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  • Super Eagles players Simon, Amoo make CAF awards shortlist

    Super Eagles  duo, of Moses Simon  of Nantes and Akinkunmi Amoo  of Copenhagen in the Danish Superliga  have been nominated for the CAF Player of the Year and Young Player of the Year awards respectively.

    CAF released the first list of nominees for the Men’s categories namely Player of the Year, Interclub Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, National Team of the Year, and Club of the Year on Thursday.

    Simon has been shortlisted based on his good outing for Nigeria at AFCON 2021 held in Cameroon whilst Amoo stood out for Danish clubside Copenhagen.

    Simon popularly known as daddy amongst his peers  was formerly a Levante player, he  scored six goals and recorded eight assists in 30 league appearances for his present clubside  Nantes of France last season.

    He will battle the likes of Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Riyadh Mahrez, and co for the award.

    Amoo  on the other hand made the shortlist in the Young Player category after an impressive campaign for his Danish club, FC Copenhagen last season where the midfield prodigy shone like a million stars.

    The CAF Awards 2022 will be held ahead of the final of the African Women’s Cup of Nations in Morocco and has been fixed to take place between 2 July – 23 July.

  • CAF Awards: Why we voted against Asisat Oshoala – NFF Reps

    Some officials of the Nigerian Football Federation, (NFF), who all voted against Barcelona star, Asisat Oshoala in the recently concluded CAF awards, have responded to the backlash from Sports analyst and other Nigerians.

    Social media users have been unrelenting in their criticism of NFF Reforms Committee members Osasu Obayiwuana and Chisom Mbonu for shunning Asisat Oshoala for Malawi’s Tabitha Chawingwa as their first choice in the votes.

    Defending his decision to vote against the Super Falcons star, Obayiuwana said that he believes that Oshoala is not the best female African footballer at the moment and as such isn’t deserving of the accolade.

    “Right, I understand that some members of Nigerian media are unhappy that I didn’t vote for Asisat Oshoala to become the @CAF_Online AFOTY. That’s a shame. But I am not obliged to vote for her.

    “Congratulations to her, on yet another title. But in my opinion, Tabitha Chawinga is the best woman footballer in Africa, bar NONE. The only reason she is not winning the AFOTY title is because she’s Malawian. And they don’t play in the @CAF_AWCON.

    “Asisat is a damn good footballer, no question. This is not even the point. It’s just that I don’t think she is the best in Africa for 2019. I didn’t make my @CAF_Online Awards selections based on whether the nominee is from Nigeria or not. I voted based on whether I think, on the facts available to me, they are the best in Africa at the present time.”

    “My duty, as a voter, is not to Nigeria, but to African football. If I think a Nigerian player is the best, I wouldn’t hesitate to vote for him or her. But I wouldn’t vote for them just because they are Nigerian. I have a professional reputation to protect, in all that I do,” he explained.

    Chisom Mbonu said she voted against Oshoala based on ‘facts and stats’ and doesn’t mind the backlash.

    “I voted the way I felt was right based on facts and stats. The backlash is expected. Even the insults. But, it is everyone’s right to post and feel as they do. I have received praises from people in the past and I will take the bashing now. That’s life,” she wrote on Twitter.

    Despite the curious snub from her compatriots, Asisat Oshoala was named Africa’s Best Female Player for the fourth time at the CAF Awards ceremony in Egypt on Tuesday 7th January 2020.

    She claimed the award, but all thanks to the media and other Countries’ football federations who voted for her.

  • CAF awards: Oshoala speaks on Nigerians who didn’t vote for her

    Super Falcons forward, Asisat Oshoala, has insisted she is not bitter with Nigerians who did not vote for her, after she won the African Women’s Player of the Year for a fourth time on Tuesday.

    Oshoala, who equalled the record of her compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha, garnered 351 votes.

    The Barcelona star garnered 30 more than Cameroon’s Ajara Nchout, while South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana earned 247 votes.

