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The ABC of CAF Awards 2023: All you need to know!

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8 months ago

December 11, 2023

Black. Gold.

These are the official colours of the CAF Awards 2023 set to be held at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday, December 11.

Africa’s most esteemed sporting awards will be draped in this fine combination of elegance, power, royalty and success as a celebration of the continent’s finest.

Marrakech

Known for its red clay walls across the city, this touristic and scenic city on the foothills of the famous Atlas Mountains is the home of the CAF Awards 2023. A remarkable story of resilience and a never-give-up attitude from a people that survived a tragic earthquake this September killing almost 3,000 people.

As Marrakech hosts this year’s celebration of African talent, her people are receiving the world with great warmth and a kindred spirit ready to embrace the crème de la crème of African Football.

How to Watch

The CAF Awards 2023 will be broadcast live across the world with the national broadcasters in Algeria (EPTv), Côte d’Ivoire (RTI), Ghana (GBC), Morocco (Arryadia), Rwanda (RBA), South Africa (SABC) and Uganda (UBC) as well as OnTime Sport in Egypt.

New World TV will have the Free to Air and Pay TV rights in Togo as well as BeIN Sport that will be the go-to channel in Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa as well as in the USA.

Canal+ has the rights for the CAF Awards 2023 in France and Francophone Africa.

List of former winners in years past

As we look ahead at the CAF Awards 2023 on Monday, here is a list of past winners that were recognized for their excellence on the pitch and have since become an inspiration in their countries, on the continent and across the world.

Women’s Player of the Year

2001Mercy Akide (Nigeria)
2002Alberta Sackey (Ghana)
2003Adjoa Bayor (Ghana)
2004Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)
2005 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)
2006Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria)
2007Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria)
2008 Noko Matlou (South Africa)
2009 Not awarded
2010Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)
2011Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)
2012Genoveva Anonmam (Equatorial Guinea)
2013Not awarded
2014Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
2015Gaëlle Enganamouit (Cameroon)
2016Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
2017Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
2018Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa)
2019Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

Men’s Player of the Year

1992Abedi Ayew Pele (Ghana)
1993Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)
1994 Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria)
1995 George Weah (Liberia)
1996 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
1997 Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria)
1998 Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)
1999 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
2000 Patrick Mboma (Cameroon)
2001 El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
2002 El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
2003 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2004 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2005 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2006 Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)
2007 Frederic Kanoute (Mali)
2008 Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)
2009 Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)
2010 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2011 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2012 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2013 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2014 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
2016 Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
2017 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
2018Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
2019Sadio Mane (Senegal)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Sadio Mane (Senegal)

Men’s Football Coach of the Year

2000 Cecil Jones Attuquayefio (Ghana)
2001 Bruno Metsu (France)
2002Bruno Metsua (France)
2003Kadiri Ikhana (Nigeria)
2004Okey Emordi (Nigeria)
2005 Stephen Keshi (Nigeria)
2006Manuel José (Portugal)
2007 Yemi Tella (Nigeria)
2008 Hassan Shehata (Egypt)
2009 Sellas Tetteh (Ghana)
2010 Milovan Rajevac (Serbia)
2011Harouna Doula Gabde (Niger)
2012Hervé Renard (France)
2013Stephen Keshi (Nigeria)
2014Kheïreddine Madoui (Algeria)
2015Hervé Renard (France)
2016Pitso Mosimane (South Africa)
2017Héctor Cúper (Argentina)
2018Hervé Renard (France)
2019Djamel Belmadi (Algeria)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Aliou Cissé (Senegal)

Women’s Football Coach of the Year

2018Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
2019 Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

Best Young Player of the Year

2015Victor Osimhen (Nigeria)
2016Alex Iwobi (Nigeria)
2017Patson Daka (Zambia)
2018 Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
2019 Achraf Hakimi (Morocco)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022 Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal)

Best Young Player of the Year (Woman)

2014 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
2015 NOT Awarded
2016 Not Awarded
2017 Not Awarded
2018 Not Awarded
2019 Not Awarded
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Evelyn Badu (Ghana)

Best Local Player

2003Dramane Traoré (Mali)
2004Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria)
2005 Mohamed Barakat (Egypt)
2006Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
2007Amine Chermiti (Tunisia)
2008Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
2009Trésor Mputu (DR Congo)
2010Ahmed Hassan (Egypt)
2011Oussama Darragi (Tunisia)
2012Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
2013Mohamed Aboutrika (Egypt)
2014Firmin Mubele (DR Congo)
2015Mbwana Samatta (Tanzania)
2016Denis Onyango (Uganda)
2017 Not Available
2018 Not Available
2019Youcef Belaïli (Algeria)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Mohamed El-Shenawy (Egypt)

Best Local Player (Woman)

2022 Evelyn Badu (Ghana)

Goalkeeper of the Year

2001 Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)
2002 Tony Sylva (Senegal)
2003 Idriss Kameni (Cameroon)
2004 Ali Boumnijel (Tunisia)
2005 Tony Sylva (Senegal)
2006 Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)
2007 Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)
2008 Essam El-Hadary (Egypt)

National Team of the Year (Men)

