Chiamaka Nnadozie tops Nigeria contenders as CAF releases women’s finalists for awards

By Oyediji Oluwaseun Babatunde

Nigeria goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie made the finalists of CAF Women’s Player of the Year ahead of the 2024 CAF Awards.

The Paris FC goalkeeper made the list of finalists released by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) on Thursday.

Nnadozie will contest with Barbra Banda (Zambia) and Sanaa Mssoudy (Morocco) for the top prize.

She will also be in contention for the Goalkeeper of the Year award alongside Khadija Er-Ermichi (Morocco) and Andile Dlamini (South Africa).

Meanwhile, Rivers Angels player Chiamaka Okwuchukwu also got the nod in the Young Player of the Year category.

Habiba Sabry (Egypt) and Doha El Madani (Morocco) are the other finalists.

Moreover, NWFL Premiership champions Edo Queens will battle it out for the women’s club of the year with Champions League winners, TP Mazembe (Democratic Republic of Congo) and AS FAR FC (Morocco).

Finally, Nigeria’s senior women’s national team, Super Falcons also got the final list of women’s national team of the year alongside Morocco and South Africa.

Winners of the award will emerge on December 16 in Morocco.

Oluwaseun Oyediji

Oluwaseun Babatunde Oyediji is a multi-media sports journalist with over 10 years experience in Information Communication Technology (ICT), women's football, and beach soccer reportage.The prolific writer is the Media Assistant to Nigeria Beach Soccer League and Africa Beach Soccer Union as well as contributor on Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL) website.He has covered multiple national and international football tournaments including Championship of African Nations (CHAN 2020), CAF Women's Champions League (2023), and Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON 2023).Since 2021, Oyediji has covered the NWFL Premiership especially the season ending Super Six Playoffs.A member of Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN), Ogun state chapter is also the image maker of the Remo Sports Development Council under the leadership of Chief Falilat Ogunkoya and David Osuolale.

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