Nominees named for awards night

The nominees for the annual Fiji Football Association Awards have been announced and the football figures in the running will find out their fate during the awards ceremony in Suva on Saturday.

Fiji midfielder Malakai Tiwa is nominated for Footballer of the Year.

There are 11 categories and the nominees are as follows:

Footballer of the Year (Male)

Malakai Tiwa (Ba)
Simione Tamanisau (Rewa)
Mark Rokobuli (Lami)

Footballer of the Year (Female)

Priya Singh (Suva)

Junior Footballer of the Year

Betsy Ali (Rewa)
Junior Narendra Rao (Ba)
Manish Prasad (Suva)

Coach of the Year

Marika Rodu (Rewa)
Intiaz Khan (Suva)
Ramesh Chandra (Lami)

Referee Of the Year

Rakesh Varman (Lami)
Finau Vulivuli (Savusavu)
Ronish Dave (Suva)

Fair Play Award

Nathan Shivam (Suva)

Team of the Year

Ba
Rewa
Suva

Media Personnel of the Year

Reginald Goundar (Fiji Live)
Avikash Chand (Fiji Live)
Dhanjay Deo (CFL)
Ajeshwar Raj (Fiji Sun)
Shartika Naidu (Fiji Sun)

Administrator of the Year (Super Premier)

Rishi Kumar (Ba)
Pranil Singh (Rewa)
Mahen Prasad (Suva)

Administrator of the Year (Premier)

Ami Chand (Dreketi)
Sandeep Roy (Tailevu Naitasiri)

Popular Player of the Year

Roy Krishna (Waitakere United, Labasa)
Jone Salauneune (Tavua)
Simione Tamanisau (Rewa)
Eran Underwood (Nadroga)
Avinesh Waran Suwamy (Ba)
Priya Singh (Suva)

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Updated On Thursday, February 23, 2012