The nominees are (in alphabetical order):

Ahmed Musa (Nigeria) CSKA Moscow

Asamoah Gyan (Ghana)Al Ain

Dame N’Doye (Senegal) Locomotiv Moscow

Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire)Galatasaray

Emmanuel Emenike (Nigeria) Fenerbahce

Islam Slimani (Algeria) Sporting Lisbon

John Mikel Obi (Nigeria) Chelsea

Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso) Stade Rennais

Kévin Constant (Guinea)AC Milan

Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana) Juventus

Luís Carlos Almada Soares (Cape Verde)AC Omonia

Mehdi Benattia (Morocco) AS Roma

Mohamed Abou-Treika (Egypt) Ahly

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) Basel FC 

Nicolas Nkoulou (Cameroon) Marseille

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon) Borussia Dortmund

Ryan Isaac Mendes da Graça (Cape Verde)Lille

Saladin Said (Ethiopia) Wadi Degla FC

Seydou Keita (Mali)Dalian Aerbin F.C

Sofiane Feghouli (Algeria)Valencia

Sunday Mba (Nigeria)Warri Wolves

Victor Wanyama (Kenya)Southampton FC

Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)Lille

Yao Kouassi Gervais ‘Gervinho’ (Cote d’Ivoire) AS Roma

Yaya Toure (Cote d’Ivoire) Manchester City

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