Twenty Egyptian players have been short-listed for the African best player in the last 50 years award as CAF celebrate their golden jubilee. The Confederation of African Football has designed a voting system that will allow internet users to vote for the best from a list of 200 players, CAF said on their official website. The 200 players were distributed into four generations 1) 1957-1970, 2) 1970-1980, 3) 1980-1990, and 4) 1990-2006. Votes for players from generation (1) will be worth 4 points, from generation (2) will be worth 3 points, from generation (3) will be worth 2 points, and from generation (4) will be worth 1 point to "give old and new generation of players equal chances", CAF said. Votes should be sent by email to [email protected] before 15th November 2006 so CAF can announce the top 50 players on their website from December 2006 until February 7th, 2007, which marks the anniversary of founding the African football's governing body. The 20 Egyptian players nominated by CAF- First generation 1957-1970: 1- Ali Abou-Greisha (also in second generation) 2- Rafaat Atteya 3- Al-Diba 4- Hassan Al-Shazli 5- Refaat Al-Fanaguili 6- Mahmoud Al-Gohary 7- Saleh Selim Second generation 1970-1980:
Hossam Hassan 8- Mostafa Abdou 9- Farouk Gaafar 10- Mahmoud Al-Khatib (also in 3rd generation) 11- Hani Mostafa 12- Hassan Shehata Third generation 1980-1990: 13- Magdi Abdul-Ghani 14- Taher Abou-Zaid 15- Hossam Hassan (also in 4th generation) 16- Ahmed Shoubeir (also in 4th generation) 17- Ibrahim Youssef Fourth generation 1990-2006: 18- Ahmed Hassan 19- Ahmed Hossam ‘Mido' 20- Hany Ramzy
