The glittering ceremony was attended by football royalty from the continent and beyond in a celebration of the incredible growth and development of the game in Africa, and the astonishing strides that have been made in men\u2019s and women\u2019s football in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Lookman<\/strong> was named CAF Men\u2019s Player of the Year after a sensational 12 months with Italian side Atalanta and the Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles follows in the footsteps of compatriot Victor Osimhen, who claimed the award in 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is the first time Nigeria has had back-to-back winners in the Men\u2019s award since Nwankwo Kanu (1996) and Victor Ikpeba (1997) were honoured almost three decades ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Banda<\/strong> took the 2024 National Women\u2019s Soccer League season in the United States by storm as she helped Orlando Pride to the NWSL Shield and Championship, scoring the decisive goal in the final against Washington Spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Her hat-trick for Zambia at Paris Olympics 2024 was her third in Olympic Games football, an all-time record in the competition, elevating her to among the greats to have played the game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Banda became the first player from Africa to be included in the FIFPRO Women\u2019s World 11 in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Williams <\/strong>was the only double winner on the night, collecting the Men\u2019s Goalkeeper of the Year and Men\u2019s Interclub Player of the Year awards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n His spectacular penalty saves at the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations Cote d\u2019Ivoire 2023 will live long in the memory, including four in the quarter-final shootout win against Cape Verde as he captained South Africa to the bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 32-year-old helped his club Mamelodi Sundowns set a joint record low of just 11 goals conceded in 30 games in the South African Premiership as they eased to a seventh domestic league title in succession.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Nigeria\u2019s Chiamaka Nnadozie<\/strong> claimed the Women\u2019s Goalkeeper of the Year award for the second year in a row having had another outstanding season for French side Paris FC, where she was named Premi\u00e8re Ligue Goalkeeper of the Season for 2023-24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n AS FAR and Morocco international forward Sana\u00e2 Mssoudy<\/strong> won the Women\u2019s Interclub Player of the Year having claimed the Best Player award at the 2024 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lamine Camara<\/strong> of Senegal and Monaco was the Men\u2019s Young Player of the Year as the versatile box-to-box midfielder shone for club and country with his dynamic displays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Doha El Madani<\/strong> of AS FAR and Morocco won the Women\u2019s Young Player of the Year as the 19-year-old secured the Golden Boot at the 2024 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League with six goals in five matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Men\u2019s Coach of the Year went to Emerse Fae<\/strong> after he led Cote d\u2019Ivoire from the brink of elimination to the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations title on home soil in one of the great global sports stories of 2024. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Moroccan tactician Lamia Boumehdi<\/strong> was named Women\u2019s Coach of the Year as she led TP Mazembe from the DR Congo to the 2024 CAF Women\u2019s Champions League title with a win over AS FAR in the decider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Cote d\u2019Ivoire\u2019s<\/strong> continental crown saw them named Men\u2019s National Team of the Year, while Nigeria\u2019s<\/strong> Super Falcons were the Women\u2019s National Team of the Year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Al Ahly\u2019s<\/strong> fourth TotalEnergies CAF Champions League win in five years made them worthy winners of Men\u2019s Club of the Year, while TP Mazembe<\/strong> took home the Women\u2019s Club of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Goal of the Year was won by Angola\u2019s Mabululu<\/strong> for his audacious finish against Namibia at the continental finals in Cote d\u2019Ivoire. This was the only award voted for by fans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In line with the commitment of CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe at last year\u2019s event, match officials were also honoured at the 2024 CAF Awards, Mutaz Ibrahim<\/strong> of Libya was named Men\u2019s Referee of the Year, while Morocco\u2019s Bouchra Karboubi<\/strong> was Women\u2019s Referee of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue<\/strong> of Cameroon was awarded Men\u2019s Assistant Referee of the Year and Zambia\u2019s Diana Chikotesha<\/strong> the Women\u2019s Assistant Referee of the Year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Men\u2019s CAF-FIFPRO Africa Best XI <\/strong>for Men and women were also named and honoured the top performers from the continent in each position. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2024 CAF AWARDS WINNERS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF COACH OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF COACH OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF CLUB OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF CLUB OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF REFEREE OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF REFEREE OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR (MEN) CAF ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR (WOMEN) CAF GOAL OF THE YEAR Alwadi\/ Agencies Nigeria forward Ademola Lookman, Zambia striker Barbra Banda and South Africa goalkeeper Ronwen Williams were the big winners at a star-studded 2024 CAF Awards in Marrakech, Morocco on Monday…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1783,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1782"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1786,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1782\/revisions\/1786"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/derawetmedia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ademola-lookman.webp\")
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<\/strong>Ademola Lookman (Nigeria \/ Atalanta)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Barbra Banda (Zambia \/ Orlando Pride)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Ronwen Williams (South Africa \/ Mamelodi Sundowns)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria \/ Paris FC)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Ronwen Williams (South Africa \/ Mamelodi Sundowns)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Sana\u00e2 Mssoudy (Morocco \/ AS FAR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Lamine Camara (Senegal \/ AS Monaco)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Doha El Madani (Morocco \/ AS FAR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Emerse Fae (Cote d\u2019Ivoire)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Lamia Boumehdi (TP Mazembe)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Cote d\u2019Ivoire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Nigeria<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Al Ahly (Egypt)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>TP Mazembe (DR Congo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Mutaz Ibrahim (Libya)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Elvis Guy Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/strong>Mabululu (Angola)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"