Super Falcons star and record winner of African Women’s Footballer of the Year, Asisat Oshoala alongside her international teammates Chiamaka Nnadozie, Christy Ucheibe, Osinachi Ohale, Toni Payne, Uchenna Kanu and Rasheedat Ajibade made the 30-woman list for Women’s Player of the Year in the 2023 CAF Awards.
The Nigerian septet will compete against other top stars from across the continent which include Cameroon’s Ajara Njoya, South Africa duo of Refiloe Jane and Thembi Kgatlana, Zambia’s Barbara Banda and Senegal’s Ndeye Diakhate.
Following her heroics at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup, Nigeria goalkeeper Nnadozie also leads the shortlist for Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year which has Cameroon’s Ange Bawou, Morocco duo of Khadjiha Er-Rmichi and Imane Abdelahad, South Africa’s Andile Dlamnini and Tanzania’s Najiat Abass Idrissa also in contention.
Three out of the four coaches that featured at the Women’s World Cup made the cut for the women’s Coach of the Year, with Zambia’s Bruce Mwape missing out.
Women’s Player of the Year Nominees
Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon, Internazionale Milano)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana, Avaldnes)
Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi, Paris Saint-Germain)
Temwa Chawinga (Malawi, Wuhan Jiangda)
Anissa Lahmari (Morocco, Levante Las Planas)
Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR)
Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR)
Ibtissam Jraidi (Morocco, AS FAR/Al Ahli)
Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
Zenatha Coleman (Namibia, Fenerbahce)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Barcelona)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
Christy Ucheibe (Nigeria, Benfica)
Osinachi Ohale (Nigeria, Alaves/Pachuca)
Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria, Atletico Madrid)
Toni Payne (Nigeria, Sevilla)
Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria, Tigres/Racing Louisville)
Ndeye Awa Diakhaté (Senegal, Olympique de Marseille)
Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
Hilda Magaia (South Africa, Sejong Sportstoto)
Jermaine Seoposenwe (South Africa, Juarez/Monterrey)
Linda Motlhalo (South Africa, Glasgow City)
Refiloe Jane (South Africa, Sassuolo)
Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa, Racing Louisville)
Afi Sabine Woedikou (Togo, Strasbourg/Nantes)
Sabrina Ellouzi (Tunisia, Excelsior)
Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda, Kampala Queens)
Barbara Banda (Zambia, Shanghai Shengli)
Grace Chanda (Zambia, Madrid CFF)
Rachael Kundananji (Zambia, Madrid CFF)
Goalkeeper of the Year (Women)
Ange Bawou (Cameroon, Bayelsa Queens/ BIIK-Shymkent)
Dolores Hernandez Masongo (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes)
Imane Abdelahad (Morocco, SC Casablanca)
Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
Kaylin Swart (South Africa, JVW)
Najiat Abass Idrisa (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
Catherine Musonda (Zambia, Tomiris Turan)
Cynthia Shongwe (Zimbabwe, Harare City)
Interclub Player of the Year (Women)
Refilwe Tholakele (Botswana, Mamelodi Sundowns)
N’Guessan Nadege Koffi (Cote d’Ivoire, SC Casablanca)
Elena Oyana (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes)
Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
Tracy Twum (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
Oumou Kone (Mali, AS Mande)
Aziza Rabbah (Morocco, AS FAR)
Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR)
Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR)
Lebohang Ramalepe (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
Young Player of the Year (not more than 21 years)
Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
Mary Amponsah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
Nesryne El Chad (Morocco, Lille)
Deborah Abiodun (Nigeria, Pittsburg Panthers)
Esther Opeyemi Ajakaye (Nigeria, Delta Queens)
Oluwatosin Demehin (Nigeria, Stade Reims)
Hapsatou Malado Diallo (Senegal, USPA/Eibar)
Thubelihle Shamase (South Africa, University of Johannesburg FC)
Winifreda Gerald (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
Fauzia Najjemba (Uganda, Dynamo Moscow)
Coach of the Year (Women)
Nana Joe Adarkwa (Ampem Darkoa)
Lovemore Fazili (Malawi)
Mehdi El Qaichouri (SC Casablanca)
Mohamed Amine Alioua (AS FAR)
Reynald Pedros (Morocco)
Randy Waldrum (Nigeria)
Mame Moussa Cisse (Senegal)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Esther Chabruma (JKT Queens)
National Team of the Year (Women)
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Ghana
Malawi
Morocco
Nigeria
Senegal
South Africa
Tanzania
Zambia
Club of the Year (Women)
Athletico d’Abidjan (Cote d’Ivoire)
Huracanes (Equatorial Guinea)
Ampem Darkoa (Ghana)
AS Mande (Mali)
AS FAR (Morocco)
SC Casablanca (Morocco)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
JKT Queens (Tanzania)
