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| Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama |
Super Eagles goalkeeper, Vincent Enyeama,
is among the five players nominated for the BBC African Footballer of
Year for 2014 as revealed by the organisers of the award on Monday.
The
Nigeria captain is the only goalkeeper in the list as title holder Yaya
Toure of Ivory Coast gets his sixth consecutive nomination for the
award.
Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang, who plays Borussia Dortmund, Algeria forward Yacine Brahimi
of FC Porto, and Ivory Coast’s Gervinho of AS Roma make up the list.
Four
of the nominees played at the World Cup in Brazil, where Enyeama and
Brahimi played in the last 16 of the tournament with Nigeria and Algeria
respectively.
Enyeama, 32, went into
the event off the back of an outstanding campaign for French club Lille –
he kept 21 clean sheets for them last season.
In
Spain, forward Brahimi’s efforts for Granada led to him being named
best African player in the country last term and earning a move to
Porto.
Toure helped Manchester City to
their second Premier League title in three years and also won the
Capital One Cup, Gervinho has impressed in Italy since leaving Arsenal,
scoring 10 goals in 39 games for the Serie A side.
Although
striker Aubameyang did not play at the World Cup in Brazil, he makes
the shortlist for the second year in a row based on his impressive club
form.
BBC said the winner
will be decided by fans of African football, who have until November 24
to vote for their choice online or through SMS.
The winner will be announced on December 1.
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