Several players from the Super Falcons have made the final shortlist for the 2023 CAF Awards. Asisat Oshoala, the first African female footballer to win the UEFA Champions League, is competing for her sixth CAF Player of the Year award, while goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie aims for her podium debut.
The Super Falcons players face tough competition from Moroccan players Anissa Lahmari, Fatima Tagnaout, and Ghizlaine Chebbak, as well as others like Barbara Banda from Zambia, Ajara Njoya from Cameroon, and Thembi Kgatlana, Hilda Magaia, and Andile Dlamini from South Africa.
In addition to individual awards, Nnadozie is a nominee for the Goalkeeper of the Year category, while Deborah Abiodun and Esther Ajakaye of the Falcons are up for the Young Player of the Year award. The Falcons’ coach, Randy Waldrum, is also nominated in the women’s Coach of the Year competition.
The winners will be determined by a voting panel consisting of members of the CAF Technical Committee, media experts, national team coaches and captains, and clubs participating in the Interclub competitions’ group stages. The award ceremony is scheduled to take place at Morocco’s Palais des Congrès on December 11, 2023.