Kanu misses top CAF award
Eagles star Nwankwo Kanu has been overlooked for the 2006 Glo-CAF African Player award after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Sunday announced the top three nominees for the award following a vote by the coaches of member-national associations.
Kanu, who has been in fine scoring form for English club Portsmouth, and Mohammed Aboutrika of Egyptian giants Al Ahly thus failed to make the short list after they were also named by the CAF media and technical committees in a short list of five players last month.
Drogba, Eto'o and Essien have all enjoyed outstanding years
The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has released the top three nominees for the 2006 African Player of the Year Award.
Chelsea's Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba and Ghana midfielder Michael Essien both make the final three.
Three times winner and holder of the 2005 award Barcelona's Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o is the final candidate.
The African Player for 2006 will be known at an awards ceremony scheduled to take place on March 1, 2007, in Accra , the capital city of Ghana .
Cameroon striker Samuel Eto'o Fils won the 2005 awards which was staged in Abuja, Nigeria.
Nominees for the other award categories will be announced in January.