Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey axed from shortlist for African Player of the Year award

Published on: 14 December 2018
Atletico Madrid star Thomas Partey axed from shortlist for African Player of the Year award
Thomas Partey

Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey is out of contention to win the 2018 African Player of the Year award after failing to make the 10-man shortlist for the prestigious gong.

CAF on Friday morning announced a pruned list from the initial 34-man list and it did not include the Ghana international.

The shortlisted nominees were decided by votes from the members of the CAF Technical & Development Committee.

Napoli ace Kalidou Koulibaly is the other renowned players to be axed.

But Egypt and Liverpool talisman Mohamed Salah, who is the holder of the award, is in the list.

The final phase will involve votes from CAF Media Experts, Legends, Coaches of the quarter-finalists of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup, and Coaches & Captains of the 54 Member Associations.

The Awards Gala will be held on Tuesday, 8 January 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.

CAF Ten-man shortlist for 2018 African Player of the Year award

Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal), Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax), Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance), Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns), Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City), Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool), Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)

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