Ademola Lookman and Barbra Banda received massive at CAF Awards bagging the Males and Feminine Participant of the Yr respectively in a ceremony held in Morocco on Monday night.
Having received the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League with glorious performances for Atalanta and Nigeria Nationwide Staff, Tremendous Eagles’ Ademola Lookman Olajade Alade Aylola Lookman was named the Males’s CAF Participant of the Yr 2024.
Lookman together with his Accolade.
The 27 yr outdated beat off competitors from 2023 Younger AFCON winner Simon Adingra, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy, and South Africa’s Ronwen Williams.
Nonetheless only a few individuals would ask why he received the Awards after watching the 2023/24 UEFA Europa League Closing this yr towards Bayer Leverkusen the place he netted a hattrick.
Lookman together with his 2023/24 UEFA Europa Cup Closing trophy and ball plus medal.
Lookman remains to be at present the driving pressure behind Atalanta’s constant exhibiting within the 2024/25 season.
Head Coach Gian Paolo Gasperini was a knack for bringing out one of the best in his attackers, and Lookman has repaid that religion with 8 objectives and 4 assists in 13 Serie A appearances to this point.
It’s secure to say that the diminutive ahead has been a nightmare for defenders throughout Italy.
What units Lookman aside was his means to attain quite a lot of objectives.
Whether or not it’s a poached end within the 6-yard field, a long-range screamer, or a coolly transformed penalty underneath strain, he persistently delivers within the essential moments.
His performances have propelled Atalanta into the highest spot of Serie A, making them critical contenders for the Scudetto.
On nation degree, Lookman helped Nigeria attain the ultimate of the Africa Cup Nations scoring 3 objectives.
Lookman celebrating objective in Nigeria colors.
With all these achievements had been so essential and helped him win the Awards and thus being named within the AFCON XI.
Males’s FIFPRO CAF Greatest XI
Andre Onana (GK), Achraf Hakimi, Kalidou Koulibaly, Chancel Mbemba, Mohammed Kudus, Sofyan Amrabat, Franck Kessie, Yves Bissouma, Mohamed Salah, Victor Osimhen, Ademola Lookman.
Within the ladies class, Zambia’s Barbra Banda picked up the ladies’s award turning into the primary ladies from her nation to win the prize.
Banda within the center together with her accolade.
Banda scored 4 objectives for Zambia on the 2024 Paris Olympics, together with a hat-trick in a group-stage loss to Australia.
Banda in Zambia colors.
The striker scored 13 common season objectives and 4 in play-offs for American group, Orlando Pleasure, serving to it to win the US Nationwide Ladies’s Soccer League for the primary time.
Barbra Banda (22) lifting the trophy together with her Orlando Pleasure teammates.
Ladies’s FIFPRO CAF Greatest XI
Andile Dlamini (GK),Michelle Alozie, Karabo Dhlamini, Osinachi Ohale, Lebohang Ramalepe, Linda Motlhalo, Rasheedat Ajibade, Ghizlane Chebbak, Barbra Banda, Asisat Oshoala, Tabitha Chawinga.
The Full listing of winners on the evening;
CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
- Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta)
CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Barbra Banda (Zambia / Orlando Pleasure)
CAF GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
Ronwen Williams after profitable his finest CAF objective keeper of the yr.
CAF GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Paris FC)
CAF INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
- Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)
CAF INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Sanaâ Mssoudy (Morocco / AS FAR)
CAF YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
- Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco)
CAF YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Doha El Madani (Morocco / AS FAR)
CAF COACH OF THE YEAR (MEN)
- Emerse Fae (Cote d’Ivoire)
CAF COACH OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Lamia Boumehdi (TP Mazembe)
CAF NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (MEN)
CAF NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
CAF CLUB OF THE YEAR (MEN)
CAF CLUB OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
CAF REFEREE OF THE YEAR (MEN)
CAF REFEREE OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Bouchra Karboubi (Morocco)
CAF ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR (MEN)
- Elvis Man Noupue Nguegoue (Cameroon)
CAF ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
- Diana Chikotesha (Zambia)
CAF GOAL OF THE YEAR
