Best African Player

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Ademola Lookman	Nigeria	Atalanta Bergamo (Italy)
2023	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	Napoli (Italy)
2022	Sadio Mané	Senegal	Liverpool (England)
2019	Sadio Mané	Senegal	Liverpool (England)
2018	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool (England)
2017	Mohamed Salah	Egypt	Liverpool (England)
2016	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria	Leicester City (England)
2015	Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang	Gabon	Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
2014	Yaya Touré	Côte d’Ivoire	Manchester City (England)
2013	Yaya Touré	Côte d’Ivoire	Manchester City (England)
2012	Yaya Touré	Côte d’Ivoire	Manchester City (England)
2011	Yaya Touré	Côte d’Ivoire	Manchester City (England)
2010	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	Inter Milan (Italy)
2009	Didier Drogba	Côte d’Ivoire	Chelsea (England)
2008	Emmanuel Adebayor	Togo	Arsenal (England)
2007	Frédéric Oumar Kanouté	Mali	Sevilla FC (Spain)
2006	Didier Drogba	Côte d’Ivoire	Chelsea (England)
2005	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2004	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2003	Samuel Eto’o	Cameroon	Mallorca (Spain)
2002	El-Hadji Diouf	Senegal	Liverpool (England)
2001	El-Hadji Diouf	Senegal	Lens (France)
2000	Patrick Mboma	Cameroon	Parma (Italy)
1999*	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Arsenal (England)
1998*	Mustapha Hadji	Morocco	Deportivo La Coruña (Spain)
1997*	Victor Ikpeba	Nigeria	AS Monaco (France)
1996*	Nwankwo Kanu	Nigeria	Inter Milan (Italy)
1995*	George Weah	Liberia	AC Milan (Italy)
1994*	Emmanuel Amunike	Nigeria	Sporting Clube de Portugal (Portugal)
1993*	Rashidi Yekini	Nigeria	Vitória Futebol Clube (Portugal)
1992*	Abedi Pelé	Ghana	Olympique de Marseille (France)

*From 1992 to 1999, the African Ballon d’Or was awarded by France Football, before CAF took over and renamed it “African Player of the Year” starting in 2000.

CAF African Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Ronwen Williams	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
2023	Yassine Bounou	Morocco	Sevilla FC (Spain)
2004	Ali Boumnijel	Tunisia	Rouen (France)
2003	Idriss Carlos Kameni	Cameroon	Espanyol (Spain)
2002	Tony Sylva	Senegal	AS Monaco (France)

CAF Young African Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Lamine Camara	Senegal	AS Monaco (France)
2023	Lamine Camara	Senegal	FC Metz (France)
2022	Pape Matar Sarr	Senegal	Tottenham Hotspur FC (England)
2019	Achraf Hakimi	Morocco	Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
2019	Achraf Hakimi	Morocco	Borussia Dortmund (Germany)
2017	Patson Daka	Zambia	FC Liefering (Austria)
2016	Alex Iwobi	Nigeria	Arsenal (England)
2015	Victor Osimhen	Nigeria	Ultimate Strikers Academy (Nigeria)

CAF Interclub Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Ronwen Williams	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
2023	Percy Tau	South Africa	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2022	Mohamed El Shenawy	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2019	Youcef Belaïli	Algeria	ES Tunis (Tunisia)
2016	Denis Onyango	Uganda	Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
2015	Mbwana Ally Samatta	Tanzania	TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
2014	Firmin Mubele	DR Congo	Vita Club (DR Congo)
2013	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2012	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2011	Oussama Darragi	Tunisia	ES Tunis (Tunisia)
2010	Ahmed Hassan	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2009	Trésor Mputu	DR Congo	TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
2008	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2007	Amine Chermiti	Tunisia	Étoile du Sahel (Tunisia)
2006	Mohamed Aboutrika	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2005	Mohamed Barakat	Egypt	Al Ahly (Egypt)
2004	Vincent Enyeama	Nigeria	Enyimba (Nigeria)
2003	Dramane Traoré	Mali	Ismaily (Egypt)

