Ademola Lookman has been shortlisted for the men’s category of the 2024 CAF Best Player Awards.
Other nominees include Achraf Hakimi (PSG/Morocco), Simon Adingra (Brighton/Côte d’Ivoire), Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund/Guinea), and Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns/South Africa).
Super Eagles and Chippa United goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali has also made the final list for Best Goalkeeper of 2024, where he will compete against Williams, Manchester United’s André Onana (Cameroon), Yahia Fofana (Ivory Coast), and Egypt’s Mostafa Shobeir.
In the Coach of the Year category, the nominees are Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast), Pedro Goncalves (Angola), Sébastien Desabre (DR Congo), Marcel Koller (Al Ahly), and Hugo Broos (South Africa).
The CAF Awards will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16th.
Full List of Nominees:
Player of the Year
Simon Adingra (Côte 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 (Côte 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 Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Coach of the Year
Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
Emerse Fae (Côte d’Ivoire)
Sébastien Desabre (DR Congo)
Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
Hugo Broos (South Africa)
Young Player of the Year
Karim Konate (Côte d’Ivoire / Salzburg)
Oumar Diakite (Côte 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
Côte d’Ivoire
DR Congo
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
