Super Eagles captain William Troost-Ekong and forward Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Men’s Player of the Year award.
They will compete for this prestigious honour against Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Cote d’Ivoire’s Simon Adingra, and Guinea’s Serhou Guirassy.
Lookman’s nomination is in recognition of his impressive performance at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where he netted three goals as Nigeria reached the tournament final, along with his historic feat in the 2024 UEFA Europa League final. The 27-year-old made history with a hat-trick, becoming the first player to score three times in a Europa League final, helping Atalanta secure the trophy as the first Italian club to win the tournament.
Troost-Ekong, who was named the 2023 AFCON Player of the Tournament, also scored three goals during the competition.
The CAF Awards ceremony is scheduled to take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16.
See the full list below:
FULL LIST OF NOMINATIONS FOR 2024 CAF AWARD
Men’s national team of the year
- Angola
- Burkina Faso
- Ivory Coast
- DR Congo
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Uganda
Men’s Young Player of the Year
- Carlos Baleba
- Karim Konaté
- Oumar Diakite
- Yankuba Minteh
- Abdul Aziz Issah
- Bilal El Khannouss
- Eliesse Ben Seghir
- El Hadji Malick Diouf
- Lamine Camara
- Amanallah Memmiche
Men’s Interclub Player of the Year
- Oussama Benbot
- Issoufou Dayo
- Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’
- Hussein El Shahat
- Mostafa Shobeir
- Abdul Aziz Issah
- John Antwi
- Amanallah Memmiche
- Yassine Meriah
- Ronwen Williams
Men’s Player of the Year
- Ademola Lookman
- Amine Gouiri
- Achraf Hakimi
- Chancel Mbemba
- Ronwen Williams
- Sehoru Guirassy
- Simon Adingra
- Soufinane Rahimi
- William Troost-Ekoong
Men’s Club of the Year
- Petro Luanda
- TP Mazembe
- Al Ahly
- Zamalek
- Dreams FC
- RS Berkane
- Mamelodi Sundowns
- Simba SC
- Yanga
- Esperance de Tunis
Coach of the Year
- Pedro Gonçalves (Angola)
- Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso)
- Emerse Faé (Côte d’Ivoire)
- José Gomes (Zamalek)
- Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
- Chiquinho (Mozambique)
- Hugo Broos (South Africa)
- Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal)
- Kwesi Appiah (Sudan)