    Despite Oshoala’s triumph, Nigerians have taken to social media to criticize the five Nigerian voters, including Nkwocha, who overlooked her for the record-equalling prize.

    However, the 25-year-old striker has refused to be drawn into the heated social media argument.

    “For me, I don’t think that anyone should be obligated to vote for anyone.

    “If you think you want to vote for me, it’s fine. I am not the first player this will happen to.

    “The only thing in my head right now is about how to help my team to win a lot of laurels as much as we can this year. We have the Spanish Cup game, the league, and the Champions League.

    “I also have the African Women’s Cup of Nations. So, I think there is a lot to worry about than thinking of winning the African Women’s Player of the Year in 2020,” Oshoala told Goal.

  • CAF awards: Mane apologises for missing Senegal ceremony

    CAF awards: Mane apologises for missing Senegal ceremony

    Senegal’s Sadio Mane has apologised for not visiting his homeland before returning to Liverpool after being named the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year.

    The 27-year-old striker received the award at a ceremony in Egypt on Tuesday and was due to go to Senegal on Wednesday as part of the celebrations.

    A ceremony had been organised at the Museum of Black Civilisations in Senegal’s capital Dakar, with the country’s president Macky Sall due to attend.

    However Liverpool explained that “travel disruption beyond both his and the club’s control” had meant he was unable to make the visit and would now do so “at the earliest possible opportunity”.

    “I am of course very happy and proud to win this award and I want to dedicate it to everyone who has helped me on my journey from the very beginning,” Mane told the Liverpool website.

    “It was my plan to first fly to Senegal to thank the people of my country and recognise them for everything they have given me on my journey, but unfortunately we were unable to make the visit.

    “Now we have a big match against Tottenham this weekend which I must focus on and be ready for, but it is true I am disappointed I was unable to return home to say thank you because of some problems beyond our control.

    “So, I will return to Senegal as soon as possible because it is something very important to me – I will never forget what everybody did for me, everybody who believed in me and everybody who gave me the chance to play football.”

    Mane is set to return home at the end of March when Senegal are due to begin their 2022 World Cup qualifying campaign, although they are yet to find out who they will play.

    Mane’s Player of the Year award is the first for Senegal since El Hadji Diouf, who was also playing for Liverpool at the time, won it in 2002 on the back of an impressive World Cup in Japan and South Korea.

  • CAF Awards: Salah clinches best player award [Winners list]

    CAF Awards: Salah clinches best player award [Winners list]

    Egyptian Mohamed Salah on Tuesday won the CAF Men Player of the Year award for the second time in a row, ahead of Senegalese Sadio Mane and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon.

    The Liverpool forward received the title at the 2018 CAF Awards held in Dakar, Senegal.

    South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana denied Nigeria’s Francisca Ordega and compatriot Asisat Oshoala the silverware in the women’s category.

    Kgatlana’s performance had earned her the highest goal scorer and the woman of the tournament awards at the Women’s African Cup of Nations in Ghana in December.

    It helped to halt Oshoala’s move towards a fourth title.

    After seeing Banyana Banyana to a first ever FIFA World Cup ticket, Desiree Ellis earned the Women’s Coach of the Year award.

    Hervé Renard, the head coach of Morocco, emerged the men’s coach.

    A ninth Women AFCON trophy sees Nigeria as the Women Team of the Year while Mauritania is the Men’s Team winner after a maiden qualification to the 2019 AFCON in Egypt.

    Meanwhile, Salah, Mane and Aubameyang made it to CAF first eleven.

    They were joined by Naby Keita of Guniea, Riyad Mahrez of Algeria, Eric Bailly of Cote d’Ivoire and teammate Serge Aurier.

    Others are Medhi Benatia of Morrocco, Thomas Partey of Ghana and Denis Onyango of Uganda, Kalidou Koulibaly of Senegal.

