Egypt U-23 and Masry goalkeeper Ahmed El-Shennawy has been included on the shortlist for 2011's Young African Footballer of the Year. After his strong performance in the U-23 African Championship, Masry goalkeeper Ahmed El-Shennawy has been included by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on the list for 2011's Most Promising Talent of the Year. Tottenham and Ivory Coast star Souleymane Coulibaly, along with Venlo's Ahmed Musa of Nigeria, have also been named on the CAF's list of most talented youngsters on the continent. The winner will be revealed at an Awards Gala scheduled for Thursday, December 22 at the Banquet Hall, State House in Accra, Ghana. The award ceremony is meant to reward excellence in African football both on and off the pitch. It will be the third time for Ghanaian capital Accra to host the annual event, having also hosted the awards in 2006 and 2009. The shortlisted nominees are (in alphabetical order); African Player of the Year 2011 Andre Ayew (Olympique Marseille and Ghana) Samuel Eto'o (Anzhi Makhachkala and Cameroon) Seydou Keita (Barcelona and Mali) Moussa Sow (Lille and Senegal) Yaya Toure (Manchester City and Cote d'Ivoire) African Player of the Year 2011 (Based in Africa) Oussama Darragi (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Tunisia) Zouhir Dhaouadi (Club Africain and Tunisia) Banana Yaya (Esperance Sportive de Tunis and Cameroon) National Team of the Year Botswana Cote d'Ivoire Niger Tunisia Women's National Team of the Year Cameroon Nigeria South Africa Club of the Year Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia) Maghreb Association Sportive of Fez (Morocco) Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco) Most Promising Talent of the Year Ahmed Elshenawy (El-Masry and Egypt) Souleymane Coulibaly (Tottenham Hotspurs and Cote d'Ivoire) Ahmed Musa (VVV Venlo and Nigeria) Coach of the Year Harouna Doula (Niger) Nabil Maaloul (Esperance Sportive de Tunis) - Tunisia Stanley Tshosane (Botswana) Women's Footballer of the Year Nompumelelo Nyandani (South Africa) Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria) Miriam Paixao Silva (Equatorial Guinea) Referee of the Year Alioum Neant (Cameroon) Noumandiez Doue (Cote d'Ivoire) Djamel Haimoudi (Algeria) Legend Award Mustapha Hadji (Morocco) Austin ‘Jay-Jay' Okocha (Nigeria) (For more sports news and updates, follow Ahram Online Sports on Twitter: @AO_Sports) http://english.ahram.org.eg/News/29413.aspx
