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Williams nominated for three CAF awards─── MORGAN PIEK 13:50 Fri, 25 Oct 2024
The Bafana Bafana captain and goalkeeper, Ronwen Williams, has been nominated for three accolades in the 2024 CAF Awards.
The Confederation of African Football has announced the men’s nominees for the 2024 awards and South Africa has done well with several nominations and Williams leading the pack.
Williams, who is also in line for a coveted Ballon d'Or, has been shortlisted for the big one, the CAF Men's Player of the Year award. In addition, he is in the running for the Goalkeeper of the Year and the Interclub Player of the Year award.
‘CAF is yet to announce the nominees for the Women’s Football Awards’
Hugo Broos in turn is nominated for the Coach of the Year award, while Bafana Bafana has received a nomination for the National Team of the Year.
At club level, the seven-time consecutive Premier Soccer League champions, Mamelodi Sundowns, are in the running for the Club of the Year accolade.
The CAF Awards will be hosted in Marrakech, Morocco on 16 December. CAF is yet to announce the nominees for the Women’s Football Awards and it is expected that South Africa will do well with these as well.
Hugo Broos. Photo: Morgan Piek
Player of the Year – Amine Gouiri (Algeria/ Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso/ Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast/ Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (the Democratic Republic of Congo/ Olympique Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea/ Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco/ Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco/ Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria/ Atalanta), William Troost Ekong (Nigeria/ Al Kholood), Ronwen Williams (South Africa/ Mamelodi Sundowns)
Goalkeeper of the Year – Oussama Benbot (Algeria/ USM Alger), Andre Onana (Cameroon/ Manchester United), Yahia Fofana (Ivory Coast/ Angers SCO), Lionel Mpasi (Democratic Republic of Congo/ Rodez AF), Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt/ Al Ahly), Djigui Diarra (Mali/ Young Africans), Munir El Kajoui (Morocco/ RS Berkane), Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria/ Chippa United), Ronwen Williams (South Africa/ Mamelodi Sundowns), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia/ Esperance Sportive de Tunis)
Interclub Player of the Year – Oussama Benbot (Algeria/ USM Alger), Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso/ RS Berkane), Ahmed Sayed ‘Zizo’ (Egypt/ Zamalek), Hussein El Shahat (Egypt/ Al Ahly)
Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt/ Al Ahly), Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana/ Dreams FC), John Antwi (Ghana/ Dreams FC), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia/ Esperance Sportive de Tunis), Yassine Merriah (Tunisia/ Esperance Sportive de Tunis), Ronwen Williams (South Africa/ Mamelodi Sundowns)
Coach of the Year – Pedro Goncalves (Angola), Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso), Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast), Sebastien Desabre (Democratic Republic of Congo), Jose Gomes (Zamalek), Marcel Koller (Al Ahly), Chiquinho Conde (Mozambique), Hugo Broos (South Africa), Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal), Kwesi Appiah (Sudan)
National Team of the Year – Angola, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda
Club of the Year – Petro Atletico (Angola), TP Mazembe (Democratic Republic of Congo), Al Ahly (Egypt), Zamalek (Egypt), Dreams FC (Ghana), RS Berkane (Morocco), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Simba (Tanzania), Young Africans (Tanzania), Espérance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)
