Breaking : Victor Osimhen wins African Plyer of the Year Award ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Mikel join him on stage for  coronation as king of African football

Breaking : Victor Osimhen wins African Plyer of the Year Award ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Mikel join him on stage for  coronation as king of African football

 

‘Jay Jay’ Okocha, Mikel hit Morocco for Osimhen coronation as king of African football

CAF Awards

Former Super Eagles captains Austin ‘Jay Jay’ Okocha and Mikel Obi will all be in Marrekesh, Morocco, for the coronation of Victor Osimhen as king of African football for 2023.

 

CAF announced the Eagles stars will join many other African football legends at the awards ceremony tomorrow night in Marrekesh.

 

The stars of yesteryears include Samuel Eto’o, Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Abedi Pele (Ghana), El Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt) and Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria).

 

Some of these stars of the past will today feature in a charity game in honour of victims of a recent earthquake in Morocco.

 

Osimhen is up against Ashraf Hakimi (Morocco & PSG) and Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool) for the men’s CAF Player of the Year, while Asisat Oshoala will battle Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa) and Barbara Banda (Zambia) for the women’s version.

 

According to CAF, this year’s award period under consideration runs from November 2022 to September 2023 for the men’s categories and from December 2022 to November 2023 for the women’s categories.

CAF unveils CAF Awards 2023 nominees for women’s categories

As Africa awaits to crown the best Player in Men and Women’s Categories in Marrakech on Monday night, here is the throwback of the previous winners.

 

The list includes multiple winners Samuel Eto’o, Asisat Oshoala, Yaya Toure, El Hadji Diouf, Perpetua Nkwocha, Mohamed Salah, Nwankwo Kanu, Abedi Ayew Pele, Noko Matlou and Sadio Mane.

 

Mane and Oshoala are the reigning winners of the top prizes.

 

Women’s Player of the Year

 

2001 Mercy Akide (Nigeria)

2002 Alberta Sackey (Ghana)

2003 Adjoa Bayor (Ghana)

2004 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2005 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2006 Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria)

2007 Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria)

2008 Noko Matlou (South Africa)

2009 Not awarded

2010 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2011 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2012 Genoveva Anonmam (Equatorial Guinea)

2013 Not awarded

2014 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2015 Gaëlle Enganamouit (Cameroon)

2016 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2017 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2018 Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa)

2019 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19

2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19

2022 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

Men’s Player of the Year

 

1992 Abedi Ayew Pele (Ghana)

1993 Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)

1994 Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria)

1995 George Weah (Liberia)

1996 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)

1997 Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria)

1998 Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)

1999 Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)

2000 Patrick Mboma (Cameroon)

2001 El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal)

2002 El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)

2003 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)

2004 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)

2005 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)

2006 Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)

2007 Frederic Kanoute (Mali)

2008 Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)

2009 Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)

2010 Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)

2011 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)

2012 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)

2013 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)

2014 Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)

2015 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)

2016 Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)

2017 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

2018 Mohamed Salah (Egypt)

2019 Sadio Mane (Senegal)

2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19

2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19

2022 Sadio Mane (Senegal)