The winner of the 2024 CAF Player of the Year in the men’s category is now most likely to go down the wire after the organisers said all five nominees will go to the final as “the voting pattern is too close to call”.
The race is intense, the votes are distributed evenly and we're in for 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝. 👀
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This means that unlike the women’s category, which has a final three-person short list, the men’s award will have five players in the final.
CAF content lead Ibrahim Sannie Daara disclosed today that Ademola Lookman, Achraf Hakimi (Morocco), Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire), Ronwen Williams (South Africa) and Serhou Guirassy (Guinea) will be in a re-run.
“There’s a big tie and that’s why all the nominees will now go to the final,” he said.
For the women’s category, Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, Barbara Banda (Zambia) and Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco) made the final nominees.
The voting for the CAF Awards is done by journalists, national team coaches and captains as well as members of the CAF technical committee.
