Nigerian duo, Asisat Oshoala and Chiamaka Nnadozie emerged winners at the 2023 edition of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards which took place on Monday night in Morocco.
Oshoala took home the Women’s Player of the Year Award for a record sixth time while Nnadozie won the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year Award.
Oshoala, who plays her club football for Barcelona, beat South Africa’s Thembi Klagtlana and Zambia’s Barbara Banda to the award following an impressive season which saw Barca Femini win the UEFA Women’s Champions League for the second time and the Primera División. She also became the first African player to score at 3 three editions of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia.
23-year-old Nnadozie who kept 3 clean sheets at the FIFA World Cup and helped Paris FC qualify for the UEFA Women’s Champions League groups stages, following two penalty saves against Arsenal women in the qualification rounds, won kept the Goalkeeper of the Year ahead of Khadija Er-Rmichi and Andile Dlamini.
While Oshoala became the first player to win the Player of the Year six times, Nnadozie also made history as she became the winner of the inaugural Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year at the CAF Awards.
In the spirit of winning, the Super Falcons of Nigeria also won the Women’s Team of the Year for the first time since 2018 and the fifth since the inception of the CAF Awards.
Super Falcons trio: Michelle Alozie, Osinachi Ohale and Oshoala also made the Team of the Year as Nnadozie shockingly missed out to South Africa’s Andile Dlamini despite winning the Goalkeeper of the Year Award.