CAF Men’s Coach of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club / National Team
2024	Emerse Faé	Côte d’Ivoire	Côte d’Ivoire
2023	Walid Regragui	Morocco	Morocco
2022	Aliou Cissé	Senegal	Senegal
2019	Djamel Belmadi	Algeria	Algeria
2018	Hervé Renard	France	Morocco
2017	Héctor Cúper	Argentina	Egypt
2016	Pitso Mosimane	South Africa	Mamelodi Sundowns
2015	Hervé Renard	France	Côte d’Ivoire
2014	Kheireddine Madoui	Algeria	ES Sétif
2013	Stephen Keshi	Nigeria	Nigeria
2012	Hervé Renard	France	Zambia
2011	Harouna Doula Gabde	Niger	Niger
2010	Milovan Rajevac	Serbia	Ghana
2009	Sellas Tetteh	Ghana	Ghana U20
2008	Hassan Shehata	Egypt	Egypt
2007	Yemi Tella	Nigeria	Nigeria U17
2006	Manuel José de Jesus	Portugal	Al Ahly
2005	Stephen Keshi	Nigeria	Togo
2004	Okey Emordi	Nigeria	Enyimba
2003	Kadiri Ikhana	Nigeria	Enyimba
2002	Bruno Metsu	France	Senegal
2001	Bruno Metsu	France	Senegal
2000	Sir Cecil Jones Attuquayefio	Ghana	Hearts of Oak

CAF Club of the Year

Year	Club	Country
2024	Al Ahly	Egypt
2023	Al Ahly	Egypt
2022	Wydad Casablanca	Morocco
2017	Wydad Casablanca	Morocco
2016	Mamelodi Sundowns	South Africa
2015	TP Mazembe	DR Congo
2014	ES Sétif	Algeria
2013	Al Ahly	Egypt
2012	Al Ahly	Egypt
2011	ES Tunis	Tunisia
2010	TP Mazembe	DR Congo
2009	TP Mazembe	DR Congo
2008	Al Ahly	Egypt
2007	Étoile du Sahel	Tunisia
2006	Al Ahly	Egypt
2005	Al Ahly	Egypt
2004	Enyimba	Nigeria
2003	Enyimba	Nigeria
2002	Zamalek	Egypt
2001	Kaizer Chiefs	South Africa

CAF National Team of the Year

Year	Nation
2024	Côte d’Ivoire
2023	Morocco
2022	Senegal
2019	Algeria
2018	Mauritania
2017	Egypt
2016	Uganda
2015	Côte d’Ivoire
2014	Algeria
2013	Nigeria
2012	Zambia
2011	Botswana
2010	Ghana
2009	Algeria
2007	Egypt
2006	Senegal
2005	Ghana
2004*	Tunisia
2003*	Tunisia
2002*	Senegal
2001*	Senegal
2000*	Cameroon
1999*	Tunisia
1998*	Egypt
1997*	Morocco
1996*	South Africa
1995*	Tunisia
1994*	Niger
1993*	Niger
1992*	Côte d’Ivoire
1991*	Algeria
1990*	Cameroon
1989*	Cameroon
1988*	Cameroon
1987*	Cameroon
1986*	Morocco
1985*	Morocco
1984*	Cameroon
1983*	Ghana
1982*	Algeria
1981*	Algeria
1980*	Algeria

*The National Team of the Year award was given by France Football from 1980 to 2004, before CAF took over in 2005.

