The shortlisted African players.
The five candidates for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2012 award have been revealed.
Yaya Toure has made the shortlist for the second consecutive year. The other nominees for the same award are,
Didier Drogba of Ivory Coast
Demba Ba, of Senegal
Younes Belhandaof Morocco
Christopher Katongo of Zambia.
The winner will be decided by African football fans and will be announced on Monday, 17 December.
Last year’s winner was Ghana’s Andre ‘Dede’ Ayew.