Wanyama nominated for an award

He is one of 30 nominees who include last year's winner Pierre Emerick Aubemeyang of Gabon and German side Borussia Dortmund. The favourite is 25-year-old (26 next February) Algeria and Leicester City winger Riyad Mahrez.

The full list of nominees are:

1. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Leicester City) 

2. El Arabi Hillel Soudani (Algeria & Dinamo Zagreb) 

3. Islam Slimani (Algeria & Leicester City) 

4. Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon & Antalyaspor) 

5. Benjamin Mounkandjo (Cameroon & Lorient) 

6. Serge Aurier (Cote d'Ivoire & PSG) 

7. Eric Bailly (Cote d'Ivoire & Manchester United) 

8. Yao Kouasi Gervais 'Gervinho' (Cote d'Ivoire & Hebei Fortune) 

9. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma) 

10. Mohamed El Neny (Egypt & Arsenal) 

11. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Dortmund) 

12. Andre Ayew (Ghana & West Ham United) 

13. Victor Wanyama (Kenya & Tottenham Hotspur) 

14. William Jebor (Liberia & Wydad Athletic Club) 

15. Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus) 

16. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax) 

17. John Mikel Obi (Nigeria & Chelsea) 

18. Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria & Manchester City) 

19. Ahmed Musa (Nigeria & Leicester City) 

20. Cedric Bakambu (DR Congo & Villareal) 

21. Yannick Bolasie (DR Congo & Everton) 

22. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool) 

23. Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli) 

24. Keegan Dolly (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns) 

25. Itumeleng Khune (South Africa & Kaizer Chiefs) 

26. Mbwana Samatta (Tanzania & Genk) 

27. Aymen Abdennour Tunisia & Valencia) 

28. Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia & Sunderland) 

29. Dennis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns) 

30. Khama Billiat (Zimbabwe & Mamelodi Sundowns).

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