2019 CAF Awards Holds Tonight At 8pm, Meet the African Nominees

Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are favorites to win the CAF Player of the Year award, ahead of Riyad Mahrez.

2019 CAF Awards Holds Tonight At 8pm, Meet the African Nominees
CAF Awards

The Confederation of African Footballers (CAF) Awards 2019 holds tonight at 8pm at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada in Egypt.

It is the 28th edition of the CAF Awards ceremony.

Below are the top three (3) contenders for all the categories (in alphabetical order):

African Player of the Year

Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)



African Women’s Player of the Year

Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga)

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)



African Interclubs Player of the Year

Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)

Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)

Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)



African Youth Player of the Year

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)

Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)

 

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African Men’s Coach of the Year

Aliou Cisse (Senegal - Senegal)

Djamel Belmadi (Algeria - Algeria)

Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia - Esperance)



African Women’s Coach of the Year

Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon)

Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)



African Men’s National Team of the Year

Algeria

Madagascar

Senegal



African Women’s National Team of the Year

Cameroon

Nigeria

South Africa