Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala win top CAF awards

Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Asisat Oshoala have been named CAF African Player of the Year and CAF African Women’s Player of the Year.

The 2023 CAF Awards ceremony took place in Morocco on Monday.

Napoli’s Osimhen won the men’s award ahead of Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi and Liverpool striker Mohammed Salah.

Oshoala, who plays for Barcelona, has now won the award for the sixth time.

In other awards, Morocco’s Walid Regragui was named CAF Best Coach of the Year while South Africa’s Desiree Ellis received the Best Coach award in the women’s category.

Full list of all the award winners:

Player of the Year (Men): Victor Osimhen (Nigeria, Napoli)

Player of the Year (Women): Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Barcelona)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men): Percy Tau (South Africa, Al Ahly)

Interclub Player of the Year (Women): Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR)

Coach of the Year (Men): Walid Regragui (Morocco)

Coach of the Year (Women): Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

Goalkeeper of the Year (Men): Yassine Bounou (Morocco, Al Hilal)

Goalkeeper of the Year (Women): Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)

Young Player of the Year (Men): Lamine Camara (Senegal, Metz)

Young Player of the Year (Women): Nesryne El Chad (Morocco, Lille)

National Team of the Year (Men): Morocco

National Team of the Year (Women): Nigeria

Club of the Year (Men): Al Ahly (Egypt)

Club of the Year (Women): Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)