CAF Awards: All the Historical Winners

As Africa awaits to crown the best Player in Men and Women’s Categories in Marrakech on Monday night, here is the throwback of the previous winners.

The Awards will start at 19h00 local time (18h00 GMT) live on CAF website and CAF TV.

The list includes multiple winners Samuel Eto’o, Asisat Oshoala, Yaya Toure, El Hadji Diouf, Perpetua Nkwocha, Mohamed Salah, Nwankwo Kanu, Abedi Ayew Pele, Noko Matlou and Sadio Mane.

Mane and  Oshoala are the reigning winners of the top prizes.

Women’s Player of the Year

2001 Mercy Akide (Nigeria)

2002 Alberta Sackey (Ghana)

2003 Adjoa Bayor (Ghana)

2004 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2005 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2006 Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria)

2007 Cynthia Uwak (Nigeria)

2008 Noko Matlou (South Africa)

2009 Not awarded

2010 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2011 Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria)

2012 Genoveva Anonmam (Equatorial Guinea)

2013 Not awarded

2014 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2015 Gaëlle Enganamouit (Cameroon)

2016 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2017 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2018 Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa)

2019 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 

2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19

2022 Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)

Men’s Player of the Year 

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)

2001 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)

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