{"id":113658,"date":"2025-10-22T16:20:24","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:20:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:33:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:33:33","slug":"hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025","title":{"rendered":"Hakimi, Salah among nominees for CAF awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the nominees in the Men\u2019s Categories for the CAF Awards 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The awards celebrate top performers among players, coaches, clubs and national teams.<\/p>\n<p>The period under consideration is from January 6 to October 15, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Cameroon\u2019s Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Egypt\u2019s Mohamed Salah headline the nominees following commanding seasons with Napoli and Liverpool respectively, as well as their national teams.<\/p>\n<p>DR Congo\u2019s Fiston Mayele, now shining at Pyramids FC, is among the contenders after his remarkable goal-scoring form helped the club clinch the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League title.<\/p>\n<p>He joins a strong lineup featuring Morocco\u2019s Achraf Hakimi (PSG), Nigeria\u2019s Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray), and Senegal\u2019s Iliman Ndiaye (Everton).<\/p>\n<p>The 10 nominees for each category are decided by a panel made up of CAF Technical &amp; Development Committee members, experienced coaches, CAF Legends and selected media representatives.<\/p>\n<p>Men\u2019s Player of the year<\/p>\n<p>Andre Frank Zambo-Anguissa (Cameroon\/Napoli)<\/p>\n<p>Fiston Mayele (DR Congo\/Pyramids)<\/p>\n<p>Mohamed Salah (Egypt\/Liverpool)<\/p>\n<p>Denis Bouanga (Gabon\/Los Angeles FC)<\/p>\n<p>Serhou Guirassy (Guinea\/Borussia Dortmund)<\/p>\n<p>Achraf Hakimi (Morocco\/Paris Saint-Germain)<\/p>\n<p>Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco\/RS Berkane)<\/p>\n<p>Victor Osimhen (Nigeria\/Galatasaray)<\/p>\n<p>Iliman Ndiaye (Senegal\/Everton)<\/p>\n<p>Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal\/Tottenham Hotspur)<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the nominees in the Men\u2019s Categories for the CAF Awards 2025. The awards celebrate top performers among players, coaches, clubs and national teams. The period under consideration is from January 6 to October 15, 2025. Cameroon\u2019s Andre Frank Zambo Anguissa and Egypt\u2019s Mohamed Salah [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":113657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[770,410,116,758],"class_list":["post-113658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-africa","tag-caf","tag-football","tag-rwanda"],"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>Hakimi, Salah among nominees for CAF awards 2025 - Rwanda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the nominees in the Men\u2019s Categories for the CAF Awards 2025. ...\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Hakimi, Salah among nominees for CAF awards 2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the nominees in the Men\u2019s Categories for the CAF Awards 2025. ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Rwanda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-10-22T16:20:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-10-22T16:33:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/sm_1761138039.947439.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"562\" \/>\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\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Hakimi, Salah among nominees for CAF awards 2025\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-10-22T16:20:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-10-22T16:33:33+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025\"},\"wordCount\":220,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sites\/23\/2025\/10\/sm_1761138039.947439.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa\",\"CAF\",\"Football\",\"Rwanda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/sport\/hakimi-salah-among-nominees-for-caf-awards-2025\",\"name\":\"Hakimi, Salah among nominees for CAF awards 2025 - 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