Ademola Lookman and William Troost-Ekong have been shortlisted for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Men’s Player of the Year Award.
They are set to compete for Africa’s top individual football honor against Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Simon Adingra from Cote d’Ivoire, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea.
Lookman played a pivotal role in Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League victory last season, scoring a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen. The 27-year-old winger also made a significant contribution to Nigeria’s national team, netting three goals in seven appearances during the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON).
Meanwhile, Troost-Ekong was named the best player of the 2023 AFCON, where he scored three goals and led Nigeria to a second-place finish.
The 2024 CAF Awards ceremony will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16.
Full List of Nominations for the 2024 CAF Awards:
- Men’s National Team of the Year:
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
- Ivory Coast
- DR Congo
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Uganda
- Men’s Young Player of the Year:
- Carlos Baleba
- Karim Konaté
- Oumar Diakite
- Yankuba Minteh
- Abdul Aziz Issah
- Bilal El Khannouss
- Eliesse Ben Seghir
- El Hadji Malick Diouf
- Lamine Camara
- Amanallah Memmiche.
- Men’s Interclub Player of the Year:
- Oussama Benbot
- Issoufou Dayo
- Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’
- Hussein El Shahat
- Mostafa Shobeir
- Abdul Aziz Issah
- John Antwi
- Amanallah Memmiche
- Yassine Meriah
- Ronwen Williams
- Men’s Player of the Year:
- Ademola Lookman
- Amine Gouiri
- Achraf Hakimi
- Chancel Mbemba
- Ronwen Williams
- Serhou Guirassy
- Simon Adingra
- Soufiane Rahimi
- William Troost-Ekong
- Men’s Club of the Year:
- Petro Luanda
- TP Mazembe
- Al Ahly, Zamalek
- Dreams FC
- RS Berkane
- Mamelodi Sundowns
- Simba SC
- Yanga
- Esperance de Tunis
- Coach of the Year:
- Pedro Gonçalves (Angola)
- Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso)
- Emerse Faé (Côte d’Ivoire)
- José Gomes (Zamalek)
- Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
- Chiquinho (Mozambique)
- Hugo Broos (South Africa)
- Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
- Kwesi Appiah (Sudan)
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