Lookman, Troost-Ekong, Others Nominated For 2024 CAF Player Of The Year [Full List]

Super Eagles stars Ademola Lookman and William Troost-Ekong are in the running for the prestigious 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Men’s Player of the Year award.

These two Nigerian stars will face strong competition from Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Côte d’Ivoire’s Simon Adingra, and Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy, as they all vie for the continent’s top individual honor for male footballers.

Lookman played a key role in Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League victory last season, sealing his reputation with a hat-trick in the final match against Bayer Leverkusen. The 27-year-old winger also contributed significantly to Nigeria’s 2023 Africa Cup of Nations campaign, scoring three goals across seven appearances.

Troost-Ekong, meanwhile, earned the title of best player at the 2023 AFCON after leading Nigeria to a second-place finish and scoring three goals of his own.

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

2024 CAF Awards Nominations

Men’s National Team of the Year:

• Angola
• Burkina Faso
• Côte d’Ivoire
• DR Congo
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Sudan
• Uganda

Men’s Young Player of the Year:

• Carlos Baleba
• Karim Konaté
• Oumar Diakite
• Yankuba Minteh
• Abdul Aziz Issah
• Bilal El Khannouss
• Eliesse Ben Seghir
• El Hadji Malick Diouf
• Lamine Camara
• Amanallah Memmiche

Men’s Interclub Player of the Year:

• Oussama Benbot
• Issoufou Dayo
• Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’
• Hussein El Shahat
• Mostafa Shobeir
• Abdul Aziz Issah
• John Antwi
• Amanallah Memmiche
• Yassine Meriah
• Ronwen Williams

Men’s Player of the Year:

• Ademola Lookman
• Amine Gouiri
• Achraf Hakimi
• Chancel Mbemba
• Ronwen Williams
• Serhou Guirassy
• Simon Adingra
• Soufiane Rahimi
• William Troost-Ekong

Men’s Club of the Year:

• Petro Luanda
• TP Mazembe
• Al Ahly
• Zamalek
• Dreams FC
• RS Berkane
• Mamelodi Sundowns
• Simba SC
• Yanga
• Esperance de Tunis

Coach of the Year:

• Pedro Gonçalves (Angola)
• Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso)
• Emerse Faé (Côte d’Ivoire)
• José Gomes (Zamalek)
• Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
• Chiquinho (Mozambique)
• Hugo Broos (South Africa)
• Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
• Kwesi Appiah (Sudan)