FULL LIST: Osimhen, Nwabali nominated for 2025 CAF awards

Super Eagles of Nigeria striker Victor Osimhen and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali have been nominated for the 2025 CAF men’s player of the year and goalkeeper of the year, respectively.

According to the list of nominees released by CAF on Wednesday, Osimhen, who won the award in 2023, will compete against Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) defender Achraf Hakimi, Senegal and Everton midfielder Iliman Ndiaye, among six other contenders.

Nwabali also earned a nomination for the Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year award following his impressive performances for Nigeria.

He will vie for the award alongside Andre Onana of Cameroon, Morocco’s Yassine Bounou, and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams.

Flying Eagles captain Daniel Bameyi was also shortlisted for the men’s young player of the year.

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Super Falcons’ duo, Rasheedat Ajibade and Esther Okoronkwo, were last week nominated for the CAF women’s best player award.

See the full list of nominees below:

MEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Andre Frank Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon/Napoli)

Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt/Liverpool)

Denis Bouanga (Gabon/Los Angeles FC)

Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/Borussia Dortmund)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/Paris Saint-Germain)

Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco/RS Berkane)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria/Galatasaray)

Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal/Everton)

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal/Tottenham Hotspur)

MEN’S GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR

Andre Onana (Cameroon/Trabzonspor)

Vozinha (Cape Verde/Chaves)

Ahmed El Shenawy (Egypt/Pyramids)

Munir Mohamedi (Morocco/RS Berkane)

Yassine Bonou (Morocco/Al Hilal)

Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria/Chippa United)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal/Al Ahli)

Marc Diouf (Senegal/Tengueth)

Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)

Aymen Dahmen (Tunisia/CS Sfaxien)

MEN’S INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Ismael Belkacemi (Algeria/Al Ahli Tripoli)

Blati Toure (Burkina Faso/Pyramids FC)

Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso/RS Berkane)

Fiston Mayele (DR Congo/Pyramids)

Ahmed Samy (Egypt/Pyramids)

Emam Ashour (Egypt/Al Ahly)

Ibrahim Adel (Egypt/Pyramids)

Mohamed Hrimat (Morocco/AS FAR)

Mohamed Chibi (Morocco/Pyramids)

Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco/RS Berkane)

Shomari Kapombe (Tanzania/Simba)

MEN’S COACH OF THE YEAR

Bubista (Cape Verde)

Hossam Hassan (Egypt)

Krunoslav Jurcic (Pyramids)

Sami Trabelsi (Tunisia)

Romuald Rakotondrabe (Madagascar CHAN)

Moine Chaabani (RS Berkane)

Tarik Sektioui (Morocco CHAN)

Mohamed Ouahbi (Morocco U-20)

Walid Regragui (Morocco)

Pape Thiaw (Senegal)

MEN’S YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Asharaf Tapsoba (Burkina Faso/Real du Faso)

Alynho Haidara (Cote d’Ivoire/ Mainz 05 Jacqueville)

Noah Sadiki (DR Congo/Sunderland)

Abdellah Ouazane (Morocco/Ajax)

Houssam Essadak (Morocco/US Touarga)

Othmane Maamma (Morocco/Watford)

Daniel Bameyi (Nigeria/Primorje)

Momoh Kamara (Sierra Leone/Minnesota United)

Mbekezeli Mbokazi (South Africa/Orlando Pirates)

Tylon Smith (South Africa/Queens Park Rangers)

MEN’S NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR

Algeria

Cape Verde

Cote d’Ivoire

Egypt

Ghana

Morocco U-20

Morocco

Senegal

South Africa

Tunisia

MEN’S CLUB OF THE YEAR

CR Belouizdad (Algeria)

CS Constantine (Algeria)

ASEC Mimosas (Cote d’Ivoire)

Pyramids (Egypt)

RS Berkane (Morocco)

Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

Stellenbosch (South Africa)

Al Hilal (Sudan)

Simba (Tanzania)

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