FACT CHECK: 2024 CAF Awards: Here Is The Full List Of Nominees

The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has published the list of nominees for the 2024 awards.

The event will be held December 16, 2024, in Marrakech, Morocco.

In a statement from CAF, the period under review is January 2024 and October 2024.

There are 10 players nominated in each category.

South Africa goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams is nominated in all three categories: Player of the Year, CAF Goalkeeper of the Year and CAF Interclub Player of the Year.

The winners will be determined through votes from a diverse panel, which includes the CAF Technical Committee, media professionals, and the Head Coaches and Captains of Member Associations, as well as clubs participating in the group stages of interclub competitions.

The list of nominees for the women’s categories will be announced shortly.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes)
2. Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen)
3. Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire / Brighton & Hove Albion)
4. Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique Marseille)
5. Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
6. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
7. Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain)
8. Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
9. William Troost Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood)
10. Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger)
2. Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United)
3. Yahia Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire / Angers SCO)
4. Lionel Mpasi (DR Congo / Rodez AF)
5. Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
6. Djigui Diarra (Mali / Young Africans)
7. Munir El Kajoui (Morocco / RS Berkane)
8. Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United)
9. Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
10. Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger)
2. Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane)
3. Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ (Egypt / Zamalek)
4. Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly)
5. Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
6. Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC)
7. John Antwi (Ghana / Dreams FC)
8. Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
9. Yassine Merriah (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
10. Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

COACH OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
2. Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso)
3. Emerse Fae (Cote d’Ivoire)
4. Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo)
5. Jose Gomes (Zamalek)
6. Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
7. Chiquinho Conde (Mozambique)
8. Hugo Broos (South Africa)
9. Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
10. Kwesi Appiah (Sudan)

YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Carlos Baleba (Cameroon / Brighton & Hove Albion)
2. Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire / Salzburg)
3. Oumar Diakite (Cote d’Ivoire / Reims)
4. Yankuba Minteh (Gambia / Brighton & Hove Albion)
5. Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC / Barcelona)
6. Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco / Leicester City)
7. Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco / AS Monaco)
8. El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal / Slavia Prague)
9. Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)
10. Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

CLUB OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Petro Atletico (Angola)
2. TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
3. Al Ahly (Egypt)
4. Zamalek (Egypt)
5. Dreams FC (Ghana)
6. RS Berkane (Morocco)
7. Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
8. Simba (Tanzania)
9. Young Africans (Tanzania)
10. Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)

NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (MEN)

1. Angola
2. Burkina Faso
3. Cote d’Ivoire
4. DR Congo
5. Morocco
6. Mozambique
7. Nigeria
8. South Africa
9. Sudan
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