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01.04.2003
Diouf favourite to scoop award
Senegal`s El Hadji Diouf is the favourite to pick up Caf`s African Footballer of the Year title for the second year in a row in Johannesburg on Tuesday night.
The Liverpool striker is up against his international team mate Pape Bouba Diop and Egypt`s rebellious Ahmed "Mido" Hossam.
The announcement will be made at Caf`s annual awards ceremony.
It has been a difficult job for the judges as 2002 was not a year where any one player really shone.
Diouf scored just two goals in international matches, but he is seen as the key player in the Senegalese team that was the big story of the year.
The Lions reached the final of the African Nations Cup for the first time, went on the reach the quarter-finals of the World Cup and beat France in the process.
Those achievements led listeners to the BBC World Service and users of the BBC`s African Football website to vote him the BBC African Player of the Year.
Diouf is fortunate that Caf made its choice several months ago, as his behaviour in recent months would have damaged his chances.
After spitting at Celtic fans during a Uefa Cup quarter-final in Scotland this month, the Liverpool striker was banned and heavily fined.
Diouf`s rival for the Caf award, his team-mate Diop, was the scorer of the goal that saw Senegal beat France.
He is also in the running for the award for the best televised goal for an effort against Uruguay, also in the World Cup.
Mido is the third candidate, after topping the scoring charts for Ajax Amsterdam.
But if he fails to win that, he should be able to console himself with the Young Footballer of the Year award.
He is the out-and-out favourite in that category.
Senegal`s former coach Bruno Metsu is expected to win the Coach of the Year award for a second year running.
Award categories:
Footballer of the Year:
El Hadji Diouf (Liverpool and Senegal)
Pape Bouba Diop (Lens and Senegal)
Ahmed `Mido` Hossam (Ajax Amsterdam and Egypt)
Young player of the Year:
Ahmed `Mido` Hossam (Ajax Amsterdam and Egypt)
Steven Pienaar (Ajax Amsterdam and South Africa)
Kolo Toure (Arsenal and Ivory Coast)
Goalkeeper of the Year: Essam Al Hadari (Egypt)
Alioum Boukar (Cameroon)
Tony Sylva (Senegal)
Coach of the Year:
Luis Oscar Fullone (Wydad Casablanca, Morocco)
Bruno Metsu (Senegal)
Idrissa Traore (ASEC Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Club of the Year:
JS Kabylie (Algeria)
Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)
Zamalek (Egypt)
Team of the Year:
Cameroon
Senegal
Nigeria`s womens team
African Champions League best player:
Walid Abdellatif (Zamalek, Egypt)
Hicham Aboucherouane (Raja Casablanca, Morocco)
Abdoulaye Djire (ASEC Abidjan, Ivory Coast)
Best (televised) goal:
Abdelhalim Ali (Zamalek, Egypt v Costa do Sol)
Abdelouahed Abdessamad (Raja Casablanca v Jeanne d`Arc)
Henri Camara (Senegal v Sweden)
Pape Bouba Diop (Senegal v Uruguay)
Mfanzile Dlamini(Swaziland v Namibia)
Women`s Footballer of the Year:
Alberta Sackey (Ghana)
Youth Development Award:
Ghana Football Association
Merit Achievement Award:
Mwade Wade (Senegal)
Previous winners
1988 - Kalusha Bwalya (Zam)
1989 - George Weah (Lbr)
1990 - Roger Milla (Cmr)
1991 - Abedi `Pele` Ayew (Gha)
1992 - Abedi `Pele` Ayew (Gha)
1993 - Abdei `Pele` Ayew (Gha)
1994 - Emmanuel Amunike (Ngr) and George Weah (Lbr)
1995 - George Weah (Lbr)
1996 - Nwankwo Kanu (Ngr)
1997 - Victor Ikpeba (Ngr)
1998 - Mustapha Hadji (Mar)
1999 - Nwankwo Kanu (Ngr)
2000 - Patrick Mboma (Cmr)
2001 - El Hadji Diouf (Sen)
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