Five current and former Serie A players named in CAF Team of the Year

5 Serie A gamers previous and current have been included within the CAF Group of the Yr for 2023, together with Napoli’s Victor Osimhen, who was topped the Mens’ Participant of the Yr on Monday night. 

The African federations’ annual awards, which have been working since 1970 , befell in Morocco on Monday night, with Osimhen in attendance having missed Napoli coaching with a view to attend the occasion. 

The Napoli striker was picked as the very best African centre-forward within the 2023 Group of the Yr, flanked by Liverpool winger Mohamed Salah and his former teammate Sadio Mane. 

Osimhen’s Napoli teammate Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa has additionally been included among the many midfielders on this yr’s choice for his function in Napoli’s Scudetto win in 2022-23. 

Zambo Anguissa has been named alongside former Fiorentina midfielder Sofyan Amrabat, who joined Manchester United from La Viola on the very finish of the summer time switch window. Arsenal’s Thomas Partey and West Ham’s Mohamed Kudus additionally make the lower in midfield. 

Ex-Inter stopper Andre Onana has been chosen because the goalkeeper for the 2023 Group of the Yr, though former Sevilla goalkeeper Yassine Bouno gained the person goalkeeping award. 

There was additionally room for former Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly, though his inclusion was based mostly on performances with Chelsea and Al-Hilal fairly than with the Partenopei. 

CAF Group of the Yr: Onana (Manchester United/Inter); Hakimi (PSG), Mbemba (Marseille), Koulibaly (Al-Hilal/Chelsea); Thomas Partey (Arsenal), Zambo Anguissa (Napoli), Kudus (West Ham/Ajax), Amrabat (Manchester United/Fiorentina); Salah (Liverpool), Osimhen (Napoli), Mane (Al-Nassr/Bayern Munich).