{"id":811996,"date":"2024-12-12T22:15:16","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T04:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/lookman-nnadozie-know-fate-thursday-as-caf-announces-final-three-nominees-for-top-poty-awards\/"},"modified":"2024-12-12T22:15:16","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T04:15:16","slug":"lookman-nnadozie-know-fate-thursday-as-caf-announces-final-three-nominees-for-top-poty-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/12\/lookman-nnadozie-know-fate-thursday-as-caf-announces-final-three-nominees-for-top-poty-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"Lookman, Nnadozie know fate Thursday as CAF announces final three nominees for top POTY awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241211_101756_Chrome.jpg\"><\/p>\n<p><img width=\"580\" height=\"304\" src=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/app\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot_20241211_101756_Chrome.jpg\" alt=\"Soccer Lookman, Nnadozie know fate Thursday as CAF announces final three nominees for top POTY awards\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   data-full-width=\"580\" data-full-height=\"304\"><\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Nigeria\u2019s Ademola Lookman and Chiamaka Nnadozie are on the verge of learning their fate as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announces the final three nominees for the 2024 CAF Awards on Thursday, December 12, <a href=\"https:\/\/Soccernet.ng\">Soccernet.ng<\/a> reports<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>The prestigious ceremony, scheduled for December 16 in Marrakech, Morocco, will celebrate the finest African footballers, coaches, and administrators over the past year, covering performances from January to October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman, who dazzled for Atalanta in Serie A and Nigeria\u2019s Super Eagles, is among five players shortlisted for the Men\u2019s Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian winger has enjoyed a stellar year, winning the Europa League with Atalanta in May and securing a silver medal at the Africa Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>His 11th goal of the season, netted against Real Madrid in the Champions League, further cements his status as a frontrunner.<\/p>\n<p>He faces competition from Brighton\u2019s Simon Adingra, Guinea\u2019s Serhou Guirassy, Morocco\u2019s Achraf Hakimi, and South Africa\u2019s Ronwen Williams.<\/p>\n<p>On the women\u2019s side, Nnadozie, the reigning Africa Goalkeeper of the Year, is in contention to retain her title while also vying for Women\u2019s Player of the Year. She is up against Zambia\u2019s prolific Barbra Banda, Malawi\u2019s Chawinga sisters, and Morocco\u2019s Sana\u00e2 Mssoudy.<\/p>\n<h4>Player of the Year (Men)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast \/ Brighton &#038; Hove Albion)<\/li>\n<li>Serhou Guirassy (Guinea \/ Borussia Dortmund)<\/li>\n<li>Achraf Hakimi (Morocco \/ Paris Saint-Germain)<\/li>\n<li>Ademola Lookman (Nigeria \/ Atalanta)<\/li>\n<li>Ronwen Williams (South Africa \/ Mamelodi Sundowns)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Player of the Year (Women)<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tabitha Chawinga (Malawi \/ Olympique Lyonnais)<\/li>\n<li>Temwa Chawinga (Malawi \/ Kansas City Current)<\/li>\n<li>Sana\u00e2 Mssoudy (Morocco \/ AS FAR)<\/li>\n<li>Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria \/ Paris FC)<\/li>\n<li>Barbra Banda (Zambia \/ Orlando Pride)<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"Soccer Imhons Erons\" src=\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/783717e54374a368da5ee849f3239e78?s=80&#038;d=mm&#038;r=g\"  height=\"80\" width=\"80\" decoding=\"async\">\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/soccernet.ng\/2024\/12\/lookman-nnadozie-know-fate-thursday-as-caf-announces-final-three-nominees-for-top-poty-awards.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Imhons Erons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nigeria\u2019s Ademola Lookman and Chiamaka Nnadozie are on the verge of learning their fate as the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announces the final three nominees for the 2024 CAF Awards on Thursday, December 12, Soccernet.ng reports. The prestigious ceremony, scheduled for December 16 in Marrakech, Morocco, will celebrate the finest African footballers, coaches, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":811997,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121796,134704,2005],"tags":[121795,134703],"class_list":{"0":"post-811996","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lookman","8":"category-nnadozie","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-lookman","11":"tag-nnadozie"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811996\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/811997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}