2010 Ghana
2011 Botswana
2012 Zambie
2013 Nigeria
2014 Algeria
2015 Côte d’Ivoire
2016 Uganda
2017Egypt
2018 Mauritania
2019Algeria
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022 Senegal

National Team of the Year (Women)

2010 Nigeria
2011Cameroon
2012 Equatorial Guinea
2013 Not Awarded
2014Nigeria
2015Cameroon
2016 Nigeria
2017 South Africa
2018Nigeria
2019 Cameroon
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022 South Africa

Club of the Year (Men)

2001Kaizer Chiefs
2002 Zamalek
2003Enyimba
2004 Enyimba
2005 Al Ahly
2006Al Ahly
2007Étoile du Sahel
2008Al Ahly
2009TP Mazembe
2010TP Mazembe
2011ES Tunis
2012Al Ahly
2013Al Ahly
2014 ES Sétif
2015 TP Mazembe
2016Mamelodi Sundowns
2017Wydad Casablanca
2018 Not Awarded
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Wydad Casablanca

Club of the Year (Women)

2022Mamelodi Sundowns

Goal of the Year

2001Zoubier Baya (Tunisia)
2002Pape Bouba Diop (Senegal)
2003 Lesley Manyathela (South Africa)
2004Benni MacCarth (South Africa)
2018Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa)
2019Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal)

-Cafonline

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Gusau hails Nigeria’s big win at 2023 CAF Awards

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8 months ago

December 12, 2023

Kunle Solaja

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau was a very happy man on Monday night, as Nigeria swept important honours at this year’s CAF Football Awards held in Marrakech, Morocco.

The NFF supremo was personally present at the Hotel Movenpick and collected the first honour that came Nigeria’s way – Women’s National Team of the Year.

He dedicated the award to all women football teams on the African continent.

The Paris FC of France safe hands made a moving speech: “To all the young girls growing up in Africa, dreaming of becoming a footballer one day, believe me dreams do come true. My dad didn’t want me to play football but I’m sure he’s gonna see this and be happy. So, keep dreaming, keep working and I believe that one day you’ll get to this stage.”

After Asisat Oshoala won a record-extending sixth award as Player of the Year (Women) the auditorium went silent as it was time to present the men’s version. Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah were the final three.

Osimhen was crowned, becoming the first Nigeria player in 24 years to take the gong. The last person was Nwankwo Kanu, back in 1999. Kanu also won in 1996, after Rashidi Yekini in 1993 and Emmanuel Amuneke in 1994. Victor Ikpeba took the crown in 1997.

Gusau said: “I am very excited tonight. This has been hugely rewarding for our football and for our country as a whole. I congratulate Osimhen, Oshoala and Nnadozie, and I congratulate the Super Falcons as a team for bringing us this honour.

“My charge would be that they all keep doing what they know how to do best, keep improving and keep winning. The sky will be the beginning for them.”

Osimhen became the first player in the history of the African Football Awards to have been crowned Player of the Year (Men) after having pocketed the Young Player of the Year (Men) in an earlier year. Only last Monday, the 24-year-old was crowned the 2022/2023 Player of the Year in Italy’s Serie A, after having won the Young Player of the Year in the same league in the 2021/2022 season.

AFRICA FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Gusau hails Nigeria’s big win at 2023 CAF Awards

Published

8 months ago

December 12, 2023

Kunle Solaja

President of Nigeria Football Federation, Alhaji Ibrahim Musa Gusau was a very happy man on Monday night, as Nigeria swept important honours at this year’s CAF Football Awards .

The NFF supremo was personally present at the Hotel Movenpick and collected the first honour that came Nigeria’s way – Women’s National Team of the Year<span.

He dedicated the award to all women football teams on the African continent.

Chiamaka Nnadozie, who shone brightly at the FIFA World Cup finals in Down Under this year summer as the Super Falcons reached the Round of 16, was the undoubted winner of the honour of Goalkeeper of the Year (Women).The Paris FC of France safe hands made a moving speech: “To all the young girls growing up in Africa, dreaming of becoming a footballer one day, believe me dreams do come true. My dad didn’t want me to play football but I’m sure he’s gonna see this and be happy. So, keep dreaming, keep working and I believe that one day you’ll get to this stage.”

After Asisat Oshoala won a record-extending sixth award as Player of the Year (Women)<span;>, the auditorium went silent as it was time to present the men’s version. Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Mohamed Salah were the final three.

My charge would be that they all keep doing what they know how to do best, keep improving and keep winning. The sky will be the beginning for them.”

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VIDEO: The Eagle has landed! Osimhen hits Marrakech in private Jet

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8 months ago

December 11, 2023

Kunle Solaja

BY KUNLE SOLAJA. Palais des Congrès, Movenpick, Marrakech, MOROCCO

The star man of the day, Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen has finally landed in the Atlas Mountain city of Marrakech which is hosting the 2023 CAF Awards.

Dressed in sky blue shirts over an orange vest and blue shorts, the Napoli talismanic striker landed in a chattered private jet.

He is hoped to break the 24-year jinx that has afflicted Nigeria in the lead category of the CAF Awards. Nwankwo Kanu who was honoured on the opening match of the 2000 Africa Cup of Nations in Lagos was the last Nigerian to have won.

That award was for the 1999 edition.