The Confederation of African Football (CAF) officially announced on Monday the list of five finalists in each category for the 2024 CAF Awards, with Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi nominated for the prestigious African Player of the Year award.
In addition to Hakimi, the right-back for Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain, the contenders for African Player of the Year include Ivorian Simon Adingra (Brighton & Hove Albion), Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund), Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns). In the Young Player of the Year category, Moroccan international Eliesse Ben Seghir, who plays for AS Monaco in France, is nominated alongside Karim Konaté (Ivory Coast/Salzburg), Oumar Diakité (Ivory Coast/Reims), Yankuba Minteh (Gambia/Brighton & Hove Albion), and Lamine Camara (Senegal/AS Monaco).
For the Club of the Year award, the five finalists include Renaissance Berkane, alongside South Africa’s Mamelodi Sundowns, Egypt’s Al Ahly and Zamalek, and Tunisia’s Espérance Sportive de Tunis. The prestigious CAF Awards 2024 ceremony will take place in Marrakech on December 16.
Other categories announced include Goalkeeper of the Year, Interclub Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, and National Team of the Year. The awards aim to recognize outstanding achievements in both club and national team competitions, with special focus on exceptional performances across the African football landscape.
In total, seven categories have been confirmed for the men’s section, and the top five players, coaches, and teams have been selected in each category. The 2024 CAF Awards cover the period from January to October 2024.
Below is the full list of nominees in each category:
African Player of the Year
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast/Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/Borussia Dortmund)
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain)
- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria/Atalanta)
Goalkeeper of the Year
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)
- André Onana (Cameroon/Manchester United)
- Yahia Fofana (Ivory Coast/Angers SCO)
- Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt/Al Ahly)
- Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria/Chippa United)
Interclub Player of the Year
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso/RS Berkane)
- Ahmed Sayed “Zizo” (Egypt/Zamalek)
- Hussein El Shahat (Egypt/Al Ahly)
- Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt/Al Ahly)
Coach of the Year
- Hugo Broos (South Africa)
- Pedro Gonçalves (Angola)
- Emerse Faé (Ivory Coast)
- Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
- Sébastien Desabre (Democratic Republic of Congo)
Young Player of the Year
- Karim Konaté (Ivory Coast/Salzburg)
- Oumar Diakité (Ivory Coast/Reims)
- Yankuba Minteh (Gambia/Brighton & Hove Albion)
- Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco/AS Monaco)
- Lamine Camara (Senegal/AS Monaco)
Club of the Year
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- Al Ahly (Egypt)
- Zamalek (Egypt)
- Renaissance Berkane (Morocco)
- Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
National Team of the Year
- South Africa
- Ivory Coast
- Nigeria
- Democratic Republic of Congo
- Sudan
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