Confederation of African Football (CAF) says
the 2014 Glo-CAF Awards will take place on in
Lagos on January 8, 2015
The Awards Gala will see players and officials,
who have distinguished themselves during the
year (2014), receiving honours for their
achievements.
Legends of the game, including the prestigious
African Player of the Year and winners in 15
other categories will be unveiled during the Gala
night.
Other categories are African Player of The Year
(Based in Africa), National Team of The Year,
Club of The Year, Referee of the Year and
Coach of The Year.
The rest are Most Promising Talent, Women’s
National Team of The Year, Women’s Player of
The Year, African Legend, CAF Fair Play Award,
Youth Player of the Year and Platinum Award.
Africa’s finest XI will also be revealed on the
night that will be attended by the crème de la
crème of the continent’s football icons.
There are also two new categories; Goal of the
Year and Save of the Year, to be decided by
votes from the public.
Ivorian midfielder, Yaya Toure, was decorated
African Player of the Year for the third time at
the last edition held on January 9, 2014 in
Lagos, while former Ahly and Egypt talisman,
Mohamed Aboutreika scooped the Player of the
Year (Based in Africa).
This is the third time Lagos will be hosting the
event after 2008 and 2013. Previous host cities
include Abuja (2005), Accra (2006, 2009, 2011,
2012), Lome (2007) and Cairo (2010).
Nigerian telecommunication outfit, Globacom,
has sponsored the annual awards Gala since
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