By Martin Chawanzi in Lusaka
No Zambian player has made a cut to the Confederation of African Football (CAF) player of the year award.
This is an indication that Zambian football has gone down and there is no need of any other gauge metre required.
2018 AWARDS.
AFRICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
•NOMINEES.
1•Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria & ES Setif)
2•Ahmed Gomaa (Egypt & El Masry)
3•Ahmed Musa (Nigeria & Al-Nassr )
4•Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal)
5•Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
6•Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
7•Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco & Hebei China Fortune)
8•Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
9•Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
10•Fanev Andriatsima (Madagascar & Clermont Foot)
11•Franck Kom (Cameroon & Esperance)
12•Jacinto Muondo Dala ‘Gelson’ (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
13•Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax)
14•Idrissa Gueye (Senegal & Everton)
15•Ismail Haddad (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
16•Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo & AS Vita)
17•Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
18•Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
19•Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
20•Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
21•Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto)
22•Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
23•Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Changchun Yatai, Nigeria)
24•Percy Tau (South Africa & Union Saint-Gilloise)
25•Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
26•Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
27•Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
28•Taha Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
29•Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid)
30•Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia & Saint-Étienne)
31•Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)
32•Wilfried Zaha (Cote d’Ivoire & Crystal Palace)
33. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto)
34•Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Esperance)
Maish
