Finally the BBC African Footballer of the Year 5-man list revealed

The five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed on the BBC's Newsday programme.

Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure has made the shortlist for the fifth consecutive year and is joined by Nigerians Victor Moses and John Mikel Obi, Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon.

The winner will be decided by African football fans, who have until 18:00 GMT on 25 November to vote for their choice.

You can either vote via this page or by sending an SMS from your phone to +44 7786 20 20 08:

    Text 1 for Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
    Text 2 for Victor Moses
    Text 3 for John Mikel Obi
    Text 4 for Jonathan Pitroipa
    Or Text 5 for Yaya Toure

Standard international text rates apply, please check with your service provider. Texts are limited to one text per mobile phone number.

The winner will be announced on Monday, 2 December at 17:35 GMT on the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and television programmes.

No player on this year's shortlist, drawn up from votes by 44 journalists across Africa, has won the BBC award before and two - Pitroipa and Aubameyang - are the first nominees from their respective countries.

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