The much anticipated Glo- CAF awards have come and gone, while some landed themselves the gongs some missed out by whiskers, here are the biggest losers from the Abuja held event.

Golden Eaglets (National team of the year)- were in the running to be named best national team of the year alongside African Cup of Nations winners Ivory Coast and the Black Stars of Ghana.
Eaglets run in Chile were surely one of the best stories to have come out of the continent after making history by retaining the FIFA U17 World Cup in South America, unfortunately for the Emmanuel Amuneke led side they were against AFCON winners Cote d’ivoire who after several disappointment of recent years were crowned African champions in 2015.
The voting pattern showed it was a tight race between Eaglets and category winners, The Elephants, which proves that like many Nigerians others were also impressed with Victor Osimhen and co. at the Mundial where they dispatched strong oppositions to emerge world champions.
Yaya Toure (CAF Player of the year)- winning the CAF African player of the year four times in a row was by itself a tremendous achievement but Manchester City star midfielder Toure aimed to break another record with a fifth win.
Only the Ivorian and Cameroonian striker Samuel Eto’o have won the award on four occasions and scooping this one would’ve made Toure the most successful player on the continent as far as the award is concerned.
The mesmerizing displays by category winner Pierre Aubameyang in the Bundesliga with Borrussia Dortmund where he is currently the division’s top goal scorer and assistor and Andre Ayew’s swift adaptation in the English premier League where he set alight his first few months with sumptuous goals meant Toure was in for a big challenge this time around.
Kelechi Nwakali (Youth player of the year) the argument of which is more important to a team between a midfield wizard who does all the scheming and the finisher who nicks the ball in the net will continue for long.
At the FIFA U17 World Cup in Chile it was clear to see that Nwakali made the team thick in terms of creation of chances and possession play but at the end the goal scorer always gets the credit for the end product.
With due respect to Osimhen whose goals were massively important in the triumph, a player like Nwakali who is presently targeted by some of the biggest clubs in Europe will feel hard done by despite near perfect outing in Chile.
Emmanuel Amuneke (Coach of the year) - one of the few players to have also tasted success as a coach. After being assistant manager to Manu Garba at the 2013 FIFA U17 World Cup success, Amuneke was at the helm of affairs in last year’s Mundial where he brought all experiences acquired during his playing days and also as part of Manu’s technical team to the fore.
Herve Renard won this category due to his Ivory Coast’s side winning the AFCON in Equatorial Guinea, which was an amazing victory considering they’ve been waiting for such a moment for 23 years.