The Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday unveiled the list of nominees for the 2024 men’s categories for the #CAFAwards24, which will be hosted in Marrakech, Morocco for a second successive year.
The CAF Awards recognize exceptional performances in both club and national competitions, culminating in the prestigious titles of CAF African Player of the Year in both men’s and women’s categories.
Nigerian duo Ademola Lookman and William Troost-Ekong are among the 10-man list for the 2024 CAF African Men’s Player of the Year category, as well as Morocco’s and Paris Saint Germain’s Achraf Hakimi, South African and MamelodiSundowns’ Ronwen Williams, among others.
There are 10 nominees each for the Coach of the Year, CAF National Team of the Year, and Club of the Year, Young Player of the Year (which celebrates talents under the age of 21), and CAF African Goalkeeper of the Year categories.
Hosts and champions of the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON), Cote d’Ivoire and finalist Nigeria are vying for the National Team of the Year award.
Despite leading the Super Eagles to the final, former coach Jose Peseiro is not named among the list of CAF Coach of the Year.
The list of nominees for the Women’s categories will be announced shortly.
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)
Young Player of the Year (Men)
- 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)
Club of the Year (Men)
- 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)
National Team of the Year (Men)
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
- Cote d’Ivoire
- DR Congo
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Uganda