The Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony took place on Monday evening, in Morocco, celebrated the best of African football. Ronwen Williams had a particularly successful night, securing two awards early on.
Williams was recognized as the CAF Men’s Interclub Player of the Year for his outstanding performances with Bafana Bafana (South Africa’s national team) and Mamelodi Sundowns. He triumphed over strong competition from Hussein El Shahat of Al Ahly and Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ of Zamalek. Adding to his accolades, Williams also received the CAF Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Despite these individual successes, both Bafana Bafana and Banyana Banyana (the South African women’s national team) missed out on the National Team of the Year awards, which went to Ivory Coast (men’s) and Nigeria (women’s). In the Club of the Year categories, Al Ahly (Egypt) won the men’s award, while TP Mazembe (DR Congo) took the women’s prize.
However, the night’s top honor, the CAF African Men’s Footballer of the Year, went to Ademola Lookman. His impressive performances for Atalanta and Nigeria in 2024 earned him this prestigious award, meaning Williams missed out on the biggest individual prize despite his two earlier wins.
Here is a complete list of the 2024 CAF award winners:
Men’s Awards:
African Men’s Footballer of the Year: Ademola Lookman (Nigeria/Atalanta)
Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)
Men’s Interclub Player of the Year: Ronwen Williams (South Africa/Mamelodi Sundowns)
Men’s Young Player of the Year: Lamine Camara (Senegal/AS Monaco)
Men’s Coach of the Year: Emerse Faé (Côte d’Ivoire)
Men’s National Team of the Year: Ivory Coast
Men’s Club of the Year: Al Ahly (Egypt)
Women’s Awards:
Women’s Player of the Year: Barbra Banda (Zambia)
Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria/Paris FC)
Women’s Interclub Player of the Year: Sanaa Masoudy (Morocco/ASFAR)
Women’s Young Player of the Year: Doha El Madani (Morocco/ASFAR)
Women’s Coach of the Year: Lamia Boumehdi (Morocco/TP Mazembe)
Women’s National Team of the Year: Nigeria
Women’s Club of the Year: TP Mazembe (DR Congo)