3 Ghanaians listed as African best footballers
时间：2011-11-10 07:37:40
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ACCRA, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has named three members of Ghana's senior national soccer team, the Black Stars, among 10 players shortlisted to compete for the 2011 African footballer of the year.
Olympique Marseille's Andre Ayew, Kevin-Prince Boateng of Italian giants AC Milan and former Sunderland striker Asamoah Gyan were on the list of
nominations1 announced at a press conference here on Wednesday.
Other players include Cote d'Ivoire trio, Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Yaya Toure (Manchester City) and Gervinho (Arsenal), and Cameroun's Samuel Eto' Fils (Anzhi Makhatchkala, Russia).
The rest were Senegal and Lille's Moussa Sow, Adel Taraabt of Morocco and Queens Park
Rangers2 (England) as well as Mali's Seydou Keita who also plays for Barcelona.
Addressing the media, George Andah, chief operating officer (COO) of Globacom (Glo), sponsors of the awards, said the
partnership3 between Globacom and CAF was motivated by Glo's belief in sports as a vehicle for
stimulating4 the development of the continent.
He said one of the company's core
corporate5 social responsibilities was to
kindle6 socio-economic development of the youths in all the markets where Globacom operated through sports and sponsorships.
Since Globacom took over the sponsorship of the awards in 2005, the profile of the prize had risen in
prominence7 as the African Footballer of the year was now
celebrated8 and glamorized across the continent and the rest of the world.
"Globacom has also achieved its promise of raising the profile of African football players by transforming the Glo/CAF awards into a high profile and exclusive ceremony rich in content and entertainment,
thereby9 successfully projecting the African continent
positively10 to the world," he added.
The objective of the CAF awards is to honor African men and women who have excelled and also contributed to the development of the game of football in and outside the African continent.
The annual event also
aspires14 to encourage and enhance the performances of the sporting men and women to maintain the high standard and quality of football administration and management in Africa.
The shortlist will be trimmed to five from which the final three
nominees15 would be revealed for the award.
The winner will be announced at the awards ceremony to be held at the Banquet Hall of the State House here on December 22.
Samuel Eto'o won last year's African Player of the Year awards in Egypt for a record fourth time.
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