SUPER Eagles captain William Troost Ekong and forward Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) men’s player of the year award.
They will slug it out with Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea for the most coveted individual prize for male footballers on the continent.
Lookman’s nomination followed his performance at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where he scored three goals as Nigeria reached the final of the tournament and his record-breaking display in the final of the 2024 UEFA Europa League.
The 27-year-old struck a hat-trick to become the first player in history to score thrice in an Europa League final as Atalanta became the first Italian club to win the tournament.
The CAF Awards ceremony will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16.
See the full list below:
Men’s national team of the year
Angola
Burkina Faso
Ivory Coast
DR Congo
Morocco
Mozambique
Nigeria
South Africa
Sudan
Uganda
Men’s Young Player of the Year
Carlos Baleba
Karim Konaté
Oumar Diakite
Yankuba Minteh
Abdul Aziz Issah
Bilal El Khannouss
Eliesse Ben Seghir
El Hadji Malick Diouf
Lamine Camara
Amanallah Memmiche
Men’s Interclub Player of the Year
Oussama Benbot
Issoufou Dayo
Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’
Hussein El Shahat
Mostafa Shobeir
Abdul Aziz Issah
John Antwi
Amanallah Memmiche
Yassine Meriah
Ronwen Williams
Men’s Player of the Year
Ademola Lookman
Amine Gouiri
Achraf Hakimi
Chancel Mbemba
Ronwen Williams
Sehoru Guirassy
Simon Adingra
Soufinane Rahimi
William Troost-Ekoong
Men’s Club of the Year
Petro Luanda
TP Mazembe
Al Ahly
Zamalek
Dreams FC
RS Berkane
Mamelodi Sundowns
Simba SC
Yanga FC
Esperance de Tunis
Coach of the Year
Pedro Gonçalves (Angola)
Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso)
Emerse Faé (Côte d’Ivoire)
José Gomes (Zamalek)
Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
Chiquinho (Mozambique)
Hugo Broos (South Africa)
Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
Kwesi Appiah (Sudan)
