While there are many awards presented at the ceremony, the one which garners the most attention is African Player of the Year, which has long been one of the most coveted trophies in all of football.

Ademola Lookman’s 2024 CAF African soccer player of the year award shot him into legendary status on the continent two months after he took 14th position at the 2024 Ballon d’Or award in Paris ...

With the new year well underway, ESPN profile eight African players who appear primed to write the continent's biggest footballing stories in 2025. Whether as breakout stars, headline makers ...

A new era of Nigerian excellence seems to have ignited the African football scene. Ademola Lookman’s triumph as the 2024 CAF Player of the Year, hot on the heels of Victor Osimhen’s victory in ...

A Leeds legend, Lucas Radebe is the best South African player of all time, having excelled during his nine-year spell in England, eventually hanging up his boots in 2005 after making 200 ...

Salah, Liverpool team-mate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang of Borussia Dortmund and Gabon are the main contenders for the highest African individual football honor.

The absence of several high-profile African players from the Player of the Year shortlist has raised eyebrows. Notably absent are Mohamed Salah of Liverpool and Egypt, Sadio Mané of Al-Nassr and ...

Image: Nigeria's Ademola Lookman was named 2024 African Player of the Year on Monday at the Confederation of African Football Awards in Marrakech Ademola Lookman was named 2024 African Player of ...

Nigerian forward Ademola Lookman, who plays for Atalanta, was awarded Africa's Best Player of the Year 2024. This award, presented by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), recognizes his ...

MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) — Nigeria winger Ademola Lookman and Zambia striker Barbra Banda won the men’s and women’s African player of the year awards on Monday night. “Four years ago my ...

Atalanta striker Ademola Lookman is full of pride after being named African Player of the Year. Lookman won the Ballon d'Or on Monday. He said, "I have to say thank you to all the presidents ...