The CAF Awards is an awards evening held to honour the best African

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players. It is conferred by the

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(CAF).

History

The CAF Awards was first awarded in the year 2000. It is an award contested by the

and awarded to the best African player in each category. The

African Footballer of the Year The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African association football, footballer each year, has been conferred by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) since 1992. Samuel Eto'o and Yaya Touré have won the award the ...

award is the oldest CAF award, being awarded since 1992 that witnessed

Abedi Pele Abedi Ayew ( ; born 5 November 1964), known professionally as Abedi Pele, is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder and served as captain of the Ghana national team. He is regarded as one of the grea ...

winning the inaugural award.

Current awards

The awards include:

CAF Player of the Year

CAF Female Player of the Year

CAF Youth Player of the Year

CAF Youth Women's Player of the Year

African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

African Women's Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa)

CAF Goalkeeper of the Year

CAF Women's Goalkeeper of the Year

CAF Coach of the Year

CAF Women's Coach of the Year

African Inter-Club Team of the Year

African Women's Inter-Club Team of the Year

African National Team of the Year

The team of the year award was organized by France Football from 1980 to 2004, and by CAF from 2004 onwards. ;Ranking by team

African Women's National Team of the Year

The team of the year award was organized by CAF since 2010.

CAF Legends award

African Goal of the Year

CAF Referee of the Year

CAF Women Referee of the Year

President of the Year

Federation of the Year

CAF Team of the Year

CAF outstanding achievement award

*2023: His Excellency

Macky Sall Macky Sall (, , ; born 11 December 1961) is a Senegalese politician who served as the fourth president of Senegal from 2012 to 2024. He previously served as the eighth Prime Minister of Senegal, prime minister from 2004 to 2007, under President ...

( President of the Republic of Senegal) *2022: His Majesty King

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Platinum Award

*2019: Kodjovi Obilale (former Togolese goalkeeper) *2018: His Excellency

( President of the Republic of Senegal) *2017:

Nana Akufo-Addo William Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo ( ; born 29 March 1944) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the 13th president of Ghana from January 2017 to January 2025. He previously served as Attorney General of Ghana, Attorney General from 2001 to 20 ...

(

President of Ghana The president of the Republic of Ghana is the elected head of state and head of government of Ghana, as well as commander-in-chief of the Ghana Armed Forces. The current president of Ghana is John Mahama, who won the 2024 presidential elect ...

) *2017:

George Weah George Manneh Oppong Weah (born 1 October 1966) is a Liberian politician and former professional Association football, footballer who served as the 25th president of Liberia from 2018 to 2024. Before his election for the presidency, Weah served ...

(President-elect of Liberia and former World, Africa and European Player of the Year) *2016: Son Excellence

Muhammadu Buhari Muhammadu Buhari (born 17 December 1942) is a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023. A retired Nigerian army major general, he was the military head of state of Nigeria from 31 December 1983 to 27 Augu ...

(

President of Nigeria The president of Nigeria, officially the president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is the head of state and head of government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The president directs the executive branch of the Federal Government an ...

)

Defunct awards

The following are no longer awarded.

CAF Most Promising Talent of the Year

African Champions League Best Player

Replaced by African Inter-Club Player of the Year (Based in Africa) since 2005. Previous winners:

Editions

The 2020 and 2021 CAF awards did not take place due to the spread of the

COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December ...

. On 24 October 2024, CAF announced that the 2024 CAF Awards ceremony will take place in

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, Morocco for the second year in a row. In order to show solidarity, a friendly match between African Legends took place.

References

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External links

CAF OnlineA book of an Italian publisher about African football
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