Hakimi, Osimhen, Salah Dey Final Three For CAF African Player Of Di Year

Moroccan Achraf Hakimi, Nigerian Victor Osimhen and Egyptian Mohamed Salah dey di final shortlist for 2025 African Men’s Player of di Year award, na di Confederation of African Football (CAF) announce am on Sunday. For di women side, Moroccans Ghizlane Chebbak and Sanaa Mssoudy plus Nigerian Rasheedat Ajibade dey di race for African Women’s Player of di Year. Hakimi, wey dey injured currently, help Paris Saint-Germain win UEFA Champions League for di first time and dem come finish runners-up to Chelsea for di expanded Club World Cup final. If e fit, di 27-year-old go lead hosts Morocco for Africa Cup of Nations wey go start December 21, as dem dey try win di trophy for di first time since 1976. Salah, wey don win di African award twice, don dey struggle lately after e help Liverpool win Premier League record-equalling 20th time last season and e still collect 2024-25 Premier League Golden Boot with 29 goals, six goals pass Alexander Isak wey don move from Newcastle United go Liverpool. Osimhen wey dey Galatasaray don dey perform well for club and country, but some of him feats no go count as deadline for di judges na October 15, wey mean say him Champions League hat-trick against Ajax and two goals for 2026 World Cup play-off win over Gabon no go count.

For di women category, Paris Saint-Germain star Ajibade dey di top after she win Best Player for Africa Women’s Cup of Nations this year as Nigeria come from two goals behind beat hosts Morocco 3-2 for di final. Saudi Arabia-based Chebbak, wey be daughter of former Moroccan star Larbi Chebbak, finish as di leading scorer with five goals. Another Moroccan forward, Sanaa Mssoudy, don help Rabat club FAR become one of di strongest for Africa as dem win CAF Women’s Champions League three years ago and reach 2025 semi-finals this weekend. Di annual African men and women awards ceremony go hold for Moroccan capital Rabat on Wednesday. CAF technical and development committee members, coaches, former stars plus selected media representatives na dem select di nominees.