The Confederation of African Football on Wednesday unveiled the five shortlists for the 2007 Glo-CAF Awards Best Player Award in Lagos, at the offices of the Globacom, sponsors of the event. The five are Didier Drogba (Cote d’Ivoire), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Michael Essien (Ghana), and Malian duo, Frederic Kanoute and Mamadou Diarra. The Technical and Media Committees of CAF conducted the short-listing of the final five. The Best Player will be decided by votes from coaches of football associations affiliated to CAF, and would be named at the Glo-CAF Awards ceremony slated for Lome, Togo on February 1, 2008. This is the first time Togo will be hosting the awards ceremony sponsored by Nigerian-based telecommunications outfit, Globacom, after Nigeria and Ghana in 2005 and 2006 respectively. Globacom has sponsored the awards ceremony since 2005. Ivorian striker, Drogba beat Chelsea teammate Essien and Cameroon striker Samuel Eto’o to the ultimate in 2006.
