The
Confederation of African Football (CAF) has confirmed that the 2016 Gala event
of the prestigious Glo-CAF Awards will be held on Thursday, January 5, 2017 at
the International Conference Centre, Abuja. The capital
city of Nigeria, Abuja, is hosting the awards for the third time, having hosted
the inaugural edition in 2005 and the 2015 edition.
Africa's
highest football body, CAF, in a statement said “the 2016 Glo-CAF Awards will
be held in the city of Abuja, Nigeria and the new African Footballer of the
Year, the greatest African football legends and 15 winners in other categories
will be unveiled during the Gala night.”
Other
categories include African Player of The Year (Based in Africa), National Team
of The Year, Club of The Year and Coach of The Year.
Also to be
unveiled are Most Promising Talent, Women’s National Team of The Year, Woman
Player of The Year, Referee of The Year, African Legend, CAF Fair Play Award,
Platinum Award – which is usually reserved for the President of the host country,
Africa Finest XI and Youth Player of The Year.
Borussia
Dortmund of Germany winger and Gabonese International, Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang of Gabon is the current African champion, having won the last
edition while the 2015 African Player of the Year – Based in Africa- is Mbwana
Ally Samatta of Tanzania.
The Glo-
Sponsored annual award is expected to congregate top football celebrities and
government officials across Africa, the statement said.
Globacom
took over the sponsorship of awards in 2005 and the event has been held in
several cities across Africa. Accra,
Ghana hosted the 2006 edition, while the event moved to Lome, Togo, in 2007.
Nigeria’s commercial nerve center, Lagos, hosted the event in 2008 before it
moved back to Accra in 2009. The 2010 edition of the award took place in Cairo,
Egypt, while Accra hosted the event back-to-back in 2011 and 2012. Lagos again hosted the 2013
and 2014 editions.
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