There are five players in the running to succeed Victor Osimhen on the 2024 African Player of the Year list: Achrak Hakimi, Serhou Guirassy, Simon Adingra, Ademola Lookman and Ronwen Williams. Ligue 1 players can shine in other categories.
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Achraf Hakimi won the bronze medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. | PHOTO : LUIS GONZALEZ / REUTERS
On December 16 in Marrakech (Morocco), it will be a first. Without Victor Osimhen, Sadio Mané and Mohamed Salah, the last three winners of the prize, the one who will be elected best African footballer of the 2024 season will write a new line in his personal record. The list of five selected players is salivating. We find there: the Ivorian Simon Adingra (Brighton), the Guinean Serhou Guirassy (Dortmund), the Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (PSG), the Nigerian Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) and the South African Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns).
An Angevin soon to be rewarded?
But the evening will also give pride of place to Ligue 1 players since four other players from the French championship are in the running for two other prizes. Thus, the Monegasques Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco) and Lamine Camara (Senegal), in addition to Rémois Oumar Diakité (Ivory Coast) will compete to become the best young African player of the year.
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The architect of Angers Sco’s comeback in Ligue 1 and the last Ivorian bulwark during the Elephants’ coronation at the Can last winter, Yahia Fofana was named in the best goalkeepers of the season. But will face, in particular, André Onana (Manchester United).
