High honour for Shipanga Top women’s coach in CAF awards Selection College Namibia’s Jacqueline Shipanga will be involved in deciding who Africa’s best footballers are for this year. Quote BoxJacqueline Shipanga
For me to be involved at this high level means so much
Brave Gladiators head coach Jacqueline Shipanga will have a crucial say in the 2016 Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards.
She was named as a member of the third Electoral College in the newly expanded network of voting for Africa’s best footballers awards.
Voting for the 2016 GLO CAF awards have four groups of voting colleges namely, the CAF Media Committee, the Technical and Development Committee, the Panel of 20 Experts (Journalists and TV consultants) and Member Associations (Head Coaches of National Team ‘A’ or National Technical Directors).
Shipanga, whose technical expertise has been widely used by CAF and Fifa at numerous occasions, is a member of the 20-member Panel of Experts, which also have other Southern Africa experts in Mark Gleeson and Velile Mbuli, both from South Africa.
The Technical and Development Committee has 13 members including Cosafa President Suketu Patel, Zambian legend Kalusha Bwalya and Khalilou Fadiga of Senegal.
The CAF Media Committee is led by Ghanaian FA President Kwesi Nyantakyi.
Shipanga expressed her appreciation for being part of these historic awards. “This is something very special to me,” Shipanga said.
“Something I would cherish forever. These are continental awards and for me to be involved at this high level means so much. I will do my level best in my contribution.
“This goes to show the impact of our development and exposure. Thank you Namibia Football Association and CAF for the trust and belief,” she added.
For the two main awards, the African Player of the Year and Africa of the Year-based in Africa, all four components of the Electoral Colleges will be involved in the selection process which has been classified into two phases.
Colleges one, two and three will be involved in phase one.
College four and half of three will be used for phase two.
For the other awards categories only college one, two and three will take part in the selection of the eventual winners.
The GLO CAF 2016 awards Gala will be held on Thursday, 5 January 2017 in Abuja, Nigeria.
CAF on Saturday released a 30-men list for the African Player of the Year award The African Player of the Year-based in Africa has 25 players on the list.
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