Manchester City star Yaya Toure makes final three for African Footballer of the Year 2014

 

Manchester City star Yaya Toure has been revealed as one of 3 players nominated to win the African Footballer of the Year award 2014

Lille goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama and Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang make up the final contingent. 

A longer list involving 25 players was announced in November 2014 but that has now been whittled down
25 – Man Shortlist for CAF African Footballer of the Year 2014
Asamoah Gyan (Ghana, Al-Ain)
Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana, Juventus)
Dame N’doye (Senegal, Lokomotiv Moscow)
Sadio Mané (Senegal, Southampton)
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, Tottenham)
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting(Cameroon, Schalke 04)
Stephane Mbia (Cameroon , Sevilla)
Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon , Porto)
Yao Kouassi Gervais (Cote d’Ivoire, AS Roma)
Wilfred Bony (Cote d’Ivoire, Swansea)
Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire, Manchester City)
Fakhreddine Ben Youssef  (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien)
Ferdjani Sassi (Tunisia, CS Sfaxien)
Islam Slimani (Algeria, Sporting Lisbon)
Raïs M’Bolhi (Algeria, Philadelphia Union)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria, Valencia)
Yacine Brahimi (Algeria, Porto)
Yannick Bolasie (DR Congo, Crystal Palace)
Thulani Serero (South Africa, Ajax)
Seydou Keita (Mali, As Roma)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Borussia Dortmund)
Mohamed El Neny ( Egypt, Basel)
Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, Lille)
Ahmed Musa (Nigeria, CSKA Moscow)

Yaya Toure has won the award three times before, he scored 24 goals last season for Manchester City in all competitions

 

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang scored 14 goals last season as Dortmund finished runners-up in the 

Bundesliga

Victor Enyeama helped Lille to a third-placed finish in Ligue 1 and also captained Nigeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Note

The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African Footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992

2010 BBC African Footballer of the Year - Ghana and Sunderland's Asamoah Gyan

BBC African Footballer of the Year 2011,2012 & 2013: Manchester City and Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure