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Chiamaka Nnadozie faces a real battle to claim the CAF African Women's Player of the Year award
Some big names inevitably missed out as CAF announced the three finalists for the 2024 CAF Women’s Player of the Year award.
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Although Nigeria is represented in the final three by Paris FC goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie, Super Falcons’ legend Asisat Oshoala’s absence is sure to set tongues wagging.
Oshoala tips Nnadozie for glory
Despite fans being shocked at not seeing the six-time African Player of the Year winner among this year’s nominees, Oshoala had already come to terms with not being among the finalists for the award.
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The Super Falcons’ legend tipped compatriot Nnadozie to cart away this year’s prize while also suggesting two other players she believed were deserving of a top-three spot.
However, one of the names Oshoala hinted at failed to make the cut, as Lyon’s Tabitha Chawinga did not make the final list of three players.
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Chawinga helped Paris Saint-Germain win the Coupe de France before her summer move to Lyon and won the UNFP Division 1 Feminine Player of the Year.
The Malawian forward was named in the UNFP Division 1 Feminine and UEFA Women’s Champions League Teams of the season, but her efforts over the past year were still not deemed worthy of a place in the top three.
Nnadozie to battle Banda Mssoudy
The other name Oshoala tipped for a place in the top three alongside Nnadozie and Chawinga, Zambia’s Barbra Banda, managed a place among the finalists thanks to her record-breaking achievements at the 2024 Olympic Games.
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Banda scored four goals for Zambia in Paris and had a superb season with Orlando Pride following her big-money move in March, making her one of the front-runners for this year’s award.
The final nominee in the top three set to wrestle against Nnadozie and Banda is Moroccan forward Sanaa Mssoudy, who helped ASFAR Rabat to the 2024 CAF Women’s Champions League title and was named Player of the Tournament as well.
For the first time in three years, Africa will crown a new Women’s Player of the Year, and fans await with bated breath which of the three high performers will
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