Women’s Categories

CAF African Women’s Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Barbra Banda	Zambia	Orlando Pride (USA)
2023	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2022	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2019	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	FC Barcelona (Spain)
2018	Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa	Houston Dash (USA)
2017	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Dalian Football Club (China)
2016	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Arsenal FC (England)
2015	Gaëlle Enganamouit	Cameroon	Eskilstuna United DFF (Sweden)
2014	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Rivers Angels FC (Nigeria)
2012	Genoveva Añonma	Equatorial Guinea	FFC Turbine Potsdam (Germany)
2011	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Sunnanå SK (Sweden)
2010	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Sunnanå SK (Sweden)
2008	Noko Matlou	South Africa	Brazilian Ladies (South Africa)
2007	Cynthia Uwak	Nigeria	Falköpings KIK (Sweden)
2006	Cynthia Uwak	Nigeria	FC United (Finland)
2005	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Rivers Eagles (Nigeria)
2004	Perpetua Nkwocha	Nigeria	Rivers Eagles (Nigeria)
2003	Adjoa Bayor	Ghana	Robert Morris Colonials (Ghana)
2002	Alberta Sackey	Ghana	Robert Morris Colonials
2001	Mercy Akide	Nigeria	San Diego Spirit (USA)

CAF Women’s Interclub Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Sanaâ Mssoudy	Morocco	AS FAR (Morocco)
2023	Fatima Tagnaout	Morocco	AS FAR (Morocco)
2019	Evelyn Badu	Ghana	Hasaacas Ladies FC (Ghana)

CAF Young Women’s Player of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Doha El Madani	Morocco	AS FAR (Morocco)
2023	Nesryne El Chad	Morocco	AS FAR (Morocco)
2022	Evelyn Badu	Ghana	Hasaacas Ladies FC (Ghana)
2014	Asisat Oshoala	Nigeria	Rivers Angels FC (Nigeria)

CAF African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club (at the time)
2024	Chiamaka Nnadozie	Nigeria	Paris FC (France)
2023	Chiamaka Nnadozie	Nigeria	Paris FC (France)

CAF Women’s Coach of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality	Club / National Team
2024	Lamia Boumehdi	Morocco	TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
2023	Desiree Ellis	South Africa	South Africa
2022	Desiree Ellis	South Africa	South Africa
2019	Desiree Ellis	South Africa	South Africa
2018	Desiree Ellis	South Africa	South Africa

CAF Women’s Club of the Year

Year	Club	Country
2024	TP Mazembe	DR Congo
2023	Mamelodi Sundowns	South Africa
2022	Mamelodi Sundowns	South Africa

CAF Women’s National Team of the Year

Year	National Team
2024	Nigeria
2023	Nigeria
2022	South Africa
2019	Cameroon
2018	Nigeria
2017	South Africa
2016	Nigeria
2015	Cameroon
2014	Nigeria
2012	Equatorial Guinea
2011	Cameroon
2010	Nigeria

Mixed Category

CAF Goal of the Year

Year	Winner	Nationality
2024	Mabululu	Angola
2023	Mahmoud Kahraba	Egypt
2022	Pape Ousmane Sonko	Senegal
2019	Riyad Mahrez	Algeria
2018	Thembi Kgatlana	South Africa
2004	Benni McCarthy	South Africa
2003	Lesley Manyathela	South Africa
2001	Papa Bouba Diop	Senegal
2000	Zoubaier Baya	Tunisia

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has announced global music icon Angélique Kidjo and Moroccan entertainer Oualass as hosts of the CAF Awards 2025, scheduled for 19 November at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat.

The ceremony, which begins at 19:00 local time (18:00 GMT), will celebrate Africa’s top football talents while showcasing the continent’s cultural richness through its choice of presenters.

Kidjo, one of Africa’s most decorated artists, brings more than 30 years of international acclaim to the role.

The Beninese singer and five-time Grammy Award winner is widely revered for her fusion of world music and African rhythms. Beyond her musical achievements, Kidjo has been recognised by Time Magazine as one of the 100 most influential women and serves as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.

She is a prominent advocate for women’s rights, education and the protection of African cultural heritage.

Joining her is Moroccan comedian and actor Oualass, whose rapid rise in popularity has made him a household name across North Africa and beyond. Known for his humour, improvisational style and ability to engage diverse audiences, Oualass is expected to bring vibrancy and charm to the event.

