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CAF Awards 2024: Ademola Lookman, Hakimi, Guirassy, Adingra, Williams Make Shortlist

The Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF), has officially unveiled the Top Five Nominees in each of the Men’s Categories of the 2024 edition of the CAF Awards, set to take place in Marrakech, Morocco on 16th December.

Ademola Lookman (Nigeria/Atalanta), Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire/Brighton & Hove Albion), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain), Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns) have all been lined up for CAF Awards 2024 Player of the Year Top Prize.

Other categories announced 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.

The glittering ceremony designed to celebrate African football excellence recognises exceptional performances in both club and national competitions, culminating in the prestigious title 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.

The CAF Awards 2024 cover the period between January 2024 and October 2024.

Top Five (in alphabetical order of Member Association)

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 Wlliams (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.