Nigerian striker Ademola Lookman, who plays for the Italian club Atalanta Bergamo, was elected African Ballon d’Or 2024 this Monday evening at the Palais des Congrès in Marrakech (Morocco). Find the complete list.
African Golden Ball
Ademola Lookman (Nigeria)
Ademola Lookman won the Europa League in May by scoring a hat-trick against Bayer Leverkusen in the final (3-0), the first European title in the history of the Italian club.
He was also a finalist in the Italian Cup and the 2024 UEFA Super Cup. His club is currently top of the Italian league and remains on a 10-game winning streak.
The 27-year-old also took his team to the final of the last African Cup of Nations (CAN), scoring two goals in the round of 16 against Cameroon (2-0) and a goal in the quarter-final. against Angola (1-0).
Best African Player of the Year
Barbra Banda (Zambia)
The title of best player in Africa went to Zambian striker Barbra Banda, 24, who plays for the American club Pride in Orlando.
The captain of the Zambia team was excluded from the women’s CAN in 2022 due to “checks on her gender” but was present at the Women’s World Cup in 2023 and at the Paris Olympic Games in 2024.
African Coach of the Year
Emerse Faé (Ivory Coast)
Ivorian coach Emerse Faé won the title of African coach of the year after achieving the feat of lifting the Ivory Coast Elephants to the roof of Africa by winning the CAN 2024.
African Coach of the Year
Lamia Boumehdi (TP Mazembe)
African Goalkeeper of the Year
Ronwen Williams (South Africa)
African Goalkeeper of the Year
Chiamaka Nandozi (Nigeria)
African Interclub Player of the Year
Ronwen Williams (South Africa)
African Interclub Player of the Year
Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco)
African Men’s Club of the Year
Al Ahly (Egypt)
African Women’s Club of the Year
TP Mazembé (DR Congo)
African national male selection of the year
Ivory Coast
National African Women’s Selection of the Year
Nigeria
Best African male hopeful of the year
Lamine Camara (Senegal)
Best African female hopeful of the year
Doha El Madani (Maroc)
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