Who be di nominees for 2023 Caf awards?
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Nigeria and Napoli striker Victor Osimhen, Al-Nassr FC forward Sadio Mane and Mohammed Salah of Liverpool make di 30-man shortlist for dis year 2023 Caf awards.
Caf announce di list of di men categories for dis year ogbonge African award on Wednesday.
Di list of nominees dey come few days afta Lionel Messi win dis Year Ballon d’Or award.
Na Senegal and Mane be di reigning African player of di year for 2022.
Dem go announce di winner of di award for 11 December for Marrakech, Morocco.
Na Mane and Al-Nassr FC be di reigning African player of di year afta im win di award last year.
Na panel of Caf Technical experts, African football legends and selected media representatives from different kontris put dis list togeda for di various categories.
Dem select di nominees based on dia performance between November 2022 and September 2023.
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Thirty (30) players make di cut for di top prize; Caf African Player of di Year, while 20 players collect nomination for Caf Interclub Player of di Year. Coach of di Year, Caf National Team of di Year and Club of di Year get ten (10) nominees each just as Caf Young Player of di Year – for players under di age of 21.
For di first time, Caf introduce di Caf African Goalkeeper of di Year Category (Men and Women).
Nigeria Asisat Oshoala na di current Caf African Women’s Player of di Year.
Oshala don win dis award five times.
Caf Player of di Year nominees (Men)
- Ramy Bensebaini (Algeria and Borussia Dortmund)
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Al Ahli)
- Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso and Bayer Leverkusen)
- Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon and SSC Napoli)
- Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon and Besiktas)
- Ibrahima Sangare (Cote d’Ivoire and Nottingham Forest)
- Seko Fofana (Cote d’Ivoire and Al Nassr)
- Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo and Olympique Marseille)
- Fiston Mayele (DR Congo and Pyramids)
- Mahmoud Abdel Moneim “Kahraba” (Egypt and Ahly)
- Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt and Al Ahly)
- Mohamed ElShenawy (Egypt and Al Ahly)
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)
- Mohammed Kudus (Ghana and West Ham United)
- Thomas Partey (Ghana and Arsenal)
- Serhou Guirassy (Guinea and VfB Stuttgart)
- Yves Bissouma (Mali and Tottenham Hotspur)
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain)
- Azzedine Ounahi (Morocco and Olympique Marseille)
- Hakim Ziyech (Morocco and Galatasaray)
- Sofyan Amrabat (Morocco and Manchester United)
- Yahya Jabrane (Morocco and Wydad Athletic Club)
- Yassine Bounou (Morocco and Al Hilal)
- Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco and Sevilla)
- Peter Shalulile (Namibia and Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria and SSC Napoli)
- Sadio Mane (Senegal and Al Nassr)
- Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal and Tottenham Hotspur)
- Percy Tau (South Africa and Al Ahly)
- Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Tunisia and Ferencvaros)
Goalkeeper of di Year (Men)
- Mohamed ElShenawy (Egypt and Al Ahly)
- Yassine Bounou (Morocco & Al Hilal)
- Andre Onana (Cameroon and Manchester United)
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Edouard Mendy (Senegal and Al Ahli)
- Oussama Benbot (Algeria and USM Alger)
- Youssef El Motie (Morocco and Wydad Athletic Club)
- Djigui Diarra (Mali and Young Africans)
- Pape Mamadou Sy (Senegal and Generation Foot)
- Landing Badji (Senegal and AS Pikine)
Interclub Player of di Year (Men)
- Aymen Mahious (Algeria and USM Alger/Yverdon-Sport)
- Oussama Benbot (Algeria and USM Alger)
- Zineddine Belaid (Algeria and USM Alger)
- Fiston Mayele (DR Congo and Young Africans/Pyramids)
- Makabi Lilepo (DR Congo and Al Hilal/Valenciennes)
- Hussein El Shahat (Egypt and Al Ahly)
- Mahmoud Abdel Moneim “Kahraba” (Egypt and Ahly)
- Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt and Al Ahly)
- Mohamed ElShenawy (Egypt and Al Ahly)
- Mostafa Fathi (Egypt and Pyramids)
- Djigui Diarra (Mali and Young Africans)
- Yahia Attiyat Allah (Morocco and Wydad Club Athletic)
- Yahya Jabrane (Morocco and Wydad Athletic Club)
- Youssef El Motie (Morocco and Wydad Athletic Club)
- Peter Shalulile (Namibia and Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Percy Tau (South Africa and Al Ahly)
- Ranga Chivaviro (South Africa and Marumo Gallants/Kaizer Chiefs)
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Ali Maaloul (Tunisia and Al Ahly)
- Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Tunisia and Esperance Sportive de Tunis /Ferencvaros)
Young Player of di Year (Men)
- Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso and Bournemouth)
- Souleymane Alio (Burkina Faso and New Stars)
- Ernest Nuamah (Ghana & Olympique Lyonnais)
- Abdessamad Ezzalzouli (Morocco and Betis)
- Bilal El Khannous (Morocco and Genk)
- Gift Orban (Nigeria and KAA Gent)
- Lamine Camara (Senegal and Generation Foot/Metz)
- Pape Amadou Diallo (Senegal and Generation Foot/Metz)
- Pape Demba Diop (Senegal and Zulte Waregem)
- Amara Diouf (Senegal and Generation Foot)
Coach of di Year (Men)
- Abdelhak Benchikha (USM Alger)
- Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
- Juan Micha Obiang (Equatorial Guinea)
- Tom Saintfiet (The Gambia)
- Baciro Cande (Guinea Bissau)
- Amir Abdou (Mauritania)
- Walid Regragui (Morocco)
- Chiquinho Conde (Mozambique)
- Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
- Pape Thiaw (Senegal – CHAN)
National Team of di Year (Men)
- Cape Verde
- The Gambia
- Guinea Bissau
- Equatorial Guinea
- Mauritania
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Senegal
- Tanzania
Club of di Year (Men)
- CR Belouizdad (Algeria)
- USM Alger (Algeria)
- ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)
- Al Ahly (Egypt)
- Raja Club Athletic (Morocco)
- Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)
- Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
- Marumo Gallants (South Africa)
- Esperance de Tunis (Tunisia)
- Young Africans (Tanzania)
