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CAF 2024 Awards: Final shortlist for Men’s best player of the Year
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) unveiled its final shortlist for the 2024 Men’s Player of the Year award on Monday, November 18, 2024. The announcement, made exactly a month ahead of the awards ceremony, also included nominees for other key categories.
This year’s nominees were selected from an initial pool of players based on their exceptional performances for both club and country during the year.
Final Nominees for CAF Player of the Year
The five finalists for the prestigious Men’s Player of the Year award are:
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria & Atalanta)
Simon Adingra (Côte d’Ivoire & Brighton & Hove Albion)
Serhou Guirassy (Guinea & Borussia Dortmund)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)
Ronwen Williams (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
National Team of the Year Nominees
The Super Eagles of Nigeria earned a nomination for the National Team of the Year, competing alongside other strong contenders such as:
Côte d’Ivoire (Winners of the last AFCON)
DR Congo
South Africa
Sudan
The CAF Awards celebrate outstanding talent in African football, and the anticipation continues to grow as fans await the ceremony, where the continent’s football elite will be honoured for their achievements.
Here are the other Award categories;
GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR
Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United)
Yahia Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire / Angers SCO)
Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United)
Ronwen Wlliams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane)
Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ (Egypt / Zamalek)
Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly)
Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
Ronwen Wlliams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
COACH OF THE YEAR
Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
Emerse Fae (Cote d’Ivoire)
Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo)
Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
Hugo Broos (South Africa)
YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire / Salzburg)
Oumar Diakite (Cote d’Ivoire / Reims)
Yankuba Minteh (Gambia / Brighton & Hove Albion)
Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco / AS Monaco)
Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)
CLUB OF THE YEAR
Al Ahly (Egypt)
Zamalek (Egypt)
RS Berkane (Morocco)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
When is the 2024 CAF Awards?
The award ceremony will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16, 2024.