CAF Picks: Choose 'em
Moderators: Moderator Team, phpBB2 - Administrators
CAF Picks: Choose 'em
Below are CAF's selections for 2003 awards. This is culled from Ikwerreman's http://www.Nigeriasports.com site:
Goalkeeper of the Year:
Hicham Mezair, USM Algiers and Algeria
Idriss Kameni, Le Havre (France) and Cameroon
Vincent Enyeama, Enyimba and Nigeria
My pick is Idris Kameni
Youth Player of the Year:
Kolo Toure, Arsenal (England) and Ivory Coast
Obafemi Martins, Inter Milan (Italy) and Nigeria
Steven Pienaar, Ajax Amsterdam (Holland) and South Africa
My pick is Obafemi Martins
African Legend:
Kalusha Bwalya, Zambia
Salif Keita, Mali
Roger Milla, Cameroon
My pick is Kalusha Bwalya (Frankly, I am not sure what this is about but going by 2003 Bwalya has impressed in his brief position as national team coach in Zambia)
Champions League Player of the Year:
Hosni Abd Rabbou, Ismaili (Egypt)
Souayah Skander, Esperance (Tunisia)
Dramani Traore, Ismaili (Egypt)
My pick is Dramane Traore
International Team of the Year:
Cameroon senior team
Cameroon Olympic team
Egypt youth team
Cameroon senior team
Club of the Year:
Enyimba, Nigeria
Raja Casablanca, Morocco
Ismaili, Egypt
My pick is Enyimba
Coach of the Year:
Ratomir Dujkovic, Rwanda
Kadiri Ikhana, Enyimba (Nigeria)
Winfried Schaefer, Cameroon
My pick is Winfried Schaefer
Award for Outstanding Achievement:
Rwanda national squad
No argument here
Goalkeeper of the Year:
Hicham Mezair, USM Algiers and Algeria
Idriss Kameni, Le Havre (France) and Cameroon
Vincent Enyeama, Enyimba and Nigeria
My pick is Idris Kameni
Youth Player of the Year:
Kolo Toure, Arsenal (England) and Ivory Coast
Obafemi Martins, Inter Milan (Italy) and Nigeria
Steven Pienaar, Ajax Amsterdam (Holland) and South Africa
My pick is Obafemi Martins
African Legend:
Kalusha Bwalya, Zambia
Salif Keita, Mali
Roger Milla, Cameroon
My pick is Kalusha Bwalya (Frankly, I am not sure what this is about but going by 2003 Bwalya has impressed in his brief position as national team coach in Zambia)
Champions League Player of the Year:
Hosni Abd Rabbou, Ismaili (Egypt)
Souayah Skander, Esperance (Tunisia)
Dramani Traore, Ismaili (Egypt)
My pick is Dramane Traore
International Team of the Year:
Cameroon senior team
Cameroon Olympic team
Egypt youth team
Cameroon senior team
Club of the Year:
Enyimba, Nigeria
Raja Casablanca, Morocco
Ismaili, Egypt
My pick is Enyimba
Coach of the Year:
Ratomir Dujkovic, Rwanda
Kadiri Ikhana, Enyimba (Nigeria)
Winfried Schaefer, Cameroon
My pick is Winfried Schaefer
Award for Outstanding Achievement:
Rwanda national squad
No argument here
I cannot argue with your selections. However, I think Roger Milla will win African Legend simply because he has acheived more on the international stage (World Cups) than Kalusha. There are more people who know who Roger Milla is than Kalusha.
"It is not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you are not."
- furiously frank
- Eaglet
- Posts: 13084
- Joined: Mon Dec 22, 2003 7:18 pm
You may as well pick Cameroun and Cameronians for all the awards, given the fact that Hayatou has used mago mago transfer the award ceremony go Yaounde in april.
"That Justice is a blind goddess
Is a thing to which we blacks are wise.
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes."
Langston Hughes, 1923
Is a thing to which we blacks are wise.
Her bandage hides two festering sores
That once perhaps were eyes."
Langston Hughes, 1923