The Confederation of African Football – CAF have announced nominees for different 2023 Africa Women’s Player of the Year award categories. The AthleticNG reports.
CAF made public the list via its X handle on Tuesday, November 14, 2023.
For the CAF Women’s Player of the year award, 5-time winner Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria is joined by 29-others with six of her compatriots making the shortlist.
2023 CAF WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST
- Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon, Internazionale Milano)
- Evelyn Badu (Ghana, Avaldnes)
- Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi, Paris Saint-Germain)
- Temwa Chawinga (Malawi, Wuhan Jiangda)
- Anissa Lahmari (Morocco, Levante Las Planas)
- Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR)
- Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR)
- Ibtissam Jraidi (Morocco, AS FAR/Al Ahli)
- Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
- Zenatha Coleman (Namibia, Fenerbahce)
- Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Barcelona)
- Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
- Christy Ucheibe (Nigeria, Benfica)
- Osinachi Ohale (Nigeria, Alaves/Pachuca)
- Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria, Atletico Madrid)
- Toni Payne (Nigeria, Sevilla)
- Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria, Tigres/Racing Louisville)
- Ndeye Awa Diakhaté (Senegal, Olympique de Marseille)
- Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Hilda Magaia (South Africa, Sejong Sportstoto)
- Jermaine Seoposenwe (South Africa, Juarez/Monterrey)
- Linda Motlhalo (South Africa, Glasgow City)
- Refiloe Jane (South Africa, Sassuolo)
- Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa, Racing Louisville)
- Afi Sabine Woedikou (Togo, Strasbourg/Nantes)
- Sabrina Ellouzi (Tunisia, Excelsior)
- Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda, Kampala Queens)
- Barbara Banda (Zambia, Shanghai Shengli)
- Grace Chanda (Zambia, Madrid CFFRachael Kundananji (Zambia, Madrid CFF)
Goalkeeper of the Year (Women)
- Ange Bawou (Cameroon, Bayelsa Queens/ BIIK-Shymkent)
- Dolores Hernandez Masongo (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes)
- Imane Abdelahad (Morocco, SC Casablanca)
- Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
- Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
- Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Kaylin Swart (South Africa, JVW)
- Najiat Abass Idrisa (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
- Catherine Musonda (Zambia, Tomiris Turan)
- Cynthia Shongwe (Zimbabwe, Harare City)
Young Player of the Year
- Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
- Mary Amponsah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
- Nesryne El Chad (Morocco, Lille)
- Deborah Abiodun (Nigeria, Pittsburg Panthers)
- Esther Opeyemi Ajakaye (Nigeria, Delta Queens)
- Oluwatosin Demehin (Nigeria, Stade Reims)
- Hapsatou Malado Diallo (Senegal, USPA/Eibar)
- Thubelihle Shamase (South Africa, University of Johannesburg FC)
- Winifreda Gerald (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
- Fauzia Najjemba (Uganda, Dynamo Moscow)
Coach of the Year (Women)
- Nana Joe Adarkwa (Ampem Darkoa)
- Lovemore Fazili (Malawi)
- Mehdi El Qaichouri (SC Casablanca)
- Mohamed Amine Alioua (AS FAR)
- Reynald Pedros (Morocco)
- Randy Waldrum (Nigeria)
- Mame Moussa Cisse (Senegal)
- Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
- Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
- Esther Chabruma (JKT Queens)
National Team of the Year (Women)
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Ghana
- Malawi
- Morocco
- Nigeria
- Senegal
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Zambia
The 2023 CAF Awards Gala will be held in Marrakech, Morocco on December 11, 2023.
