Final shortlist for Men’s best player of the Year

The body governing football in Africa, CAF have released the final shortlist for the men’s player of the year along with the remaining categories for the award ceremony.

CAF released the shortlist on its official X account on Monday, November 18, 2024, which is exactly just a month before the award ceremony. These players were nominated out of the initial pool which was earlier announced following their impressive performance for both club and country.

Who are the final players nominated for CAF Player of the Year?

The five players on the list include, Ademola Lookman (Nigeria & Atalanta), Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire and Brighton & Hove Albion) and Serhou Guirassy (Guinea and Borussia Dortmund.)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain) and Ronwen Williams (South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns) complete te final shortlist of players.

Super Eagles of Nigeria were nominated for the National Team of the Year. The winners of the last AFCON, Cote d’Ivoire, DR Congo, South Africa and Sudan are the other nominees in this category.

Here are the other Award categories;

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)