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Billiat shortlisted for top CAF African Player of the Year Award

by Staff reporter
23 Nov 2016 at 08:03hrs | Views

Khama Billiat has been short listed for the top CAF African Player of the Year (Based in Africa) award follows their outstanding performances this season which helped his South African Club Mamelodi Sundowns to win the African Champions League.

Billiat also helped Zimbabwe qualify for their first African Cup of Nations finals to the Gabon tournament in January 2017.

Top five African Player of the Year (Based in Africa):

1. Khama Billiat (Mamelodi Sundowns & Zimbabwe)
2. Keegan Dolly (Mamelodi Sundowns & South Africa)
3. Rainford Kalaba (TP Mazembe & Zambia)
4. Hlompho Kekana (Mamelodi Sundowns & South Africa)
5. Denis Onyango (Mamelodi Sundowns & Uganda)

Top five African Player of the Year:


1. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Borrusia Dortmund)
2. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Leicester City)
3. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
4. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Roma)
5. Islam Slimani (Algeria & Leicester City)

Source - sports