CAF Releases Nominees for African Player of the Year Award: Lookman, Achraf Hakimi, Among Contenders

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) has today announced the list of nominees for the men’s categories for the 2024 CAF Awards. Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen was named the CAF African Player of the Year in 2023, while Asisat Oshoala earned the title of CAF African Women’s Player of the Year. However, both players are missing from the ten nominees. You can check the full list of nominees. 

• 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)

• 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)

• 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)
• 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)

• Carlos Baleba (Cameroon / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Karim Konate (Cote d'Ivoire / Salzburg)
• Oumar Diakite (Cote d'Ivoire / Reims)
• Yankuba Minteh (Gambia / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC / Barcelona)
• Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco / Leicester City)
• Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco / AS Monaco)
• El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal / Slavia Prague)
• Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)
• Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

• Petro Atletico (Angola)
• TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
• Al Ahly (Egypt)
• Zamalek (Egypt)
• Dreams FC (Ghana)
• RS Berkane (Morocco)
• Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
• Simba (Tanzania)
• Young Africans (Tanzania)
• Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)