Nigerians win big at CAF Awards

December 11, 2023 news-admin 0 Comments

Emmanuel Alfred

Nigerians dominated the 2023 CAF awards by carting home the biggest prizes at the event which was hosted in Marrakesh, Morocco, on Monday.

Super Eagles and Napoli forward, Victor Osimhen became the first Nigerian male footballer since Nwankwo Kanu to be named the best male footballer in 24 years while Asisat Oshoala extended her dominance with a record extending sixth award as the best women footballer.

24 year old Osimhen pipped Liverpool and Egypt’s Mohammed Salah and PSG and Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi to the crown.

It crowned a remarkable 2023 year for Osimhen after helping the Partonopei win the Serie A title for the first time in over three decades, scoring 26 league goals and 31 in all competitions to win the Golden Boot and emerge the Serie A Player of the Season.

He also smashed several records, including the longstanding one by Liberia’s President George Weah, to become the African with the most goals in the Italian topflight as well as being ranked 8th Best Player in the world at the 2023 Ballon d’Or.

Barcelona femeni forward, Oshoala won the award in a season she won the treble including the Champions League with the Spanish side while also winning the Pichichi, for being the joint-top scorer in the league with 27 goals.
She also scored once as Nigeria reached the World Cup round of 16 in New Zealand and Australia.

The 29 year old is the first to win the accolades six times and was also nominated for this year’s Ballon d’Or prize.

It wasn’t all as as the Super Falcons of Nigeria were named the women’s best National Team on the continent while Super Falcons goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie took home the inaugural Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award.

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