African Player of the Year - Most popular for 2008
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It's that time of year again, dear readers.
Time to vote for the 2008 BBC African Player of the Year!
This year's candidates are ...
Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt, Al Ahly)
Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo, Arsenal)
Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast, Chelsea)
Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon, Barcelona)
Amr Zaki (Egypt, Wigan)
The BBC canvassed football experts across Africa to compile the shortlist.
Barcelona boss Pep Guardiola has trained his sights on Tottenham's Dimitar Berbatov, according to
reports in Spain. Newspaper El Mundo Deportivo claims Guardiola is keen to offload Samuel Eto'o and
replace him with a powerful centre forward, although they will have to sell the three-time African
Player of the Year if they are to fund a [.
I found this interesting article on my goal.com mobile service.
I can't find it online, but you can click the above link and read the article anyways.
I think it's a fascinating look at 20 players around Europe of African descent who've shown their
talent and set the continent ablaze!
As we close in on the time to select an African Player of the Year, how about Egypt's Mohamed
Aboutrika?
Aboutrika sports an excellent resume: he's won 2 African Cup of Nations with Egypt, won 3 African
Champions Leagues with Egyptian club team Al Ahly and conquered 4 league titles with the Egyptian
powerhouse.
