Oshoala makes final shortlist for 2022 CAF women’s award

Asisat Oshoala, Super Falcons striker, has been listed among the final three nominees for the 2022 CAF women’s player of the year award.

CAF revealed the final shortlist for the categories of the awards in a statement on its website on Wednesday.

Oshoala is the only Nigerian who made the final shortlist across all categories.

Three of her compatriots — Rasheedat Ajibade, Uchenna Kanu, and Chiamaka Nnadozie — had made the 30-woman list released earlier this year.

Oshoala is the current holder of the top prize which she won the last time the awards were held in 2019. She has won the award on four occasions — a joint record alongside Perpetua Nkwocha, former Falcons striker.

She will be gunning for her fifth gong against Cameroonian Ajara Nchout Njoya and Grace Chanda of Zambia.

In the men’s category, Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane will be hoping to add another prize to their respective collections against Eduard Mendy.

The winners will be announced at a gala in Rabat, Morrocco, on July 21.

FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

Player of the Year (Women)
Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon & Internazionale Milano)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
Grace Chanda (Zambia & BIIK Kazygurt)

Player of the Year (Men)
Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)

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)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)
Achraf Dari (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly)
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly)

Young Player of the Year (Women)
Doris Boaduwaa (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
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)

Coach of the Year (Women)
Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Reynald Pedros (Morocco)

Coach of the Year (Men)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
Carlos Queiroz (Egypt)
Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)

Club of the Year (Women)
AS FAR (Morocco)
Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)

Club of the Year (Men)
Al Ahly (Egypt)
RS Berkane (Morocco)
Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

National Team of the Year (Men)
Cameroon
Egypt
Senegal