CAF said the pairing reflects its vision of celebrating not only football excellence but also the continent’s artistic diversity and cultural depth.

The 2025 CAF Awards will honour the standout players, coaches and teams from across Africa over the past year.

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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the list of finalists for the 2025 CAF Awards, with football heavyweights Mohamed Salah, Achraf Hakimi and Victor Osimhen headlining the Men’s Player of the Year category.

The awards ceremony will take place on Wednesday, 19 November, in Rabat, Morocco, where the continent’s top players, coaches, clubs and national teams will be honoured.

CAF Player of the Year

Egyptian forward Mohamed Salah is shortlisted after playing a pivotal role in Liverpool’s Premier League triumph last season, scoring 29 goals and providing 18 assists in 38 matches. His influence also extended to the international stage, helping Egypt qualify for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi enjoyed a trophy-laden campaign with Paris Saint-Germain, winning the UEFA Champions League, Ligue 1, Coupe de France and UEFA Super Cup while also reaching the FIFA Club World Cup final. He was equally instrumental in Morocco’s successful World Cup qualification campaign.

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, now with Galatasaray, completes the list after netting an impressive 37 goals in 41 matches in the 2024/25 season. His prolific form has continued into the current campaign.

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

Morocco’s Munir Mohamedi earns recognition for his role in guiding RS Berkane to the CAF Confederation Cup title and their first-ever Botola Pro championship.

Fellow Moroccan Yassine Bonou continues to cement his status as one of Africa’s finest goalkeepers, impressing for Al Hilal and earning a place in the FIFA Club World Cup Best XI.

South Africa’s Ronwen Williams is nominated after captaining Bafana Bafana to World Cup qualification and leading Mamelodi Sundowns to their eighth successive domestic league title, as well as the CAF Champions League final.

CAF Interclub Player of the Year

DR Congo striker Fiston Mayele is shortlisted after finishing top scorer in the CAF Champions League, helping Pyramids clinch their maiden continental crown.

Moroccan defender Mohamed Chibi is also recognised for his outstanding performances in Pyramids’ title-winning campaign.

RS Berkane’s Oussama Lamlioui, who scored six crucial goals in their Confederation Cup triumph and contributed to their league title, completes the list.

CAF Coach of the Year

Cape Verde’s Bubista headlines the nominees after guiding the island nation to its first-ever FIFA World Cup qualification.

Morocco U-20 coach Mohamed Ouahbi is shortlisted for leading his side to the 2025 FIFA Under-20 World Cup title.

Morocco senior team coach Walid Regragui is recognised after maintaining a perfect record in 2025 and steering the Atlas Lions to the 2026 World Cup following their historic 2022 semi-final run.

CAF Young Player of the Year

Moroccan teenager Abdellah Ouazane is nominated after starring in his country’s CAF Under-17 AFCON triumph, where he was named Player of the Tournament.

His compatriot Othmane Maamma, instrumental in Morocco’s U-20 World Cup victory and now with Watford, also makes the list.

South African defender Tylon Smith, a standout as his team won the U-20 AFCON, rounds off the nominees.

CAF National Team of the Year

Three teams are shortlisted:

• Cape Verde – for sealing a historic first-ever World Cup qualification.
• Morocco – for a strong year, including winning the 2024 African Nations Championship.
• Morocco U-20 – for capturing their first FIFA Under-20 World Cup title.

CAF Club of the Year

Egypt’s Pyramids lead the finalists after winning the CAF Champions League for the first time.

Morocco’s RS Berkane also make the list, having won the Confederation Cup for a record-equalling third time and securing their maiden Botola Pro title.

South African giants Mamelodi Sundowns complete the category after extending their league title streak to eight and reaching the CAF Champions League final.

The winners will be announced during Wednesday’s ceremony as African football celebrates its finest performers of the year.

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