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2025 CAF Awards: Full List of All Winners
Full list of 2025 CAF awards as Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi has been crowned the 2025 African Footballer of the Year…
- Full list of 2025 CAF awards as Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi has been crowned the 2025 African Footballer of the Year, while Nigeria celebrated big wins with Chiamaka Nnadozie and Rasheedat Ajibade clinching top honours.
Moroccan international Achraf Hakimi has won the CAF 2025 African Footballer of the Year award after an outstanding season for both club and country.
The 27-year-old beat Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen to the prestigious honour, solidifying his place among Africa’s elite football stars.
In other major wins, Nigeria and Brighton goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie clinched the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award for the third consecutive time, while Rasheedat Ajibade of Nigeria was named African Women’s Player of the Year. Morocco’s Ghizlaine Chebbak finished as runner-up.
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Full List of CAF Award Winners
Men’s Categories
- African Player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / PSG) – Winner
2nd: Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)
3rd: Victor Osimhen (Nigeria / Galatasaray) - Goalkeeper of the Year: Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Al Hilal) – Winner
Other nominees: Munir Mohamedi (Morocco / RS Berkane), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns) - Interclub Player of the Year: Fiston Mayele (DR Congo / Pyramids) – Winner
- Men’s Coach of the Year: Bubista (Cape Verde) – Winner
- Young African Player of the Year: Othmane Maamma (Morocco / Watford) – Winner
- Men’s National Team of the Year: Morocco U-20 – Winner
- Men’s Club of the Year: Pyramids FC – Winner
Women’s Categories
- African Women’s Player of the Year: Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria / PSG) – Winner
Other nominees: Ghizlaine Chebbak (Morocco / Al Hilal), Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco / AS FAR) - African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Brighton) – Winner
- Young African Women’s Player of the Year: Doha El Madani (Morocco / AS FAR) – Winner
- Women’s National Team of the Year: Nigeria – Winner
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