Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcon striker, has been crowned CAF women’s ‘Player of the Year’ for the fifth time.
Gatekeepers News reports that the 27-year-old was announced the 2022 winner of the gong in the gala held in Rabat, Morrocco, on Thursday.
The Barcelona star has, therefore, surpassed her compatriot, Perpetua Nkwocha, former Falcons striker who won the award four times.
Oshoala had been adjudged the best African female football in 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
In the men’s category, Sadio Mane defeated Mohamed Salah and Eduard Mendy, to be crowned the 2022 CAF men’s player of the year award.
The men’s ‘Young Player of the Year’ gong was scooped by Pape Matar Sarr of Senegal and Tottenham Hotspur while Ghana’s Evelyn Badu won the women’s category.
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Player of the Year (Women)
Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon & Internazionale Milano)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) — WINNER
Grace Chanda (Zambia & BIIK Kazygurt)
Player of the Year (Men)
Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich) — WINNER
Interclub Player of the Year (Women)
Andile Dlamini (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Bambanani Mbanie (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes) — WINNER
Interclub Player of the Year (Men)
Achraf Dari (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly)
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly) — WINNER
Young Player of the Year (Women)
Doris Boaduwaa (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes) — WINNER
Yasmine Zouhir (Morocco & AS Saint-Etienne)
Young Player of the Year (Men)
Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)
Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)
Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Tottenham Hotspur) — WINNER
Coach of the Year (Women)
Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa) — WINNER
Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Reynald Pedros (Morocco)
Coach of the Year (Men)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal) — WINNER
Carlos Queiroz (Egypt)
Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)
Club of the Year (Women)
AS FAR (Morocco)
Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) — WINNER
Club of the Year (Men)
Al Ahly (Egypt)
RS Berkane (Morocco)
Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco) — WINNER
National Team of the Year (Men)
Cameroon
Egypt
Senegal — WINNER
Goal of the Year
Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal/ Simba FC)
