The recipients of the 2022 CAF Awards were announced on Thursday, as Sadio Mane and Asisat Oshoala scooped the coveted African Player of the Year award at the ceremony hosted in Rabat, Morocco.
- Asisat Oshoala surpasses Nkwocha, Toure, and Eto’o as the player with the most POTY awards.
- Evelyn Badu makes history as the winner of the inaugural inter-club POTY award.
- Desiree Ellis makes it three wins in a row.
- Senegal dominates the night with five awards.
- Sadio Mane makes it back-to-back POTY win.
- Aliou Cissè’s historic journey continues.
Nigeria and Barcelona talisman Asisat Oshoala has been named the 2022 African Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards ceremony in Rabat on Thursday.
The 27-year-old beat off competition from Cameroon’s Ajara Nchout Njoya of Inter Milan and Zambia’s Grace Chanda of BIIK Kazygurt to claim the prize.
The triumph is her fifth time winning the award after she had been adjudged the best African Female Footballer in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.
She becomes the first African –male or female– with a record-breaking fifth award surpassing compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha, Samuel Eto’o, and Yaya Toure who all had four awards each before retiring.
In the men’s category, Sadio Mane beat Mohamed Salah and Eduard Mendy to make it a back-to-back CAF Player of the Year award win.
The Senegalese star had won his first in 2019 when the award was last held before COVID disruption.
Mane had a successful year for both club and country after his winning penalty helped Senegal claim their first Africa Cup of Nations earlier this year. He had a fantastic year with Liverpool winning Carabao and the FA Cup and reaching the Champions League final.
Black Princesses star Evelyn Badu scoops two awards at 2022 CAF Awards. Having been nominated for two enviable awards, the sensational Ghana forward was named the 2022 CAF Interclub Player of the Year award for the Women’s category for her fantastic performance for former club Hasaacas Ladies at the inaugural CAF Women’s Champions League.
The 19-year-old subsequently picked the CAF Young Women’s Player of the Year for her contribution to the Ghana Women’s U20 team.
South Africa’s Desiree Ellis wins the Women’s Coach Of The Year Award for the third time in a row while Senegal coach, Aliou Cissè who led Teranga Lions to their first-ever AFCON triumph in history deservedly wins Coach of the year for Men as Senegal left with five awards on the night.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS:
▪ Player of the Year (Women) – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
▪ Player of the Year (Men) – Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)
▪ Interclub Player of the Year (Women) – Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
▪ Interclub Player of the Year (Men) – Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly)
▪Young Player of the Year (Women) – Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
▪ Young Player of the Year (Men) – Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Tottenham Hotspur)
▪ Coach of the Year (Women) – Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
▪ Coach of the Year (Men) – Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
▪ Club of the Year (Women) – Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
▪ Club of the Year (Men) – Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)
▪ National Team of the Year (Men) – Senegal
Goal of the Year – Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal/ Simba FC)
▪ PB: National Team of the Year (Women) winner will be announced after the CAF Women’s AFCON final on Saturday.
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