The Confederation of African Football (CAF) will announce the lucky winner of the title of best in early 2024 African Player of the Year (MVP) during the ceremony of the CAF Awards.
The race for the Nigerian succession Victor Osimhen seems very open this time, especially since no player has really stood out in the year 2024.
According to the latest news, the Moroccan Brahim Diaz seems well on his way to seizing this personal distinction, having achieved the feat of winning a historic quadruple with his club. Real Madrid (La Liga, UEFA Super Cup, Spanish Super Cup and UEFA Champions League).
The strong man of “Atlas Lions” will compete with the Nigerian international Ademola Lookman who was one of the great artisans of the coronation of Atalanta Bergamo during the last edition of Europa League.
The list of winners of the trophy for the best African player of the year
1992: Abedi Pelé (Ghana/Olympique de Marseille)
1993: Rashidi Yekini (Nigeria/Vitoria Setubal)
1994: Emmanuel Amunike (Nigeria/Sporting)
1995: George Weah (Liberia/Paris Saint-Germain)
1996: Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria/Ajax Amsterdam)
1997: Victor Ikpeba (Nigeria/AS Monaco)
1998: Mustapha Hadji (Morocco /Deportivo)
1999: Nwankwo Kanu (Nigeria/Inter Milan then Arsenal)
2000: Patrick Mboma (Cameroon/Cagliari then AC Parma)
2001: El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal/RC Lens)
2002: El-Hadji Diouf (Senegal/RC Lens then Liverpool)
2003: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Real Mallorca)
2004: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Real Mallorca then FC Barcelona)
2005: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/FC Barcelona)
2006: Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea FC)
2007: Frédéric Kanouté (Mali/Sevilla FC)
2008:Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo/Arsenal FC)
2009: Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast/Chelsea FC)
2010: Samuel Eto'o (Cameroon/Inter Milan)
2011: Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Manchester City)
2012: Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Manchester City)
2013: Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Manchester City)
2014: Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast/Manchester City)
2015: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon/Borussia Dortmund)
2016: Riyad Mahrez (Algeria/Leicester City)
2017: Mohamed Salah (Egypt/AS Roma then Liverpool FC)
2018: Mohamed Salah (Egypt/AS Roma then Liverpool FC)
2019 Sadio Mané (Senegal/Liverpool FC)
2020 Not awarded due to COVID-19 outbreak
2021 Not awarded due to COVID-19 outbreak
2022: Sadio Mané (Senegal/Liverpool FC then Bayern Munich)
2023: Victor Osimhen (Nigeria/Naples).