CAF Awards 2024: Ademola Lookman & Stanley Nwabali Make Final Shortlist

The final five-person shortlist for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player and Goalkeeper of the Year Awards includes Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali.

Ademola is competing for the Player of the Year title; he will face Ronwen Williams of South Africa, Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Ivory Coast, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea.

Stanley Nwabali has been nominated for Goalkeeper of the Year alongside elite players, including André Onana from Manchester United and Cameroon, Yahia Fofana from Angers SCO and Côte d'Ivoire, Ronwen Williams from Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa, and Mostafa Shobeir from Al Ahly FC and Egypt.

Not just the players; Nigeria is also vying for National Team of the Year against Ivory Coast, DR Congo, South Africa, Sudan, and the current African champions.

The 2024 CAF Awards will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16.

See the complete top five list below:

Player Of The Year

• Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
• Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa)

Goalkeeper Of The Year

• Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United)
• Yahia Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire / Angers SCO)
• Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
• Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Interclub Player Of The Year

• Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane)
• Ahmed Sayed' Zizo' (Egypt / Zamalek)
• Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly)
• Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Coach Of The Year

• Pedro Goncalves (Angola)
• Emerse Fae (Cote d’Ivoire)
• Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo)
• Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
• Hugo Broos (South Africa)

Young Player Of The Year

• Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire / Salzburg)
• Oumar Diakite (Cote d’Ivoire / Reims)
• Yankuba Minteh (Gambia / Brighton & Hove Albion)
• Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco / AS Monaco)
• Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)

Club Of The Year

• Al Ahly (Egypt)
• Zamalek (Egypt)
• RS Berkane (Morocco)
• Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
• Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)

National Team Of The Year

• Cote d'ivoire
• DR Congo
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Sudan

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