Super Eagles captain William Troost Ekong and forward Ademola Lookman have been nominated for the 2024 Confederation of African Football (CAF) men’s player of the year award.
They will slug it out with Achraf Hakimi of Morocco, Simon Adingra of Cote d’Ivoire, and Serhou Guirassy of Guinea for the most coveted individual prize for male footballers on the continent.
Lookman’s nomination followed his performance at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, where he scored three goals as Nigeria reached the final of the tournament and his record-breaking display in the final of the 2024 UEFA Europa League.
The 27-year-old struck a hat-trick to become the first player in history to score thrice in an Europa League final as Atalanta became the first Italian club to win the tournament.
Troost-Ekong, named the 2023 AFCON Player of the tournament, scored three goals in the game.
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)
