Ademola Lookman, Achraf Hakimi, Simon Adingra, Serhou Guirassy, and Ronwen Williams are the top five nominees of the CAF Awards 2024 Men’s Player of the Year.
The top five nominees, which was announced by CAF on Monday, were picked from the 10-man shortlist released by the continental football body last month.
Other categories announced today include Goalkeeper of the Year, Interclub Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, Young Player of the Year, Club of the Year, National Team of the Year.
South Africa’s Williams has the singular honour of being nominated in three different categories – Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year and Interclub Player of the Year.
The glittering ceremony designed to celebrate African football excellence recognizes exceptional performances in both club and national competitions, culminating in the prestigious tites of CAF African Player of the Year in both the men’s and women’s categories.
A total of seven (7) categories have been confirmed by CAF in the Men’s Category of the awards, shortlisting the five top performing players, coaches and teams in each of the categories.
#CAFAwards24 nominees
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
- Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire / 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 (Cote d’Ivoire / 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 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)
NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR
- Cote d’ivoire
- DR Congo
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Sudan
