Mboma leads Cameroon stars in award list

Cameroon dominates the nominations for African Player of the Year with Parma AC striker Patrick Mboma the favourite to win the award.

The West Africans won the African Nations Cup in February and the Olympic title. Mboma played in both winning teams and was one of the over-age stars allowed at the under-23 Olympic event. Roger Milla won the award in 1990 for Cameroon.

The 27 nomineees are -

Abdelhamid Tasfaout - Guingamp and France

Ismael Koudou - ASFA and Burkina Faso

Samuel Eto'o - Real Mallorca and Cameroon

Patrick Mboma - Parma AC and Cameroon

Lauren Meyer - Arsenal and Cameroon

Geremi Njitap - Real Madrid and Cameroon

Salomon Olembe - Nantes and Cameroon

Shabani Nonda - AS Monaco and D.R. Congo

Hossam Hassan - Zamalek and Egypt

Hani Ramzy - Kaiserslautern and Egypt

Stephen Appiah - Parma AC and Ghana

Emmanuel Kuffour - Hearts of Oak and Ghana

Samuel Kuffour - Bayern Munich and Ghana

Peter Ofori-Quaye - Olympiakos and Ghana

Bonaventure Kalou - Feyenoord and Ivory Coast

Saber Abdelilah - SS Napoli and Morocco

Noureddine Naybet - Deportivo La Coruna and Morocco

Adil Ramzy - PSV and Morocco

Julius Aghahowa - Esperance and Nigeria

Nwankwo Kanu - Arsenal and Nigeria

Ike Shorunmu - Besiktas and Nigeria

Henri Camara - Neuchatel Xamax and Senegal

Kalilou Fadiga - Club Brugge and Senegal

Shaun Bartlett - Charlton and South Africa

Siyabonga Nomvete - Kaizer Chiefs and South Africa

Radhi Jaidi - Esperance and Tunisia

Zied Jaziri - Etoile Sahel and Tunisia