{"id":15537,"date":"2016-04-23T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=15537"},"modified":"2016-04-23T17:54:14","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T17:54:14","slug":"african-pfa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/african-pfa","title":{"rendered":"3 African Players Make The PFA Premier League Team Of The Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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This year, the Premier League Team of the Year includes three African players: Riyad Mahrez, N&#8217;Golo Kante, and Dele Alli.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A prestigious award<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The PFA is one of the oldest sports unions; it was formed in 1907. It initially was created to protect the rights of the players during bargaining and negotiations. The PFA is a key figure in football. It is an important member of the International Players\u2019 Association, FIFPro, and the Professional Players\u2019 Federation. The Team of the Year award has been around since the season of 1973-1974. The nominees are picked by members of the players\u2019 trade union. The short list is created in January and then, the winners are named by the players in the nominees\u2019 divisions. Since the winners are elected by their fellow professionals, the Team of the Year award is regarded as one of the highest honors available in British football.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15539\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15539\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa-general-awards2.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"704\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa-general-awards2.jpg 628w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa-general-awards2-600x337.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa-general-awards2-85x48.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15539\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepfa.com\/news\/2016\/4\/21\/statement-divisional-teams-leaked\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>The results were leaked this year<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Normally the results are revealed at the PFA\u2019s annual awards ceremony, which is on Sunday, April 24th this year. However, the results were leaked early. An association representative said that a member of the public chose &#8220;<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">to deliberately leak our representative teams from the official brochure of the awards evening<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.\u201d No one knows exactly how the brochure was leaked. The representative added that they are looking into the situation:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>&#8220;As a matter of urgency, we are seeking a detailed explanation from the brochure printers as to how they were able to secure a copy of the publication.\u201d \u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The PFA was forced to publish the results earlier than planned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15540\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15540\" style=\"width: 707px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa_2016.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"707\" height=\"565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa_2016.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa_2016-600x480.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/pfa_2016-85x68.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 707px) 100vw, 707px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15540\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ewebtz.com\/habari247\/upload\/pfa_2016.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Riyad Mahrez (Leicester City)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Riyad Mahrez was born in France and is of Algerian descent. He plays for both Leicester City and for the Algerian national team as a winger. He represented Algeria at the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.\u00a0He scored 27 goals for his club this season.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15541\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15541\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-15541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/maxresdefault-9.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/maxresdefault-9.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/maxresdefault-9-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/maxresdefault-9-85x64.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15541\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/x-uTC4tdOgU\/maxresdefault.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>N&#8217;Golo Kante (Leicester City)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">N&#8217;Golo Kante is a French professional footballer of Malian descent. He also plays for the club Leicester City as well as for the French national team, as a central midfielder. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">four-year contract with Leicester City is reportedly earned him \u00a35.6 million. <\/span>This year,\u00a0Kante has made more tackles (149) than any other player.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15543\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15543\" style=\"width: 704px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15543\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/kante.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"704\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/kante.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/kante-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/kante-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/kante-85x127.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 704px) 100vw, 704px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15543\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/5\/5a\/Kant%C3%A9.png\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Dele Alli (Tottenham Hotspur)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dele Alli is half Nigerian. He plays as a midfielder for the Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as well as for the England national team. He signed to Tottenham Hotspur in 2015 for a fee of \u00a35 million. Eight of his ten Premiere League goals were scored away.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_15544\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15544\" style=\"width: 708px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-15544\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-23-at-12-51-18-pm.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"708\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-23-at-12-51-18-pm.jpg 476w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/04\/screen-shot-2016-04-23-at-12-51-18-pm-85x59.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 708px) 100vw, 708px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-15544\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/bowDLWkiCv8\/hqdefault.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/football-siblings\">SEE ALSO:\u00a010 Football Players Who Aren\u2019t As Famous As Their Brothers. 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