Mikel, Moses nominated for BBC award

Chelsea midfielder John Obi Mikel and Liverpool forward Victor Moses have been nominated among the five players for the 2013 BBC African Footballer of the Year.

Both players contributed immensely to Nigeria's triumph at the African Cup of Nations in February.

Ivory Coast's Yaya Toure made the shortlist for the fifth consecutive year and is also joined by Burkina Faso's Jonathan Pitroipa and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon.

According to the BBC, 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 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/24808135 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 of this year's edition will be announced on 2 December at 17:35 GMT on the BBC's Focus on Africa radio and television programmes.

Culled from BBC