08 November 2014

I want to be Africa's best player -Musa

 Eagles winger, Ahmed Musa, has said he would be happy to win the Africa’s best player award.

The CSKA Moscow player was among the 25 players nominated for the Confederation of African Football African Player of the Year for 2014 on the back of his performances at the 2014 World Cup and with his Russian army club, africanFootball.com reports.

Last season, he won a second straight Russian championship with CSKA and has played a big role as the Moscow side aim to qualify for the knockout stage of the UEFA Champions League.

He also scored two goals against Argentina as Nigeria reached the knockout stage of the World Cup for the third time in the country’s history.

Last month, he fired another brace against Sudan in Abuja to revive Nigeria’s fading hopes of qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.

“I feel very happy to be nominated for African Player of the Year award by CAF. It is a great feeling to be appreciated. I will be so glad if I win it and I hope to emerge as the winner,” Musa told AfricanFootball.com

The late Rasheed Yekini was the first Nigeria star to win the award in 1993 and Nwankwo Kanu was the last to win it in 1999.

Other Nigerian stars who have won this prestigious individual accolade are – Emmanuel Amuneke (1994), Kanu (1996) and Victor Ikpeba (1997).

The winners of this award will be decided by votes from the head coaches and technical directors of the national associations affiliated to CAF.

The GLO-CAF Awards Gala will take place on January 8, 2015 in Lagos.




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