Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala, who plays for Barcelona’s female team, has won the African Women’s Player Of The Year award.
Ikorodu – born Asisat with her fourth continental award in Hurghada, Egypt, Tuesday night, equaled former Falcons Striker Perpetual Nkwocha’s African Women’s Players of the year award.
She picked the award ahead of Ajara Nchout of Cameroon and Thembi Kgatlana of South Africa.
In 2019, Oshoala made headlines for Barcelona Femení and became the first African to score in the UEFA Women’s Champions League final.
She also scored a goal at the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup to help Nigeria reach the knockout stages of the tournament.
Full list of 2019 CAF Awards winners and winners:
Women’s Player of the Year: Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
Nominees: 1. Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga) 2. Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) 3. Gabrielle Ouguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moscow) 4. Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning) 5. Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)
African Interclubs Player of the Year: Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)
Nominees: 1. Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance) 2. Kodjo Fo Doh Laba (Togo & RS Berkane / Al Ain) 3. Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance) 4. Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek) 5. Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)
African Youth Player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
Nominees: 1. Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund) 2. Krépin Diatta (Senegal & Club Brugge) 3. Moussa Djenepo (Mali & Southampton) 4. Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal) 5. Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)
African Women’s National Team of the Year: Cameroon
Nominees: 1. Cameroon 2. Côte d’Ivoire 3. Nigeria 4. South Africa 5. Zambia African Men’s National Team of the Year: Algeria Nominees: 1. Algeria 2. Madagascar 3. Nigeria 4. Senegal 5. Tunisia
Best African Goal of the Year: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
FIFPro Africa’s Best 11: Andre Onana; Serge Aurier, Joel Matip, Kalidou Koulibaly, Achraf Hakimi; Idrissa Gana Gueye, Riyad Mahrez, Hakim Ziyech; Mohamed Salah, Pierre Emerick Aubameyang, Sadio Mane*
African Women’s Coach of the Year: Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Nominees: 1. Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon) 2. Bruce Mwape (Zambia) 3. Clementine Toure (Côte d’Ivoire) 4. Desiree Ellis (South Africa) 5. Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)
Men African Coach of the Year: Djamel Belmadi (Algeria)
Nominees: 1. Aliou Cisse (Senegal – Senegal) 2. Christian Gross (Switzerland – Zamalek) 3. Djamel Belmadi (Algeria – Algeria) 4. Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia – Esperance) 5. Nicolas Dupuis (France – Madagascar)
African Women’s Player of the Year: Asisat Oshoala
Nominees: 1. Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga) 2. Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) 3. Gabrielle Ouguene (Cameroon & CSKA Moscow) 4. Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi & Jiangsu Suning) 5. Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC).
Player of the Year: Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
Nominees: 1. André Onana (Cameroon & Ajax) 2. Hakim Ziyech (Morocco & Ajax) 3. Ismail Bennacer (Algeria & AC Milan) 4. Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli) 5. Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool) 6. Odion Ighalo (Nigeria & Shanghai Shenhua) 7. Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal) 8. Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City) 9. Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool) 10. Youcef Belaili (Algeria & Ahli Jeddah)
