African Player of the Year award winners: All-time list of male and female soccer stars to win CAF prize

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will crown the men’s and women’s African Player of the Year for 2024 on Monday, December 16.

The shortlist for the men’s prize caused controversy when it was unveiled in October, with Liverpool superstar Mohamed Salah and Bayer Leverkusen forward Victor Boniface each missing out on a nomination.

Despite excelling for their clubs, Salah and Boniface failed to make an impression at the Africa Cup of Nations at the start of the year. Boniface missed out on Nigeria’s run to the final through injury, while Salah suffered a hamstring setback before Egypt bowed out in the Round of 16.

Brighton & Hove Albion’s Simon Adingra is nominated after setting up both goals in the Ivory Coast’s final victory, while Nigeria winger and Ballon d’Or nominee Ademola Lookman is also in the running. It remains to be seen how much Lookman’s Europa League final hat-trick for Atalanta will influence proceedings given the circumstances of Salah and Boniface’s omissions.

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Salah is a two-time winner of the prize, while Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala is a record six-time winner of the women’s award. The former Barcelona star,…