Super Eagles’ duo of Moses Simon and Akinkunmi Amoo failed to make the final list of nominees in CAF 2022 footballer of the year.

France-based Simon, who plays for FC Nantes, and Amoo of Danish side FC Copenhagen, were the only Nigerians to make the initial list.

The list was released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on June 30.

But when the final list came out on Monday, the two players were not part of the elite African performers in the last few months who made the top list.

Simon was listed among nominees in the initial shortlist for player of the year award, while Amoo was listed for the young player of the year award.

CAF Awards 2022 will be held in Rabat, Morocco, on July 21.

The final list has reigning CAF African player of the year Sadio Mane (Senegal and Bayern Munich), amongst others. There are also former winners, Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Manchester City) and Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool).

One of the highly-contested categories is that of the CAF coach of the year, where Aliou Cisse, Pitso Mosimane, Carlos Queiroz, Tom Saintfiet and Walid Regragui made the final cut.

The player of the year and interclub player of the year categories have 10 nominees each.

The young player of the year, coach of the year, national team of the year and club of the year categories have five nominees each.

The winners of each category will be decided by a voting panel, including CAF technical committee members and selected media professionals.

The panel will also have head coaches and captains of member associations and clubs involved in the group stage of the interclub competitions for the 2021/22 season.

Full List of Nominees (in alphabetical order by member-association)

Player of the Year (Men)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Manchester City)

Toko Ekambi (Cameroon and Olympique Lyonnais)

Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon and Al Nassr)

Sebastien Haller (Cote d’Ivoire and Borussia Dortmund)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)

Naby Keita (Guinea and Liverpool)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal and Chelsea)

Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal and Napoli)

Sadio Mane (Senegal and Bayern Munich)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

Tiago Azulao (Petro Atletico)

Karim Konate (ASEC Mimosas)

Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly)

Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly)

Percy Tau (Al Ahly)

Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly)

Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly)

Achraf Dari (Wydad Athletic Club)

Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Athletic Club)

Zouheir El Moutaraji (Wydad Athletic Club)

Young Player of the Year (Men)

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso and Lorient)

Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire and ASEC/RB Salzburg)

Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana and Rennes)

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal and Metz)

Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia and Manchester United)

Coach of the Year (Men)

Carlos Queiroz (Egypt)

Pitso Mosimane (Al Ahly)

Tom Saintfiet (The Gambia)

Walid Regragui (Wydad 

Athletic Club)

Aliou Cisse (Senegal)

National Team of the Year

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Egypt

Morocco

Senegal

Club of the Year

Petro Atletico (Angola)

Al Ahly (Egypt)

RS Berkane (Morocco)

Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

(NAN)