Thursday 12/December/2024 – 03:16 PM
The Confederation of African Football, CAF, has revealed the shortlist for the FIFA Best Player Award Africa For the year 2024, before the winner is announced at the ceremony scheduled for next Monday in Morocco.
The final list of the best players in Africa 2024
The final list of candidates for the Best Player in Africa award witnessed a three-way competition between Hussein El-Shahat, Al-Ahly player, Ahmed Sayed Zizo, Zamalek player, and Ronwen Williams, Sun Downs goalkeeper.
CAF excluded Mustafa Schubert, Al-Ahly’s goalkeeper, from the final list of players competing for the Best Player in the Continent award.
Date and location of the Best in Africa Awards 2024
Earlier, CAF revealed in an official statement that the Best in Africa Awards ceremony will be held at the Palace of Conferences in the city of Marrakesh, Morocco, on December 16, explaining that the awards ceremony will be held at exactly eight o’clock in the evening Cairo time, nine o’clock Saudi time, and ten o’clock in the evening. Morocco and Tunisia time.
Al-Ahly and Zamalek are competing for the award for the best club in Africa, on the shortlist that included the presence of South African club Sundowns.
Mohamed Salah’s sudden absence from the CAF Best Awards
CAF’s selections for the initial list of candidates for the Best African Player award witnessed the sudden exclusion of Mohamed Salah, the captain of the national team and the English Liverpool star, despite his recent brilliance with the Reds at the English Premier League level.
The exclusion of Mohamed Salah angered many football stars, most notably Gabonese Aubameyang, who denounced CAF’s choices and exclusion of several stars, and commented: Maybe we are squash players.
