By Jay-Jay Okocha, Maradona, Others To Decide Next FIFA World Footballer Of The Year
Nigerian football legend, Austin Jay-Jay Okocha has been listed among other soccer greats that would come up with the shortlist of 23 star players for the 2017 FIFA Player of the year.
Okocha is joining Argentine icon, Diego Maradona and 9 others which include legendary goalie, Edwin van Der Sah and Spanish star, Carles Puyol.
The 11-man panel who have been selected from across the world would determine those who would be standing for The Best FIFA Men’s Player 2017 award.
Other award categories in the awards which holds on Monday, October 23rd are Best FIFA Women’s Coach, Best FIFA Men’s Coach and Best FIFA Women’s Player.
See the full list of the 11-man legends’ list below…
Cafú (Brazil)
Landon Donovan (USA)
Enzo Francescoli (Uruguay)
Alex Frei (Switzerland)
Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)
Diego Maradona (Argentina)
Austin Okocha (Nigeria)
Carles Puyol (Spain)
Carlos Valderrama (Colombia)
Edwin van der Sar (Netherlands)
Ivan Vicelich (New Zealand)
