David GOMBE
Uganda Cranes and Kitara FC forward Denis Omedi will be seeking to write his name in the history books at the CAF Awards due on Monday December 16 in Morocco.
Omedi is among the 11 Nominees for this year’s CAF goal of the Year award.
His Rabona goal against KCCA FC in the FUFA Super 8 contest at Lugogo was nominated alongside ten other goals from top African stars for the gong.
In case he succeeds, Omedi will become the first Ugandan to win the goal of the year accolade.
However he will fellow into the footsteps of Denis Onyango and the Uganda Cranes team to win an award at the annual CAF awards.
Onyango won the CAF African based player of the year award in 2016 and the Uganda Cranes were named National Team of the year.
For goal of the year accolade, the fans votes will count 70% of the overall score with the other 30% going out to CAF’s Technical Experts.
The 11 nominees for CAF Goal of the Year 2024:
Abdul Aziz Issah (Dreams FC) – Dreams FC vs APC Lobito (TotalEnergies CAFCC)
Aboubakary Koita (Mauritania) – Mauritania vs Angola (TotalEnergies AFCON 2023)
Denis Omedi (Kitara FC) – Kitara FC vs KCCA FC (FUFA Super 8)
Ibrahim Adel (Egypt) – Mauritania vs Egypt (TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 Qualifiers)
Kevin Pina (Cape Verde) – Cape Verde vs Mozambique (TotalEnergies AFCON 2023)
Cristovao Mabululu (Angola) – Angola vs Namibia (TotalEnergies AFCON 2023)
Nene Dorgeles (Mali) – Mali vs Côte d’Ivoire (TotalEnergies AFCON 2023)
Saïd Benrahma (Algeria) – Algeria vs Togo (TotalEnergies AFCON 2025 Qualifiers)
Sébastien Haller (Côte d’Ivoire) – Nigeria vs Côte d’Ivoire (TotalEnergies AFCON 2023)
Wessam Abou Ali (Al Ahly) – Al Ahly vs TP Mazembe (TotalEnergies CAFCL)
Yassine Benzia (Algeria) – Algeria vs South Africa (FIFA Series 2024 Algeria)
CAF awards 2024 nominees – men’s categories
Player of the Year
Simon Adingra (Brighton & Hove Albion and Ivory Coast), Serhou Guirassy (Borussia Dortmund and Guinea), Achraf Hakimi (Paris St-Germain and Morocco), Ademola Lookman (Atalanta and Nigeria) and Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa).
Young player of the year
Yankuba Minteh (Brighton & Hove Albion, England), Eliesse Ben Seghir, Lamine Camara (both Monaco, France), Oumar Diakite (Reims, France) and Karim Konate (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria)
Goalkeeper of the year
Yahia Fofana (Angers and Ivory Coast), Andre Onana (Manchester United and Cameroon), Stanley Nwabali (Chippa United and Nigeria), Mostafa Shobeir (Al Ahly and Egypt), Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns and South Africa).
Inter-club player of the year
Issoufou Dayo (RS Berkane, Morocco), Husein El Shahat, Mostafa Shobier (both Al Ahly, Egypt), Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns, South Africa), Ahmed Sayd Zizo – (Zamalek, Egypt).
Club of the year
Al Ahly, Zamalek (both Egypt), Esperance (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), RS Berkane (Morocco),
National team of the year
DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan
Coach of the year
Hugo Broos (South Africa), Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo), Emerse Fae (Ivory Coast), Pedro Goncalves (Angola), Marcel Koller (Al Ahly)
