Shortlist revealed for BBC African Footballer of the Year

The five candidates for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed.
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.
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The winner will be decided by African football fans, who have until 1800 GMT on 25 November to vote for their choice.
You can either vote via this page or by sending an SMS from your phone
The winner will be announced on Monday, 2 December at 1735 GMT on the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and television programmes.
None of this year's shortlist, which was voted for by 44 journalists across Africa, has won the BBC award before and two of the players - Pitroipa and Aubameyang - are the first nominees from their respective countries.
Aubameyang has been in prolific form over the past year - ending the 2012/13 season with 19 goals for Saint-Etienne, a tally which placed him second in the list of top scorers in the French Ligue 1, and he also helped them win the French Cup to claim his first trophy as a professional.
His performances rewarded him with a summer transfer to this year's Champions League runners-up Borussia Dortmund and he has already hit seven goals in 11 games for the Germans.
For Pitroipa, his biggest highlights came on the international stage as the winger excelled in the Africa Cup of Nations in South Africa and was named player of the tournament, helping Burkina Faso to shock everyone and reach the final.

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The Stade Rennais man has continued to shine for his country, hitting three goals in World Cup qualification as the Burkinabe aim to reach Brazil by completing a play-off victory over Algeria, having won the first leg 3-2.
Two players on the list fared even better in this year's Nations Cup; Mikel and Moses were both heavily involved as Nigeria lifted the trophy for the first time for 19 years.
Mikel also won silverware with his club Chelsea in the form of the Europa League - and on a personal note 2013 was the year when he finally struck a goal for the Blues, coming in his 185th game.
Goals have flowed more readily for Moses, the winger hit six for Chelsea in 2013 before he moved on a season-long loan to Liverpool, where he scored on his debut in September.
Yet the most potent of the three English Premier League based-players on the list is midfielder Toure. The Ivorian has bagged 12 goals so far in 2013 - including some exquisite free-kicks.
Although he and his Manchester City team-mates were unable to retain their league title last season, Toure was still a force to be reckoned with in the centre of the park - commanding, creative and he was increasingly clinical in front of goal.