vote for their choice until 18:00 GMT on
November 25, Monday.
The winner will be announced on
December 2, Monday, at 17:35 GMT on
the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and
television programmes.
No player on this year's shortlist, drawn
up from votes by 44 journalists across
Africa, has won the BBC award before
and two – Pitroipa and Aubameyang –
are the first nominees from their
respective countries.
Full details at BBC.Com

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