2025 CAF Awards: List Of All Winners And What Their Triumphs Mean for African Football

2025 CAF Awards: List Of All Winners And What Their Triumphs Mean for African Football

By Niyi Busari 

Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi has been named the 2025 African Player of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards held in Rabat, Morocco, BSNSports.com.ng reports.

The 27-year-old Paris Saint-Germain defender edged Egypt’s Mohamed Salah and Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen to claim the continent’s top individual honour, following a season in which he helped PSG secure the French league title and their first-ever UEFA Champions League trophy.

Hakimi, who previously finished as runner-up in 2023 and 2024, becomes the first Moroccan footballer to win the award since Mustapha Hadji in 1998.

In the women’s category, Morocco captain Ghizlane Chebbak clinched the African Women’s Player of the Year award, beating Nigeria’s Rasheedat Ajibade and compatriot Sanaa Mssoudy.

Winners in all categories were determined by a voting panel comprising members of CAF’s technical committee, African media professionals, coaches, and players.

Below is the full list of award recipients:

FULL LIST OF WINNERS – CAF AWARDS 2025

African Player of the Year (Men)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain) – Winner

Mohamed Salah (Egypt / Liverpool)

Victor Osimhen (Nigeria / Galatasaray)

Goalkeeper of the Year (Men)

Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Al Hilal) – Winner

Munir Mohamedi (Morocco / RS Berkane)

Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

Mohamed Chibi (Morocco / Pyramids)

Oussama Lamlioui (Morocco / RS Berkane)

Fiston Mayele (DR Congo / Pyramids) – Winner

Men’s Coach of the Year

Bubista (Cape Verde) – Winner

Mohamed Ouahbi (Morocco U-20)

Walid Regragui (Morocco)

Young African Player of the Year (Men)

Othmane Maamma (Morocco / Watford) – Winner

Abdellah Ouazane (Morocco / Ajax)

Tylon Smith (South Africa / Queens Park Rangers)

Men’s National Team of the Year

Cape Verde

Morocco

Morocco U-20 – Winner

Men’s Club of the Year

Mamelodi Sundowns

Pyramids FC – Winner

RS Berkane

WOMEN’S CATEGORIES

African Women’s Player of the Year

Rasheedat Ajibade (Nigeria / Paris Saint-Germain)

Ghizlane Chebbak (Morocco / Al Hilal) – Winner

Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco / AS FAR)

African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year

Andile Dlamini (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Khadija Er-Rmichi (Morocco / AS FAR)

Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Brighton & Hove Albion) – Winner

Young African Women’s Player of the Year

Shakirat Abidemi Moshood (Nigeria / Bayelsa Queens)

Doha El Madani (Morocco / AS FAR) – Winner

Adji Ndiaye (Senegal / AS Bambey)

Women’s National Team of the Year

Ghana

Morocco

Nigeria – Winner