Orlando Pirates duo, Kermit Erasmus and Felipe Ovono, have made it into the Top 10 of CAF's Africa-based African Player of the Year awards.
The full list of nominees was announced last month, and CAF have now confirmed the ten man shortlist for each of the two awards, with Erasmus and Ovono making it through to the top ten.
African Player of the - Year Based in Africa
Abdeladim Khadrouf (Morocco & Moghreb Tetouan)
Baghdad Bounedjah ( Algeria & Etoile du Sahel)
Felipe Ovono (Equatorial Guinea & Orlando Pirates)
Kermit Erasmus (South Africa & Orlando Pirates)
Mbwana Aly Samatta (Tanzania & TP Mazembe)
Mohamed Meftah ( Algeria & USM Alger)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim ‘Karika’ (Sudan & El Hilal)
Robert Kidiaba Muteba ( DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
Roger Assalé (Cote d’Ivoire & TP Mazembe)
Zinedine Ferhat (Algeria & USM Alger)
African Player of the Year
André Ayew (Ghana & Swansea)
Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia & Valencia)
Mudather Eltaib Ibrahim ‘Karika’ (Sudan & El Hilal)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borussia Dortmund)
Sadio Mané (Senegal & Southampton)
Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire & Paris Saint Germain)
Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria & Valencia)
Yacine Brahimi ( Algeria & Porto)
Yaya Touré (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester City)
The winner will be decided by votes of the Coaches or Technical Directors of the National Associations affiliated to CAF, and ceremony will be held on Thursday, 7 January 2016 in Abuja, Nigeria.
