Three players vie for BBC award

By Farayi Mungazi (BBC) - Ahly and Egypt playmaker Mohamed Aboutrika is one of three players who have made the final shortlist for the 2006 BBC African Footballer of the Year award. Aboutrika is in the reckoning alongside the Ivory Coast striker Didier Drogba and Ghana midfielder Michael Essien, both of whom play for English Premiership champions Chelsea.

The three-man shortlist was drawn up from a combination of online and postal public votes, with input from the BBC’s panel of experts. But fans eager to know the identity of the winner of this prestigious accolade will have to wait until Friday, 5 January.

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