The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the final list of top five nominees for the men’s categories ahead of the 2024 CAF Awards.
Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman and Stanley Nwabali have been nominated for the Player of the Year and Goalkeeper of the Year awards, respectively.
Other nominees for the Men’s Player of the Year include Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), and Ronwen Williams (South Africa).
In the Goalkeeper of the Year category, Nigeria’s Stanley Nwabali faces competition from Andre Onana (Cameroon), Yahia Fofana (Ivory Coast), Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt), and Ronwen Williams (South Africa).
Nigeria is also in contention for the National Team of the Year award, alongside Ivory Coast, DR Congo, South Africa, and Sudan.
The awards ceremony is scheduled for December 16, 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco.
Full List of Nominees
Player of the Year
Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast / Brighton & Hove Albion)
Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Goalkeeper of the Year
Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United)
Yahia Fofana (Ivory Coast / Angers SCO)
Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United)
Ronwen Williams (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 Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Coach of the Year
Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast)
Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo)
Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
Hugo Broos (South Africa)
Young Player of the Year
Karim Konate (Ivory Coast / Salzburg)
Oumar Diakite (Ivory Coast / 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)
National Team of the Year
Ivory Coast
DR Congo
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
