Ademola Lookman won yesterday Ball d’Oro African. A deserved award for the only representative of the continent included in the list of candidates for the Ballon d’Or and for a player who dragged Atalanta to conquer the Europa League by scoring a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen.
The Nigerian beat off competition from Serhou Guirassy and Achraf Hakimi. Nasser Al-Khelaïfi also arrived in Marrakesh in the hope of seeing his player triumph, but the jury preferred to reward the continuity of the Goddess footballer. In Morocco they didn’t take it well: many of Hakimi’s teammates and coach Regragui contested the decision on social media.
Winners of the Caf Awards 2024
Men’s Player of the Year: Ademola Lookman (Nigeria and Atalanta)
Footballer of the Year: Barbra Banda (Zambia and Orlando Pride)
Male Coach of the Year: Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast)
Coach of the Year: Lamia Boumehdi (TP Mazembe)
Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Ronwen Williams (South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns)
Female Goalkeeper of the Year: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria and Paris FC)
Men’s Club of the Year: Al Ahly (Egypt)
Women’s Club of the Year: TP Mazembe (DR Congo)
Young Men’s Player of the Year: Lamine Camara (Senegal and Monaco)
Young Player of the Year: Doha El Madani (Morocco and AS Far)
National men’s team of the year: Ivory Coast
Women’s National Team of the Year: Nigeria
Goal of the Year (voted by fans): Cristovao Mabululu (Angola) – Angola v Namibia (Afcon 2023)
