Downs keeper in line to clinch award – again

MAMELODI Sundowns goalkeeper Denis Onyango is in contention to win the Caf Player of the Year (based in Africa) award for the second year running.

Onyango claimed the accolade in 2016 after helping Sundowns win the Caf Champions League, although in 2016 they were eliminated at the quarterfinal stage by Wydad Casablanca.

Onyango also excelled for the Ugandan national team and is the only player from the PSL to be nominated in the main category – the African Player of the Year award. He’ll face stiff competition though from the likes of Victor Moses, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Mohamed Salah among others.

Also nominated for the 2017 Player of the Year (based in Africa) award is SuperSport United striker Jeremy Brockie. African Player of the Year nominees: ● Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso and Olympique Lyon)

● Denis Onyango Sundowns)

● Karim El Ahmadi (Uganda and (Morocco Mamelodi and Feyenoord) ● Keita Balde (Senegal and Monaco) ● Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool) ● Naby Keita (Guinea and RB Leipzig) ● Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon and Borussia Dortmund) ● Sadio Mane (Senegal and Liverpool) ● Victor Moses (Nigeria and Chelsea) ● Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon and Porto) ● Yacine Brahimi (Algeria and Porto) Player of the Year (based in Africa) nominees:

● Achraf Bencharki Wydad Athletics Club) ● Ahmed Fathi (Egypt and Al Ahly) ● Ali Maaloul (Tunisia and Al Ahly) ● Aristide Bance (Burkina Faso and El Masry)

● Ben Malango Mazembe)

● Denis Onyango Sundowns)

● Jeremy Brockie (New Zealand and SuperSport)

● Taha Yassine Khenisssi (Tunisia and Esperance). (DR (Morocco Congo (Uganda and TP and and Mamelodi