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CAIRO. — The Confederation of African Football yesterday unveiled the list of nominees for the men’s categories for the CAF Awards 2024, as anticipation builds for the Awards evening scheduled on December 16 in Marrakech, Mo-rocco.
The CAF Awards 2024 cover the period between January 2024 and October 2024.
Ten players have been shortlisted for the coveted CAF African Player of the Year just as 10 players feature on the list for the CAF Interclub Player of the Year. The list included Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire / Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique de Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta), William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Hakimi was the finalist last year and lost out to Victor Osimhen. Williams is nominated in all three categories: Player of the Year, CAF Goalkeeper of the Year and CAF Interclub player of the Year. Another exciting category of the CAF Coach of the Year that features the top performing nations at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nation Côte d’Ivoire 2023.
Full List of Nominees (in alphabetical order by Member Association):
Player of the Year (Men): Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire / Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta), William Troost Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Goalkeeper of the Year (Men):
Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger), Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United), Yahia Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire / Angers SCO), Lionel Mpasi (DR Congo / Rodez AF)
Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly), Djigui Diarra (Mali / Young Africans), Munir El Kajoui (Morocco / RS Berkane)
Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
Interclub Player of the Year (Men):
Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger), Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane), Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ (Egypt / Zamalek), Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly), Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly), Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC), John Antwi (Ghana / Dreams FC), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis), Yassine Merriah (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Coach of the Year (Men):
Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso)
Emerse Fae (Cote d’Ivoire)
Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo)
Jose Gomes (Zamalek)
Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
Chiquinho Conde (Mozambique)
Hugo Broos (South Africa)
Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
Kwesi Appiah (Sudan) — CAF Online
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