{"id":49141,"date":"2023-12-12T16:55:35","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T16:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/?p=49141"},"modified":"2023-12-12T15:18:41","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T15:18:41","slug":"top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight","title":{"rendered":"TOP AFRICAN LEGENDS LIGHTUP CAF AWARDS TONIGHT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. <\/strong><\/span><b>Gambia among best three Africa teams at the awards<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Caf awards 2023, one of the most eagerly awaited events on the African football calendar, takes place on Monday 11 December in Marrakech, Morocco.<\/p>\n<p>With hours to go before the prestigious ceremony, yesterday Caf announced the presence of several renowned guests who will join the nominees in celebrating the excellence and remarkable achievements of African football.<\/p>\n<p>Among the prestigious guests who have confirmed their presence are football legends, music and art celebrities and prestigious names from other sporting disciplines, including Samuel Eto\u2019o (Cameroon), Abedi Pele (Ghana), El Hadji Diouf (Senegal), Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt), Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Mikel Obi (Nigeria), among others.<\/p>\n<p>These renowned personalities will bring an aura of grandeur to the event and help make this edition of the Caf awards even more memorable.<\/p>\n<p>On the sidelines of the event, a charity football was held at Marrakech Stadium yesterday Sunday, to honour earthquake victims.<\/p>\n<p>The Caf awards are a special opportunity to recognise and reward outstanding performances by African players, coaches, teams and clubs over a given period. The Gambia national team The Gallant Scorpions is listed among the three best teams at the awards.<\/p>\n<p>This year, the period under consideration runs from November 2022 to September 2023 for the men\u2019s categories and from December 2022 to November 2023 for the women\u2019s categories.<\/p>\n<p><b>Full List of Legends <\/b><br \/>\n<b>LEGENDS COUNTRY<\/b><\/p>\n<p>El Hadji Diouf Senegal<\/p>\n<p>Samuel Eto\u2019o Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Manuel Jose Luis Bucuane Mozambique<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Adebayor Togo<\/p>\n<p>Gaelle Enganamouit Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Geremi Njitap Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Janine van Wyk South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Pascal Feindouno Guinea<\/p>\n<p>Herita Ilunga DR Congo<\/p>\n<p>Charles Kabore Burkina Faso<\/p>\n<p>Thomas N\u2019Kono Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Abedi Pele Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Alberta Sackey Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Augustine Jay-Jay Okocha Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Clementine Toure Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire<\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Amunike Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Ahmed Hassan Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Siaka Tiene Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Pitroipa Burkina Faso<\/p>\n<p>Kalusha Bwalya Zambia<\/p>\n<p>Khalilou Fadiga Senegal<\/p>\n<p>Mercy Akide Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Mikel John Obi Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Onome Ebi Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Patrick M\u2019Boma Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Perpetua Nkwocha Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Mamadou Niang Senegal<\/p>\n<p>Precious Dede Nigeria<\/p>\n<p>Rainford Kalaba Zambia<\/p>\n<p>Titi Camara Guinea<\/p>\n<p>Rigobert Song Cameroon<\/p>\n<p>Salomon Kalou Co\u0302te d\u2019Ivoire<\/p>\n<p>Siphiwe Tshabalala South Africa<\/p>\n<p>Anthony Baffoe Ghana<\/p>\n<p>Mustapha El Haddaoui Morocco<\/p>\n<p>Demba Ba Senegal<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\">Gambia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Gambia. Gambia among best three Africa teams at the awards The Caf awards 2023, one of the most eagerly awaited events on the African football calendar, takes place on Monday 11 December in Marrakech, Morocco. With hours to go before the prestigious ceremony, yesterday Caf announced the presence of several renowned guests who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":49140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,17],"tags":[2355,2361,260],"class_list":["post-49141","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-gambia","tag-gambia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>TOP AFRICAN LEGENDS LIGHTUP CAF AWARDS TONIGHT - Gambia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Gambia among best three Africa teams at the awards The Caf awards 2023, one of the most eagerly awaited events o ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"TOP AFRICAN LEGENDS LIGHTUP CAF AWARDS TONIGHT\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Gambia among best three Africa teams at the awards The Caf awards 2023, one of the most eagerly awaited events o ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Gambia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-12-12T16:55:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/12\/sm_1702381404.315873.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"TOP AFRICAN LEGENDS LIGHTUP CAF AWARDS TONIGHT\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-12-12T16:55:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight\"},\"wordCount\":394,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/gambia\/sites\/19\/2023\/12\/sm_1702381404.315873.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Gambia\",\"Gambia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/top-african-legends-lightup-caf-awards-tonight\",\"name\":\"TOP AFRICAN LEGENDS LIGHTUP CAF AWARDS TONIGHT - 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