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Caf unveils women nominees for Caf Awards 2023

10 players have been nominated for the first-ever Caf Women’s Goalkeeper award.

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by EVANS OUSURU

Football14 November 2023 - 15:58
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In Summary


  • The finalists of the ongoing Caf Women’s Champions League Cote d’Ivoire 2023 have each been rewarded with a place in the Club of the Year category.
  • The winner will be announced in the Awards Gala and is to be graced by the creme de la creme of African football on 11 December 11 in Marrakech, Morocco.
Barcelona's Asisat Oshoala speaks during a past interview with Reuters at Johan Cruyff stadium in Barcelona.

The Confederation of African Football Caf has unveiled the preliminary nominees for the various women’s categories for the  Awards 2023.

A distinguished panel made up of Caf technical experts, legends, and selected media representatives decided on the nominees, taking into consideration their performances at all levels from December 2022 to November 2023.

Just as in the men’s category, the best women’s goalkeeper will be rewarded for the first time to celebrate the heroic efforts of the shot-stoppers. Ten players have been nominated for the first-ever Caf Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award.

In the other categories, 30 players will vie for the prestigious Player of the Year, which Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala claimed for a record fifth time during the last Awards Gala in July 2022 in Rabat, Morocco

Ten nominees each have been penciled in for the Interclub Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, National Team of the Year, and Young Player of the Year, limited to players not more than 21 years.

The finalists of the ongoing Caf Women’s Champions League Cote d’Ivoire 2023 have each been rewarded with a place in the Club of the Year category.

The winner will be announced in the Awards Gala and is to be graced by the creme de la creme of African football on 11 December 11 in Marrakech, Morocco.

Player of the Year 

  1. Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon, Internazionale Milano)
  2. Evelyn Badu (Ghana, Avaldnes)
  3. Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi, Paris Saint-Germain)
  4. Temwa Chawinga (Malawi, Wuhan Jiangda)
  5. Anissa Lahmari (Morocco, Levante Las Planas)
  6. Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR)
  7. Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR)
  8. Ibtissam Jraidi (Morocco, AS FAR/Al Ahli)
  9. Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
  10. Zenatha Coleman (Namibia, Fenerbahce)
  11. Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Barcelona)
  12. Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
  13. Christy Ucheibe (Nigeria, Benfica)
  14. Osinachi Ohale (Nigeria, Alaves/Pachuca)
  15. Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria, Atletico Madrid)
  16. Toni Payne (Nigeria, Sevilla)
  17. Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria, Tigres/Racing Louisville)
  18. Ndeye Awa Diakhaté (Senegal, Olympique de Marseille)
  19. Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
  20. Hilda Magaia (South Africa, Sejong Sportstoto)
  21. Jermaine Seoposenwe (South Africa, Juarez/Monterrey)
  22. Linda Motlhalo (South Africa, Glasgow City)
  23. Refiloe Jane (South Africa, Sassuolo)
  24. Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa, Racing Louisville)
  25. Afi Sabine Woedikou (Togo, Strasbourg/Nantes)
  26. Sabrina Ellouzi (Tunisia, Excelsior)
  27. Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda, Kampala Queens)
  28. Barbara Banda (Zambia, Shanghai Shengli)
  29. Grace Chanda (Zambia, Madrid CFF)
  30. Rachael Kundananji (Zambia, Madrid CFF)

Goalkeeper of the Year 

  1. Ange Bawou (Cameroon, Bayelsa Queens/ BIIK-Shymkent)
  2. Dolores Hernandez Masongo (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes)
  3. Imane Abdelahad (Morocco, SC Casablanca)
  4. Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
  5. Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
  6. Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
  7. Kaylin Swart (South Africa, JVW)
  8. Najiat Abass Idrisa (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
  9. Catherine Musonda (Zambia, Tomiris Turan)
  10. Cynthia Shongwe (Zimbabwe, Harare City)

Young Player of the Year (not more than 21 years)

  1. Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
  2. Mary Amponsah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
  3. Nesryne El Chad (Morocco, Lille)
  4. Deborah Abiodun (Nigeria, Pittsburg Panthers)
  5. Esther Opeyemi Ajakaye (Nigeria, Delta Queens)
  6. Oluwatosin Demehin (Nigeria, Stade Reims)
  7. Hapsatou Malado Diallo (Senegal, USPA/Eibar)
  8. Thubelihle Shamase (South Africa, University of Johannesburg FC)
  9. Winifreda Gerald (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
  10. Fauzia Najjemba (Uganda, Dynamo Moscow)
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