MIKEL OBI, VICTOR MOSES SHORTLISTED FOR BBC AFRICAN FOOTBALLER OF THE YEAR AWARD

The shortlist of five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer
of the Year award has been announced by the BBC on November 11, 2013, Monday.
Nigerians Victor Moses (Liverpool, on loan from Chelsea) and John
Mikel Obi (Chelsea) are joined...
by Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa
(Rennes) and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon (Borussia Dortmund).
The list also includes Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure (Manchester City), who
has made his fifth consecutive appearance in it.
The winner will be decided by African football fans, who have an
opportunity to vote for their choice until 18:00 GMT on November 25,
Monday.
The winner will be announced on December 2, Monday, at 17:35 GMT on
the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and television programmes.
No player on this year's shortlist, drawn up from votes by 44
journalists across Africa, has won the BBC award before and two –
Pitroipa and Aubameyang – are the first nominees from their respective
countries.
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