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.
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