Osimhen, Salah, Hakimi Top CAF Player Of The Year Nominee List

Victor Osimhen, the Super Eagles’ striker, has been chosen as one of the top contenders for the CAF Player of the Year award.

Mohamed Salah, the star forward for Egypt and Liverpool, and Achraf Hakimi, the defender for Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco, are also in the running.

Francine Anguissa, the Cameroon’s midfielder, Fiston Mayele, Fiston Mayele, Denis Bouanga, Serhou Guirassy, Oussama Lamlioui, Morocco, and the Senegalese duo Iliman Ndiaye and Pape Matar Sarr are other contenders.

On Thursday, the 2025 CAF Awards – Men’s Categories Committee announced the nominees.

READ MORE: Ajibade and Okoronkwo Nominated for CAF Women’s Player of the Year.

The award recognizes the continent’s top players, coaches, clubs, and national teams.

For the time being considered, 6 January to 15 October 2025, players and coaches have had a significant impact on the African and global game, according to a statement from CAF.

A panel of experts, which included CAF Technical &amp, Development Committee members, experienced coaches, CAF Legends, and selected media representatives, chose 10 nominees for each category based on their performance in all competitions, added the continent’s football governing body.

Stanley Nwabali, Nigeria’s top safe hands, was also nominated for the award for “goalkeeper of the year.”

For the top price, he will have Morocco’s Yassine Bonou, South Africa’s Ronwen Williams, Cameroon’s André Onana, and Senegalese Edouard Mendy to contend with.

Other honors include club of the year, interclub player of the year, coach of the year, young player of the year, national team of the year, and club of the year.

 , see full list below.

MAN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Andre Frank Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon/Napoli)
• Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)
• Mohamed Salah (Liverpool/Egypt)
• Denis Bouanga (Gabon/Los Angeles FC)
• Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund/Guinea)
• Moroccan/Paris Saint-Germain Achraf Hakimi
• Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco/RS Berkane)
• Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray/Nigeria)
• Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal/Everton)
• Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur/Senegal)
  

MAN’S GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Andre Onana (Cameroon/Trabzonspor), btw,
• Vozinha (Cape Verde/Chaves)
• Ahmed El Shenawy (Pyramids/Egypt)
• Munir Mohamedi (RS Berkane/Morocco)
• Yassine Bonou (Morocco/Al Hilal)
• Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United/Nigeria)
• Algerian Ambassador Edouard Mendy
• Marc Diouf (Tengueth/Senegal)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Aymen Dahmen (CS Sfaxien/Tunisia)

MAN’S INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

Ismael Belkacemi (Al Ahli Tripoli/Algeria)
• Blati Toure (Pyramids FC/Burkinabe)
• Issoufou Dayo (RS Berkane/Burkinabe)
• Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)
• Ahmed Samy (Pyramids/Egypt)
• Emam Ashour (Al Ahly/Egypt)
• Ibrahim Adel (Pyramids/Egypt)
• Mohamed Hrimat (Morocco/AS FAR)
• Mohamed Chibi (Pyramids/Morocco)
• Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco/RS Berkane)
• Shomari Kapombe (Simba/Tanzania)

MAN’S COACH OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Bubista (Cape Verde)
• Egyptian Hossam Hassan
• Pyramids’ Krunoslav Jurcic
• Sami Trabelsi (Tunisia)
• Romuald Rakotondrabe (Madagascar CHAN)
• Moine Chaabani (RS Berkane)
• Moroccan CHAN Tarik Sektioui
• Mohamed Ouahbi ( Morocco U-20)
• Moroccan Walid Regragui
• Pape Thiaw (Senegal)

MEN’S YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Asharaf Tapsoba (Real du Faso/Burkinabe)
• Alynho Haidara (Cote d’Ivoire/Mainz 05 Jacqueville)
• (DR Congo/Sunderland) Noah Sadiki
• Abdellah Ouazane (Morocco/Ajax)
• Houssam Essadak (Morocco/US Touarga)
• Othmane Maamma (Morocco/Watford)
• Daniel Bameyi (Primorje/Nigeria)
• Momoh Kamara (Minnesota United/Sierra Leone)
• Mbekezeli Mbokazi (South Africa/Orlando Pirates)
• Tylon Smith (Queens Park Rangers/South Africa)

MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• Algeria 
• Cape Verde
• Cote d’Ivoire
• Egypt
• Ghana
• Morocco U-20
• Morocco
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Tunisia

MEN’S CLUB OF THE YEAR

Nominees:

• CR Belouizdad (Algeria)
• CS Constantine (Algeria)
• ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)
• Egyptian pyramids
• Moroccan RS Berkane
• South African Mamelodi Sundowns
• South African Pirates of Orlando
• South Africa’s Stellenbosch
• Al Hilal (Sudan)
• Simba (Tanzania)

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