The shortlist of gamers for the African participant of the 12 months award have been introduced with two Bundesliga gamers making the listing.
The choice relies on the efficiency of the nominated gamers between January and October 2024.
Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy and Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba have each been nominated.
Guirassy has loved a profitable goalscoring 12 months by scoring 12 occasions in 15 matches because the flip of the 12 months. The striker ended the Bundesliga season with 28 objectives for Stuttgart and completed second behind Harry Kane within the golden boot race.
The 28-year-old additionally reached the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with Guinea.
Guirassy then moved to Borussia Dortmund in the summertime the place he has scored seven objectives in eight matches throughout all competitions to date.
He has additionally discovered the web 5 occasions in two matches within the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in the course of the October worldwide break.
Edmond Tapsoba loved a extremely profitable 12 months as he was an everyday within the defence of the Bayer Leverkusen facet that went unbeaten of their league title successful season.
As well as, he additionally lifted the DFB-Pokal to finish the double after which Tremendous Cup in the beginning of the brand new season in August.
The 26-year-old additionally performed each minute for Burkina Faso within the Africa Cup of Nations the place they have been knocked out within the spherical of 16.
A complete of ten gamers have been nominated for the award who’re as follows:
Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast / Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta), William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns).
The winner of the award can be introduced on the ceremony in Marrakesh on sixteenth December.
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