Super Eagles forward Victor Osimhen has made the final shortlist for the 2023 CAF African Men’s Player of The Year Award.
The Confederation of African Football, on its official X handle on Thursday, released the lists of the three final nominees in different categories for the prestigious awards.
Osimhen will be vying with Morocco’s Paris Saint-Germain defender Achraf Hakimi and Egypt’s Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah.
The 24-year-old has been in fine form for Napoli in the past 12 months guiding the Serie A club to their first league victory in 33 years and scoring a league-high 26 goals in 32 Serie A games last season, and 31 goals across all competitions.
For his impressive performance in Italy, the Nigerian won the Serie A Best Striker, Paolo Rossi and Italian Footballers’ Association Player of The Year awards.
He also received a nomination for the Ballon d’Or and is in the running for the Globe Soccer award.
For the national team, Osimhen helped Nigeria qualify for the 2024 Africa Cup of Nations in Ivory Coast and finished the qualification series as top scorer with 10 goals.
Oshoala helped Barcelona claim the UEFA Women’s Champions League, while also guiding the Catalans to a league victory as they went unbeaten the whole season and is the favourite to claim the award for a record sixth time.
Nnadozie is still in contention for the women’s best goalkeeper award and will be vying with Morocco’s Khadija Er-Rmichi and South Africa’s Andile Olamini.
For the National Team of The Year women’s award, Nigeria will slug it out with Morocco and South Africa.
The Awards Gala will take place on Monday, December 11, in Marrakech, Morocco.
