The five candidates for the 2008 BBC African Footballer of the Year award have been revealed on the BBC's African sports programme Fast Track.
The nominees are: Mohamed Aboutrika, Emmanuel Adebayor, Didier Drogba, Samuel Eto'o and Amr Zaki.
You can vote for your choice right up until 9 January and the winner will be announced a week later.
Click here for instructions on how to vote
The prestigious award is the only one of its kind to be decided ultimately by the fans.
The BBC canvassed football experts across Africa to compile the shortlist.
Last year's winner was Emmanuel Adebayor of Arsenal and Togo, who used the award to launch his so-called 'Tour of Hope' back to his home country.
Previous winners of the BBC African Footballer of the Year award:
2007 - Emmanuel Adebayor
2006 - Michael Essien
2005 - Mohamed Barakat
2004 - Jay-Jay Okocha
2003 - Jay-Jay Okocha
2002 - El Hadji Diouf
2001 - Sammy Kuffour
2000 - Patrick Mboma
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