The shortlist of gamers for the African participant of the yr award have been introduced with two Bundesliga gamers making the listing.
The choice is predicated on the efficiency of the nominated gamers between January and October 2024.
Borussia Dortmund’s Serhou Guirassy and Bayer Leverkusen’s Edmond Tapsoba have each been nominated.
Guirassy has loved a profitable goalscoring yr by scoring 12 instances in 15 matches because the flip of the yr. The striker ended the Bundesliga season with 28 targets for Stuttgart and completed second behind Harry Kane within the golden boot race.
The 28-year-old additionally reached the quarter finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with Guinea.
Guirassy then moved to Borussia Dortmund in the summertime the place he has scored seven targets in eight matches throughout all competitions up to now.
He has additionally discovered the online 5 instances in two matches within the Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers in the course of the October worldwide break.
Edmond Tapsoba loved a extremely profitable yr as he was a daily within the defence of the Bayer Leverkusen aspect that went unbeaten of their league title profitable season.
As well as, he additionally lifted the DFB-Pokal to finish the double after which Tremendous Cup in the beginning of the brand new season in August.
The 26-year-old additionally performed each minute for Burkina Faso within the Africa Cup of Nations the place they had been knocked out within the spherical of 16.
A complete of ten gamers had been nominated for the award who’re as follows:
Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast / Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta), William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns).
The winner of the award shall be introduced on the ceremony in Marrakesh on sixteenth December.
GGFN | Matthew Gritton
