Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen and Rasheedat Ajibade have been shortlisted for the 2025 Confédération Africaine de Football (CAF) Player of the Year awards scheduled to take place on 19 November at the Mohammed VI Polytechnic University in Rabat, Morocco.
Osimhen would battle for the top award in the men’s category along with Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Achraf Hakimi of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG).
Regarding the Women’s Player of the Year category, Ajibade, who led the Super Falcons to their 10th WAFCON title and also plays for the female team of PSG, joins Morocco’s Ghizlaine Chebbak of Al Hilal and Sanaa Mssoudy of AS FAR as the top three female finalists.
In the category of Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year, Chiamaka Nnadozie, who now plays at Brighton & Hove Albion, would battle for the award alongside Morocco’s Khadija Er-Rmichi and South Africa’s Andile Dlamini.
Bayelsa Queens forward Shakirat Moshood was shortlisted in the category of Women’s Young Player of the Year alongside Morocco’s Doha El Madani and Senegal’s Adji Ndiaye.
Nigeria, Ghana, and Morocco were also shortlisted in the category of Women’s Team of the Year.
The CAF Awards 2025 recognizes individual excellence as well as outstanding achievements across both club and national competitions over the period between 6 January and 15 October 2025.
The world-acknowledged musician Angélique Kidjo and the Moroccan comedian and actor Oualass are the presenters for the event.