    Below is a list of all the awards:

    Player of the Year
    Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

    Women’s Player of the Year
    Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)

    Youth Player of the Year
    Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)

    Men’s Coach of the Year
    Herve Renard (Morocco)

    Women’s Coach of the Year
    Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

    Men’s National Team of the Year
    Mauritania

    Women’s National Team of the Year
    Nigeria

    Platinum Award
    His Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal)

    Federation President of the Year
    Fouzi Lekjaa

    Goal of the Year
    Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)

  • Super Eagles trio nominated for 2018 CAF Awards [Full list]

    Super Eagles trio nominated for 2018 CAF Awards [Full list]

    Super Eagles trio of Ahmed Musa, Odion Ighalo and Alex Iwobi have been nominated for the CAF African Player Of The Year Award ahead of the forthcoming CAF Awards 2018.

    Reigning Africa player of the Year Mohamed Salah, Liverpool’s pair of Saido Mane and Naby Keita were also included in the 34-man shortlist for the CAF Awards.

    Other notable players nominated for the award are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Riyad Mahrez, Mehdi Benatia and Thomas Partey.

    Super Eagles midfielder Wilfred Ndidi also made the six man shortlist for the young player of the Year for the CAF Awards 2018.

    For the women’s African player of the year, Asisat Oshoala, Desire Oparanozie, Francisca Ordega and Onome Ebi were nominated for the CAF Award 2018 edition.

    Gernot Rohr was also nominated for the coach of the year.

    The CAF Awards 2018 Gala to honour footballers and officials who distinguished themselves during the year under review, will be held on Tuesday, 8 January 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.

    African Player Of The Year Nominees For CAF Awards 2018

    1. Abdelmoumene Djabou (Algeria & ES Setif)
    2. Ahmed Gomaa (Egypt & El Masry)
    3. Ahmed Musa (Nigeria & Al-Nassr )
    4. Alex Iwobi (Nigeria & Arsenal)
    5. Andre Onana (Cameroon & Ajax)
    6. Anis Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
    7. Ayoub El Kaabi (Morocco & Hebei China Fortune)
    8. Ben Malango (DR Congo & TP Mazembe)
    9. Denis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
    10. Fanev Andriatsima (Madagascar & Clermont Foot)
    11. Franck Kom (Cameroon & Esperance)
    12. Jacinto Muondo Dala ‘Gelson’ (Angola & Primeiro de Agosto)
    13. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax)
    14. Idrissa Gueye (Senegal & Everton)
    15. Ismail Haddad (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
    16. Jean-Marc Makusu Mundele (DR Congo & AS Vita)
    17. Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)
    18. Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
    19. Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
    20. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
    21. Moussa Marega (Mali & Porto)
    22. Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)
    23. Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Changchun Yatai, Nigeria)
    24. Percy Tau (South Africa & Union Saint-Gilloise)
    25. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)
    26. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
    27. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
    28. Taha Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
    29. Thomas Partey (Ghana & Atletico Madrid)
    30. Wahbi Khazri (Tunisia & Saint-Étienne)
    31. Walid Soliman (Egypt & Ahly)
    32. Wilfried Zaha (Cote d’Ivoire & Crystal Palace)
    33. Yacine Brahimi (Algeria & Porto)
    34. Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Esperance)

    Women’s African Player of the Year Nominees

    1. Abdulai Mukarama (Ghana & Northern Ladies)
    2. Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dilian Quanjian)
    3. Bassira Toure (Mali & AS Mande)
    4. Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)
    5. Desire Oparanozia (Nigeria & Guingamp)
    6. Elizabeth Addo (Ghana & Seattle Reign)
    7. Francisca Ordega (Nigeria & Washington Spirit)
    8. Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moskow)
    9. Gaelle Enganamouit (Cameroon & Avaldenes)
    10. Janine Van Wyk (South Africa & Houston Dash)
    11. Marlyse Ngo Ndoumbouk (Cameroon & Nancy-Lorraine)
    12. Onome Ebi (Nigeria & Hekan Huisanhang)
    13. Portia Boakye (Ghana & Djurgardens)
    14. Raissa Feudjio (Cameroon & Aland United)
    15. Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning)

