The 2023 CAF award ceremony wey people don dey wait for since January don finally shele for Movenpick Hotel wey dey for Marrakech, Morocco last night wey be 11 December 2023.
The award ceremony make Nigerians happy because na their pikin win am and e don reach 24 years wey Nigerian male player win African player of the year award.
CAF men’s player of the year award na di award wey dem dey give any African male footballer wey do well for hin club/country for previous season.
Victor Osimhen bin win di award ahead of Achraf Hakimi and Mohammed Salah and na hin first time wey e go such award for hin career.
Sadio Mane wey win di last two editions no make di final three finalists this year edition although dem bin nominate but e no make di final three finalists.
Since dem start dey give this CAF men’s player of the year award nobody don win am pass five times na only Samuel Eto and Yaya Toure don win four each.
See the names of people wey don win CAF men’s player of the year since 1992:
1992: Abedi Ayew Pele (Ghana)
1993: Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria)
1994: Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria)
1995 :George Weah (Liberia)
1996: Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
1997: Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria)
1998: Mustapha Hadji (Morocco)
1999: Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria)
2000: Patrick Mboma (Cameroon)
2000: El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
2002: El Hadji Diouf (Senegal)
2003: Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2004: Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2005: Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2006: Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)
2007: Frederic Kanoute (Mali)
2008: Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo)
2009: Didier Drogba (Côte d’Ivoire)
2010: Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon)
2011: Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2012: Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2013: Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2014: Yaya Toure (Côte d’Ivoire)
2015: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon)
2016: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria)
2017: Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
2018: Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
2019: Sadio Mane (Senegal)
2020: Not awarded due to COVID-19
2021: Not awarded due to COVID-19
2022: Sadio Mane (Senegal)
2023: Victor Osimhen ( Nigeria)
Nigeria and Côte d’Ivoire get di highest awards for this list, Nigeria players don win am six times while Ivory coast players win am six times also.
