Super Eagles captain, William Troost Ekong and Spain based striker, Ademola Lookman and William Troost Ekong have been nominated for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) men’s player of the year award.
The duo will battle Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea for the most coveted individual prize for male footballers on the continent.
Lookman was the standout performer in Atalanta’s UEFA Europa League triumph last season, netting a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen.
The 27-year-old winger also made an impact for Nigeria, scoring three goals in seven appearances at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
At the 2023 AFCON, Troost-Ekong was named the tournament’s best player, scoring three goals and leading Nigeria to a second-place finish.
It was however a bad year for Nigerian football as the Super Eagles was completely missing in the list of best national teams just as no Nigerian clubs made the list of best inter clubs in the continent
The CAF Awards ceremony will take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16.
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)