Nominees For 2024 CAF Awards Set To Be Revealed On Soccer Africa

Soccer Africa will announce the final three 2024 CAF Awards nominees for Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year this Thursday, December 12, 2024.

The annual CAF Awards will happen on 16 December 2024 at a glittering event taking place in Marrakech, Morocco, where the finest African footballers, coaches, and administrators on the planet will gather to crown the best of the best. The 2024 CAF Awards cover the period from January to October this year.

Brighton & Hove Albion wingers Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria/Atalanta), and Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns) have all been lined up for the CAF Awards 2024 Player of the Year Top Prize.

Williams, who placed ninth in the Yashin Trophy, the award that crowns the best goalkeeper in the world at the Ballon d’Or, has also been shortlisted in the Goalkeeper of the Year category.

Zambia’s Barbra Banda leads the women’s five-player shortlist for the CAF Women’s Player of the Year award for spectacular goal-poaching abilities for the club and country.

The other four outstanding women who have been shortlisted for the prestigious CAF Women’s Player of the Year include the dynamic sisters Tabitha and Temwa Chawinga (Malawi), Sanaâ Mssoudy (Morocco), and Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria).

The respective women’s and men’s awards shortlists will be whittled down to three nominees on Thursday, which will be announced on Soccer Africa at 21:00 (CAT) on SuperSport Variety 4/Africa 1.

Tune in to Soccer Africa to see who will make the nominations list for Africa’s biggest football awards and every Thursday to get incredible insight on African football from some of the most knowledgeable minds in the game.

2024 CAF Awards Broadcast Information (all times CAT):

18:30: Red Carpet: SuperSport LaLiga (SA) and SuperSport Africa 1 (RoA)
20:00: CAF Awards Ceremony: SuperSport LaLiga (SA) and SuperSport Africa 1 (RoA)
Top Five (in alphabetical order of Member Association)

Player of the Year (Men)
• Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
• Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Player of the Year (Women)

• Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi / Olympique Lyonnais)
• Temwa Chawinga (Malawi / Kansas City Current)
• Sanaâ Mssoudy (Morocco / AS FAR)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Paris FC)
• Barbra Banda (Zambia / Orlando Pride)