CAF Announce Shocking Names for Africa Player of the Year Award | SEE LIST

The Confederation of Africa Football ( CAF) have announced the nominees for the award of the best footballer in Africa.

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The body concerning football in Africa announced the nominees on its official Twitter account on Thursday, June 30th, 2022. Other categories that will be awarded include the; Interclub Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, National Team of the Year and Club of the Year, while the nominees for the Women’s categories will be announced on Tuesday, July 5th, 2022

The winners of each category will be selected by technical experts, CAF legends and Journalists taking into consideration performances from September 2021 to June 2022. The award ceremony will be held on Thursday, July 21st, 2022 in Rabat, Morocco.

List of Men's Player of the Year Award:

• Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
• Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso & Aston Villa)
• Blati Toure (Burkina Faso & Pyramids)
• Edmund Tapsoba (Burkina Faso & Bayer Leverkusen)
• Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Cameroon & Napoli)
• Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon & Lyon)
• Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon & Al Nassr)
• Youssouf M’Changama (Comoros & Guingamp)
• Franck Kessie (Cote d’Ivoire & AC Milan)
• Sebastien Haller (Cote d’Ivoire & Ajax)
• Mohamed Abdelmonem (Egypt & Al Ahly)
• Mohamed ElNeny (Egypt & Arsenal)
• Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
• Mohamed Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly)
• Musa Barrow (Gambia & Bologna)
• Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
• Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly)
• Hamari Traore (Mali & Rennes)
• Yves Bissouma (Mali & Tottenham Hotspur)
• Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)
• Sofiane Boufal (Morocco & Angers)
• Yahya Jabrane (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
• Yassine Bounou (Morocco & Sevilla)
• Moses Simon (Nigeria & Nantes)
• Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)
• Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
• Nampalys Mendy (Senegal & Leicester City)
• Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)
• Saliou Ciss (Senegal & Nancy)
• Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

• Riad Benayad (ES Setif)
• Tiago Azulao (Petro Atletico)
• Karim Konate (ASEC Mimomas)
• Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly)
• Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly)
• Mohamed Shenawy (Al Ahly)
• Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly)
• Percy Tau (Al Ahly)
• Morlaye Sylla (Horoya)
• Achraf Dari (Wydad Athletic Club)
• Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Athletic Club)
• Zouhair El Moutaraji (Wydad Athletic Club)
• Mouhcine Moutouali (Raja Club Athletic)
• Issoufou Dayo (RS Berkane)
• Youssou El Fahli (RS Berkane)
• Victorien Adebayor (Niger & Union Sportive Gendarmerie Nationale)
• Peter Shalulile (Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Bandile Shandu (Orlando Pirates)
• Thembinkosi Lorch (Orlando Pirates)
• Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane (Esperance Sportive de Tunis)

Young Player of the Year (Men)

• Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso & Lorient)
• Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)
• Jesus Owono (Equatorial Guinea & Alaves)
• James Gomez (The Gambia & AC Horsens)
• Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana & Rennes)
• Ilaix Moriba Kourouma (Guinea & Valencia)
• El Bilal Toure (Mali & Reims)
• Akinkunmi Amoo (Nigeria & FC Copenhagen)
• Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Metz)
• Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)

Coach of the Year (Men)

• Kamou Malo (Burkina Faso)
• Amir Abdou (Comoros)
• Carlos Quieroz (Egypt)
• Pitso Mosimane (Al Ahly)
• Tom Saintfiet (The Gambia)
• Florent Ibenge (RS Berkane)
• Vahid Halilhodzic (Morocco)
• Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)
• Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
• Mandla Ncikazi (Orlando Pirates)

National Team of the Year (Men)

• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Comoros
• Egypt
• Equatorial Guinea
• The Gambia
• Mali
• Morocco
• Senegal
• Tunisia

Club of the Year (Men)

• ES Setif (Algeria)
• Petro Atletico (Angola)
• TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
• Al Ahly (Egypt)
• Ahli Tripoli (Libya)
• Al Ittihad (Libya)
• Raja Club Athletic (Morocco)
• RS Berkane (Morocco)
• Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)
• Orlando Pirates (South Africa)