The African Golden Ball is heading to Nigeria! Atalanta Bergamo striker Ademola Lookman won the trophy, ahead of Achraf Hakimi (Morocco, PSG), Ronwen Williams (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns), Simon Adringa (Ivory Coast, Brighton) and Serhou Guirassy (Guinea, Stuttgart/Dortmund).
The Super Eagle, who will perhaps one day be the teammate ofHamzat Ojediran yes Lensois manages to join a play the A selection, succeeds his compatriot Victor Osimhennow a Galatasaray player. Among his predecessors, we find a Lensois, El Hadji Dioufwinner of the trophy twice in a row in 2001 and 2002 for his performances at Lens. Curiosity of the eleven of the year, the goals are occupied by the Cameroonian of Manchester United André Onana while the South African goalkeeper Ronwen Williams appeared unlike him among the 5 nominated for the title of best player and also received the prize of best goalkeeper of the year.
The African eleven of the year 2024:
Onana (Cameroon/Manchester United) – Hakimi (Morocco, PSG), Koulibaly (Senegal, Al Hilal), Mbemba (DR Congo, OM) – Kudus (Ghana, West Ham), Amrabat (Morocco, Fenerbahce), Kessié (Cote d ‘Ivoire, Al Ahli), Bissouma (Ivory Coast, Tottenham) – Lookman (Nigeria, Atalanta), Osimhen (Nigeria, Galatasaray), Salah (Egypt, Liverpool).
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