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Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala will hope to retain the CAF African (Women) Player of the Year award when this year’s edition of the CAF Awards return on July 21, 2022 in Morocco, Megasportsarena.com reports.
The Awards will be held ahead of the final of Africa’s flagship women’s competitions, Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022 scheduled to take place between 02 July – 23 July 2022.
A new category; Interclubs Women Player of the Year has been introduced following the successful roll-out of the CAF Women’s Champions League in November 2021.
As in previous editions, there will be several categories to be presented, in addition to the coveted prizes: Player of the Year (Men & Women).
Other categories include Interclub Player of the Year, Young Player of the Year, National Team of the Year, Coach of the Year, Club of the Year, Goal of the Year.
CAF say the winners will be decided by votes from captains and coaches of the Member Associations, selected journalists, CAF Technical Study Group and CAF Legends.
The period under review is from September 2021 until June 2022.
The previous edition of the CAF Awards was held 2019 in Hurghada, Egypt.
Senegalese forward Sadio Mane and Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala scooped the African Player of the Year Men and Women respectively.
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