African Youth Player of the Year: Morocco's Achraf Hakimi on Final List
Cairo - The Confederation of African Football (Caf) has announced its three-man shortlist for the 2019 Youth Player of the Year, with Morocco's Achraf Hakimi, Nigerians Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen on the list. For the Player of the Year award, Algeria's Manchester City star Riyad Mahrez will compete with Liverpool duo Sadio Mane of Senegal and Egypt's Mohamed Salah.
The top three contenders for all the categories are as follows: African Player of the Year: Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City) and Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool).
African Women’s Player of the Year: Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga), Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) and Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC). African Interclubs Player of the Year: Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance), Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek) and Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah).
African Youth Player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund), Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal) and Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille). African Men’s Coach of the Year: Aliou Cisse (Senegal - Senegal), Djamel Belmadi (Algeria - Algeria) and Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia - Esperance).
African Women’s Coach of the Year: Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon), Desiree Ellis (South Africa) and Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria). African Men’s National Team of the Year: Algeria, Madagascar and Senegal.
African Women’s National Team of the Year: Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa. The shortlist of top three nominees for each award category was reached following votes from a CAF Technical & Development Committee and a panel of media experts with emphasis on the nominees’ performance during the year under review, 2019, CAF said in a release.
It also included votes from a select panel of CAF Legends, made up of former winners of the prestigious African Player of the Year award. The legends took part in the voting process for the Player of the Year (Men & Women). The final phase of voting for the men’s and women’s African Player of the Year, as well as the male and female Coach of the Year, will be selected by Head Coaches/Technical Directors and Captains of senior national teams from CAF Member Associations.
Meanwhile, the Interclubs Player of the Year will be decided upon by the Head Coaches and Captains of the group phase of the current season of CAF Interclubs competitions. The award winners for each category will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, in Hurghada, Egypt.
The event will celebrate African footballers and officials who have distinguished themselves during 2019. There will also be several new award categories in recognition of exceptional contributions to African football and inspiring individuals.
The top three contenders for all the categories are as follows: African Player of the Year: Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City) and Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool).
African Women’s Player of the Year: Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga), Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) and Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC). African Interclubs Player of the Year: Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance), Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek) and Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah).
African Youth Player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund), Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal) and Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille). African Men’s Coach of the Year: Aliou Cisse (Senegal - Senegal), Djamel Belmadi (Algeria - Algeria) and Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia - Esperance).
African Women’s Coach of the Year: Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon), Desiree Ellis (South Africa) and Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria). African Men’s National Team of the Year: Algeria, Madagascar and Senegal.
African Women’s National Team of the Year: Cameroon, Nigeria and South Africa. The shortlist of top three nominees for each award category was reached following votes from a CAF Technical & Development Committee and a panel of media experts with emphasis on the nominees’ performance during the year under review, 2019, CAF said in a release.
It also included votes from a select panel of CAF Legends, made up of former winners of the prestigious African Player of the Year award. The legends took part in the voting process for the Player of the Year (Men & Women). The final phase of voting for the men’s and women’s African Player of the Year, as well as the male and female Coach of the Year, will be selected by Head Coaches/Technical Directors and Captains of senior national teams from CAF Member Associations.
Meanwhile, the Interclubs Player of the Year will be decided upon by the Head Coaches and Captains of the group phase of the current season of CAF Interclubs competitions. The award winners for each category will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, in Hurghada, Egypt.
The event will celebrate African footballers and officials who have distinguished themselves during 2019. There will also be several new award categories in recognition of exceptional contributions to African football and inspiring individuals.
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