Aubameyang nominated for top African prize
Borussia Dortmund's resident goal machine Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has been named on the ten-man shortlist for the 2015 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player of the Year award.
Dortmund’s record-breaker
Votes will be cast by coaches and technical directors of the national associations affiliated with CAF before the winner is announced on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
Aubameyang's nomination is recognition of a phenomenal run of form that has seen the 26-year-old striker score 31 goals in all competitions for Dortmund since the turn of the year.
The Gabon international, who finished second runner-up for the CAF's top individual prize in 2013 and 2014, currently sits joint-top of the 2015/16 Bundesliga scoring charts after recently becoming the first player in BVB history to score 13 goals in the opening ten games of the season.
Nominees in full:
Andre Ayew (Ghana & Swansea FC)
Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia & Valencia CF)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim (Sudan & El Hilal)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & AS Roma)
PIERRE-EMERICK AUBAMEYANG (GABON & BORUSSIA DORTMUND)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Southampton FC)
Serge Aurier (Cote d'Ivoire & Paris Saint Germain)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria & Valencia CF)
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & FC Porto)
Yaya Toure (Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester City FC)