    Youth Player of the Year Nominees for CaF Awards 2018

    1. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)
    2. Wilfred Ndidi (Nigeria & Leicester City)
    3. Andre Onana (Cameroon & Aax)
    4. Ismaila Sarr (Senegal & Rennes)
    5. Mahmoud Benhalib (Morocco & Raja Club Athletic)
    6. Franck Kessie (Cote d’Ivoire & AC Milan)

    Men’s Coach of the Year Nominees
    1. Corentin Martins (Mauritania)
    2. Florent Ibenge (AS Vita & DR Congo)
    3. Juan Carlos Garrido (Raja Club Athletic)
    4. Moine Chaabani (Esperance)
    5. Nicolas Dupuis (Madagascar)
    6. Patrice Carteron (Al Ahly)
    7. Rachid Taoussi (ES Sétif)
    8. Herve Renard (Morocco)
    9. Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
    10. Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)

  • 11 categories unveiled for 2018 CAF awards

    11 categories unveiled for 2018 CAF awards

    The African football governing body CAF announced on Monday the categories for the CAF Awards 2018 Dakar, Senegal on 8 January 2019.

    A statement on CAF website revealed eleven accolades both individual and collective to be won on the award night as nominees will be selected based on their performance from February 2018 to November 2018.

    The winners for the African Player of the Year and Women’s Player of the Year will be decided by the following:

    “Media Experts, Legends, Coaches of the quarter-finalists of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.

    “Coaches and Captains of the 54 Member Associations.”

    The categories – Youth Player of the Year, Men’s Coach of the Year, Women’s Coach of the Year, Men’s National Team of the Year and Women’s National Team of the Year will be elected by :

    ” CAF Technical & Development Committee.

    “Media Experts, Legends, Coaches of the quarter-finalists of the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.”

    For the first time, FIFPro will coordinate the Africa Finest XI whilst the Goal of the Year will be decided via online public voting.

    ALL THE CATEGORIES

    African Player of the Year

    Women’s Player of the Year

    Youth Player of the Year

    Men’s Coach of the Year

    Women’s Coach of the Year

    Men’s National Team of the Year

    Women’s National Team of the Year

    Goal of the Year

    Africa Finest XI

    Ydnekatchew Tessema Trophy for the Federation President of the Year

    Platinum Award

  • Salah, Oshoala win aiteo CAF awards for 2017

    Salah, Oshoala win aiteo CAF awards for 2017

    Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah on Thursday emerged as the African Player of the Year 2017, with Super Falcons’ Asisat Oshoala being named the Women’s Player of the Year.

    The 25-year old Salah and 23-year-old Oshoala won the topmost prize at the Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017, held at the International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.

    Salah fended off opposition from clubmate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who was winner in 2015.

    He became the first Egyptian to win the most prestigious individual honour in African football, after polling 625 points.

    According to reports of the event on the website of the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Mane had 507, while Aubameyang finished a distant third with 311 points.

    The feat capped a superb year for the forward who played an influential role for both club and country during the year under review.

    Salah’s feat was the climax of a memorable evening for Egyptian football which saw the Pharaohs being named National Team of the Year.

    Their Argentine-born coach, Hector Cuper, also emerged as the Coach of the Year.

    Oshoala was adjudged Women’s Player of the Year for the third time, after winning in 2014 and 2016.

    She beat Cameroonian Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and Chrestina Kgatlana of South Africa to the top prize.

    However, Kgatlana took consolation in Banyana Banyana being named Women’s National Team of the Year.

    Patson Daka ensured Zambia was represented on the podium with the Youth Player of the Year award.

    It came 10 years after compatriot Clifford Mulenga was decorated Most Promising Talent of the Year.

