The Confederation of African football, CAF has announced that the 2022 edition of the prestigious award ceremony for African football, the CAF Awards 2022, will hold on July 21, 2022, in Morocco.
The CAF Awards will be held ahead of the final of Africa’s flagship women’s competition, Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 20223 scheduled to take place from July 2 to July 23.
The event will also coincide with the two-year anniversary of the launch of the CAF Women’s Football Strategy.
In line with that, a new category; Interclubs Women Player of the Year has been introduced following the successful roll-out of the TotalEnergies 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 prize: 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, and Goal of the Year.
The winners will be decided by votes from captains and coaches of the Member Associations, selected journalists, CAF Technical Study Group and CAF Legends.
Sadio Mane and Assisat Oshoala were the previous winners of the male and female player of the year respectively .
