Nigeria forward, Victor Osimhen has been included in the
10-man shortlist for the 2023 CAF Men’s Player of the Year.
The Confederation of African Football announced the nominees
on their official X platform on Friday.
Recall that CAF released a 30-man shortlist for the award two weeks ago.
The list is expected to be further pruned to three before the award ceremony.
Osimhen is the overwhelming favourite to claim the award
following a superb 2022/23 campaign for Napoli.
The Nigeria international scored 26 goals in 32 league
appearances to help the Partenopei win their first league title in over three
decades.
The 24-year-old registered five more goals in the UEFA
Champions League.
The striker was also the top scorer in the 2023 Africa Cup
of Nations qualifying series with 10 goals.
His Napoli teammates, Frank Zambo-Anguissa, Vincent
Aboubacar, Riyad Mahrez, Mohamed Salah and Achraf Hakimi are also on the
shortlist.
Other nominees are Sadio Mane, Yassine Bounou, Sofyan
Amrabat and Yousef En-Nesyri.
The City of Marrakech, Morocco will host the 2023 CAF Awards
Gala on December 11.
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