By Our Reporter
On November 19, Rabat hosted the annual CAF Awards ceremony, which honors the best footballers and teams in Africa. The best sports betting site 1xBet reviews the main winners of the evening:
African Footballer of the Year (men): Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
Achraf Hakimi was named the best African footballer of 2025. This victory is recognition of his consistently high level of play at one of Europe’s leading clubs, Paris Saint-Germain, as well as his exceptional contributions to the Morocco national team’s achievements.
Hakimi is a perfect example of a modern wing-back who manages to work hard in defense while also creating scoring opportunities in attack. Without him, PSG would hardly have been so successful in 2025, when the club won the Champions League for the first time in its history and reached the final of the summer’s main football tournament in the United States.
African Women’s Footballer of the Year: Ghizlane Chebbak (Morocco / Al Hilal SFC)
In the women’s category, the main award went to Ghizlane Chebbak: captain and key player of the Morocco national team, as well as one of the leaders of the Saudi club Al Hilal. She was the top scorer at the 2024 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations, scoring 5 goals, and thanks to Chebbak’s performance, Morocco reached the tournament final.
African Goalkeeper of the Year (men): Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Al Hilal SFC)
The award for best goalkeeper of the year deservedly went to Yassine Bounou, who continued to demonstrate world-class play after moving to Saudi Arabia. At the summer’s main club tournament in the United States, he once again confirmed his level of skill: Yassine’s confident play allowed Al Hilal to draw with Real Madrid in the group stage and defeat Manchester City in the knockout stage, and Bounou was even included in the Club World Cup Team of the Tournament. In the autumn, the experienced goalkeeper helped the Morocco national team set a record winning streak, surpassing the previous record held by Spain, who had won 15 consecutive matches.
African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Brighton & Hove Albion)
Nnadozie is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the world in recent years. In 2025, she helped Paris FC win the Coupe de France Féminine, defeating Paris Saint-Germain in the derby, and then moved to Brighton in England, where she immediately began to show a high level of play. Also, this year, Chiamaka won the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations as part of the Nigeria national team and was named the best goalkeeper in the tournament.
African National Team of the Year (men): Morocco U-20
The award for the Morocco national under-20 team is recognition of its brilliant performance at the U-20 World Cup. On their way to triumph in Chile, the young Moroccans defeated Spain, Brazil, France and Argentina, confirming their country’s enormous potential at the international level.
African Women’s National Team of the Year: Nigeria
The victory of the Nigeria women’s national team confirms its status as the continent’s leading force. The Nigerian girls have won 4 of the last 5 WAFCONs. In the group stage of this year’s tournament, the team didn’t concede a single goal, and in the knockout stage, they demonstrated their attacking power, scoring 10 goals in 3 matches.
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