2024 CAF Awards: Lookman, Nwabali In Final 5-Man List
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has published the list of top five nominees in the men’s category ahead of the 2024 awards.
Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali were among the final five-man list for the CAF Player and Goalkeeper of the Year Awards, respectively.
Others nominated in the Men’s Player of the Year category are Cote d’Ivoire’s Simon Adingra, Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams.
Nigeria is also in the running for the National Team of the Year Award, alongside the current African champions, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, South Africa, and Sudan.
The event will be held on December 16, 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco.
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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)
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