Three Africa-based players have made the 10-man shortlist for this year’s Confederation of African Football (Caf) awards.

Tunisia and Esperance forward Anis Badri joins Uganda and Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Onyango and the Egypt and Al Ahly midfielder Walid Soliman on the list.Last year winner Mohammed Salah L is one of five English Premier League players shortlisted.

Salah’s club team-mate Sadio Mane of Senegal also makes the cut, along with Arsenal duo Alex Iwobi of Nigeria and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, and former Caf award winner Riyad Mahrez of Algeria and Manchester City.

Cameroon’s Andre Onana and Morocco’s Mehdi Benatia are also shortlisted from the preliminary list of 34 names.

Another Premier League star, Wilfred Ndidi of Nigeria and Leicester City, makes the Youth Player of the Year list, along with Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Ivorian Franck Kessie.

In the Women’s Player of the Year shortlists, Malawi’s Tabitha Chawinga is the only player who did not feature at this year’s Women’s Africa Cup of Nations.

The other nine players, picked from the preliminary list of 15, come from teams who played at Ghana 2018, including last year’s Caf award winner Asisat Oshoala who helped Nigeria lift the trophy.

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