Emmanuel Clottey and Asamoah Gyan have made an 18-man shortlist for the 2012 Most Popular Footballer Award.
The Ghana duo will be battling it out with likes of Samuel Eto�o, Yaya Toure, Didier Drogba, Pappise Demba Cisse, Steven Piennar and Tresor Mputu for the personal accolade which is organized by the International Federation of Football History and Statistics (IFFHS).
Clottey and Gyan will however need to garner enough votes to make the second African shortlist of five to later contest for the global award alongside other shortlisted candidates from Europe, South America, Asia and CONCACAF.
An internet poll being run on the IFFHS website from October 15 to November 30 will be used to make the final African shortlist of five.
Emmanuel Clottey had made the initial shortlist following his explosive performance for Berekum Chelsea in their maiden African campaign.
The now Esperance player is currently the leading goalscorer in this year�s CAF Champions League with twelve (12) goals � just one shy of the all-time standing record of 13.
Gyan on the other hand has started his second season in the UAE just like he ended his maiden campaign ďż˝ firing on all cylinders.
The 26-year-old was the top scorer last term with 22 goals and has already fired seven goals already this season.
Football fans are urged to vote massively for the Ghanaian candidates for the award in the link belowďż˝
http://www.iffhs.de/?b002ec70a804f4cd003f09
Full List of African Players in Contention
Abdelmoumene Djabou ďż˝ Algeria ďż˝ Club Africain Tunis
Sofiane Feghouli ďż˝ Algeria ďż˝ Valencia CF
Samuel Eto�o � Cameroon � FC Anzhi Makhachkala
Treasury Mputu Mabi ďż˝ Congo DR ďż˝ TP Mazembe Lubumbashi
Didier Yves Drogba ďż˝ Ivory Coast ďż˝ Shanghai Shenhua FC
Yaya Toure ďż˝ Ivory Coast ďż˝ Manchester City FC
Mohamed Aboutreika ďż˝ Egypt ďż˝ Al-Ahly Cairo
Mohamed Salah Ghaly ďż˝ Egypt ďż˝ FC Basel
Emmanuel Clottey Atukwei ďż˝ Ghana ďż˝ Berekum Chelsea FC (currently Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
Asamoah Gyan ďż˝ Ghana ďż˝ Al-Ain Sports Club & Cultur
Dennis Oliech ďż˝ Kenya ďż˝ AJ Auxerroise
Samir Aboud ďż˝ Libya ďż˝ Al-Ittihad Tripoli Club
Nadir Lamyaghri ďż˝ Morocco ďż˝ Casablanca Wydad AC
Papiss Demba Cisse ďż˝ Senegal ďż˝ Newcastle United FC
Pape Moussa Konatďż˝ ďż˝ Senegal ďż˝ FK Krasnodar
Steven Jerome Pienaar ďż˝ South Africa ďż˝ Everton FC
Faisal Agab Sido ďż˝ Sudan ďż˝ Al-Merreikh Omdurman
Youssef Msakni ďż˝ Tunisia ďż˝ Esperance Sportive de Tunis
Source: Ghanasoccernet.com
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