2023 CAF Awards: Seven Super Falcons make Women’s Player of the Year shortlist

Seven Super Falcons of Nigeria players have made the shortlist for the 2023 CAF Women’s Player of the Year shortlist. SportsRation reports.

The Confederation of African Football – CAF on Tuesday, November 14 announced nominees for different Women award categories.

For the women’s player of the year, reigning award holder, Asisat Oshoala is joined by six compatriots, Rasheedat Ajibade, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Osinachi Ohale, Christy Ucheibe, Toni Payne and Uchenna Kanu.

29-year-old Oshoala has won the prestigious award in 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022.

2023 CAF WOMEN’S PLAYER OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST

• Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon, Internazionale Milano)
• Evelyn Badu (Ghana, Avaldnes)
• Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi, Paris Saint-Germain)
• Temwa Chawinga (Malawi, Wuhan Jiangda)
• Anissa Lahmari (Morocco, Levante Las Planas)
• Fatima Tagnaout (Morocco, AS FAR)
• Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco, AS FAR)
• Ibtissam Jraidi (Morocco, AS FAR/Al Ahli)
• Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
• Zenatha Coleman (Namibia, Fenerbahce)
• Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Barcelona)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
• Christy Ucheibe (Nigeria, Benfica)
• Osinachi Ohale (Nigeria, Alaves/Pachuca)
• Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria, Atletico Madrid)
• Toni Payne (Nigeria, Sevilla)
• Uchenna Kanu (Nigeria, Tigres/Racing Louisville)
• Ndeye Awa Diakhaté (Senegal, Olympique de Marseille)
• Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Hilda Magaia (South Africa, Sejong Sportstoto)
• Jermaine Seoposenwe (South Africa, Juarez/Monterrey)
• Linda Motlhalo (South Africa, Glasgow City)
• Refiloe Jane (South Africa, Sassuolo)
• Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa, Racing Louisville)
• Afi Sabine Woedikou (Togo, Strasbourg/Nantes)
• Sabrina Ellouzi (Tunisia, Excelsior)
• Fazila Ikwaput (Uganda, Kampala Queens)
• Barbara Banda (Zambia, Shanghai Shengli)
• Grace Chanda (Zambia, Madrid CFFRachael Kundananji (Zambia, Madrid CFF)

Goalkeeper of the Year (Women)

• Ange Bawou (Cameroon, Bayelsa Queens/ BIIK-Shymkent)
• Dolores Hernandez Masongo (Equatorial Guinea, Huracanes)
• Imane Abdelahad (Morocco, SC Casablanca)
• Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco, AS FAR)
• Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria, Paris FC)
• Andile Dlamini (South Africa, Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Kaylin Swart (South Africa, JVW)
• Najiat Abass Idrisa (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
• Catherine Musonda (Zambia, Tomiris Turan)
• Cynthia Shongwe (Zimbabwe, Harare City)

Young Player of the Year 

• Comfort Yeboah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
• Mary Amponsah (Ghana, Ampem Darkoa)
• Nesryne El Chad (Morocco, Lille)
• Deborah Abiodun (Nigeria, Pittsburg Panthers)
• Esther Opeyemi Ajakaye (Nigeria, Delta Queens)
• Oluwatosin Demehin (Nigeria, Stade Reims)
• Hapsatou Malado Diallo (Senegal, USPA/Eibar)
• Thubelihle Shamase (South Africa, University of Johannesburg FC)
• Winifreda Gerald (Tanzania, JKT Queens)
• Fauzia Najjemba (Uganda, Dynamo Moscow)

Coach of the Year (Women)

• Nana Joe Adarkwa (Ampem Darkoa)
• Lovemore Fazili (Malawi)
• Mehdi El Qaichouri (SC Casablanca)
• Mohamed Amine Alioua (AS FAR)
• Reynald Pedros (Morocco)
• Randy Waldrum (Nigeria)
• Mame Moussa Cisse (Senegal)
• Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
• Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
• Esther Chabruma (JKT Queens)

National Team of the Year (Women)

• Burkina Faso
• Burundi
• Ghana
• Malawi
• Morocco
• Nigeria
• Senegal
• South Africa
• Tanzania
• Zambia

The 2023 CAF Awards Gala will be held in Marrakech, Morocco on December 11, 2023.