    African club champions Wydad Athletic Club (WAC) of Morocco went home with the Club of the Year award.

    Former Ghana player Ibrahim Sunday, who was a member of the Asante Kotoko squad which won the African Cup of Champion Clubs in 1970, received the CAF Legend award.

    CAF Executive Committee member, Ahmed Yahya, who is president of the Mauritania Football Federation, was named Football Leader of the Year.

    There were two Platinum Awards, one to Ghana President Nana Akufo-Addo and the other to global football icon George Weah, now President-elect of Liberia.

    The ceremony which was beamed live to millions across the world had Ghana President Akufo-Addo and Fatma Samoura, the FIFA General Secretary, amongst some of the high-profile attendees.

    There were also musical performances from Togo’s Toofan, DR Congo’s Fally Ipupa, Ghanaian duo of Shatta Wale and Kidi, and Nigeria’s Patoranking, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Runtown, Olamide, Phyno and Flavour.

    Below is a list of the Awards:

    African Player of the Year

    Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)

    Women’s Player of the Year

    Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and Dalian Quanjian)

    Youth Player of the Year

    Patson Daka (Zambia and Liefering)

    Coach of the Year

    Hector Cuper (Egypt)

    Club of the Year

    Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

    National Team of the Year

    Egypt

    Women’s National Team of the Year

    South Africa

    CAF Legend Award

    Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana)

    Platinum Award

    Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – President of Ghana

    George Weah – President-elect of Liberia and former World, Africa and European Player of the Year

    Fans’ Finest XI

    Goalkeeper: Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia & Etoile du Sahel)

    Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Egypt & Al Ahly), Eric Bailly (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester United), Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly)

    Midfielders: Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club), Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco & Feyenoord), Junior Ajayi (Nigeria & Al Ahly), Achraf Bencharki (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)

    Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Morocco & Yeni Malatyaspor), Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)

  • List of winners at just concluded 2017 CAF awards

    The complete list of winners at the 2017 Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony in Accra Thursday:

    Player of the Year

    1. Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool/ENG), 2. Sadio Mane (Senegal, Liverpool/ENG), 3. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, Borussia Dortmund/GER)

    Women’s Player of the Year

    Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Dalian Quanjian/CHN)

    Youth Player of the Year

    Patson Daka (Zambia, Liefering/AUT)

    Coach of the Year

    Hector Cuper (Egypt)

    Club of the Year

    Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)

    National Team of the Year

    Egypt

    Women’s National Team of the Year

  • RMD, Mimi Fawaz for Glo CAF Awards

    RMD, Mimi Fawaz for Glo CAF Awards

     

    Popular sports journalist, Mimi Fawaz and Nollywood veteran actor Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) have been confirmed as the official comperes of the 2016 Glo-Caf Awards.

    A graduate of City University of London, Mimi who is half-Nigerian (her mother is from Asaba, Delta State, Nigeria) and half-Lebanese, has worked for CNN, ESPN and ITV Television networks. Styled the ‘driving force behind UK’s first original African football show’, Mimi has successfully become a brand in a field dominated by men.

    She is delighted by the opportunity extended to her to host the show and has promised Africa and the rest of the world a spectacular delivery.

    Richard Mofe-Damijo was the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria between 2009 and 2015. He was born in Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin where he studied Theatre Arts.

    RMD has featured in several top-notch soaps and films such as Ripples, Out of Bounds, Three Wise Men, Oloibiri and Hush. A multiple award winner, RMD in 2005, won the Best Actor in a Leading Role at the maiden edition of the African Movie Academy Awards. He is the face of Globacom’s powerful television commercials which celebrated the company’s ground-breaking launch of Nigeria’s first nationwide mobile 4G LTE network.

    Mimi Fawaz and Richard Mofe-Damijo will compeer the glamorous event known as the Oscars of African football, scheduled for the night on 5th January, 2017 at the International Conference Centre, Abuja.