Nigeria’s 24-year wait for a winner in the men’s category of Africa’s most prestigious award has finally come to an end after star forward Victor Osimhen won the Best Player of the Year award at the 2023 CAF Awards on Monday night. The Napoli forward, who fended off competition from Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), and Mohamed Salah (Egypt) to win the honour, became the first Nigerian to...
Super Falcons forward Asisat Oshoala claims a record-extending sixth women’s Player of the Year honours at the 2023 CAF Awards. The 29-year-old forward continues to make history as the most decorated women’s footballer in the African sphere, having now won two more awards than the nearest person to her, former Nigerian forward Perpetua Nkwocha. Oshoala overcame intense competition from Zambia’s Barbra Banda and Thembi Kgatlana of...
Super Falcons shot-stopper Chiamaka Nnadozie has been voted as the best women’s goalkeeper at the 2023 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco. The 23-year-old edged South Africa’s Andile Dlamini, who won the best goalkeeper award at this year’s CAF Women’s Champions League and the 2022 WAFCON, and Moroccan No. 1 Khadija Er-Rmichi to claim the accolade in front of a packed audience inside the Palais des Congrès....
Nigeria's senior women’s team, the Super Falcons, claimed the country’s first honor at this year’s Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco. The nine-time African champions beat competition from reigning Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) winner South Africa and 2022 WAFCON finalist Morocco to the award on Monday night. The 2023 National Team of the Year (WOMEN) is......
Fourteen winners will emerge in tonight's CAF Awards ceremony but the most attention will be on the men's African Player of the Year which has Nigeria and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen, Egypt and Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah, Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain full-back Achraf Hakimi as the top three finalists. Its nearly showtime! ⏳ ARE YOU READY FOR THE #CAFAwards2023? ???? pic.twitter.com/gYBf1IVq2o — CAF (@CAF_Online) December 10,...
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