CAF unveils candidates for African Player of 2008Chelsea duo Michael Essien Michael Essien (born December 3, 1982 in Accra) is a Ghanaian International footballer. He currently plays for Chelsea in the English Premier League. He is a central midfielder and plays as a deep-lying playmaker for the Black Stars, the Ghana national football team. and Didier Drogba Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (born March 11, 1978 in Abidjan, the Ivory Coast) is a footballer from the Ivory Coast who currently plays for Chelsea FC in the English Premier League. Drogba is the current African Footballer of the Year. face competition from Arsenal's Emmanuel Adebayor and a pair of Egyptians in the race to be named African Player of 2008. The Confederation of African Football (CAF CAF - constant applicative form ) confirmed that Egypt's Mohamed Aboutrika and Amr Zaki, who play for Al-Ahly and Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. respectively, Togo's Adebayor, Ghanian Essien and Ivorian Drogba were the five players nominated for the annual individual award. France-born Mali international Frederic Kanoute won the 2007 African Player Award. According to CAF spokesman Suleimanu Habuba, the awards ceremony earlier slated for January 23 in Senegal will now take place in Nigeria on February 10, the same time as the CAF General Assembly. 
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