CAF Awards 2025 results: PSG’s Achraf Hakimi crowned Player of the Year, Pyramids FC win Men’s Club of the Year
Morocco dominates winners' list at CAF Awards 2025
Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco international Achraf Hakimi was named the Confederation of African Football Men’s African Footballer of the Year at the CAF Awards 2025 in Rabat on Wednesday, while Ghizlane Chebbak went home with the Women’s award.
Hakimi went into the ceremony as the favourite to win the continental award ahead of Victor Osimhen and Mohamed Salah after an incredible season with PSG, in which the Ligue 1 giants secured a stunning quadruple, including their first-ever UEFA Champions League title.
Moroccan women’s team captain Chebbak was widely considered a somewhat more surprising selection, as many felt that her Atlas Lionesses teammate Sanaa Mssoudy and Nigeria’s skipper Rasheedat Ajibade were the front-runners for the crown.
Despite a solid year, which included Mamelodi Sundowns reaching the CAF Champions League and impressing at the FIFA Club World, as well as Bafana Bafana qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, South Africa left the CAF awards empty-handed.
Masandawana and Bafana Bafana shot-stopper Ronwen Williams was among the final three nominees for the CAF Goalkeeper of the Year, and Amajita defender Tylon Smith was in the running for CAF Young Player of the Year, but those awards eventually went to Yassine Bounou and Othmane Maamma, respectively.
CAF Champions League winners Pyramids FC were honoured with the Men’s Club of the Year award, while Fiston Mayele picked up the Men’s Inter-club Player of the Year. Notably, Bubista was named Men’s Coach of the Year after guiding Cape Verde to a historic qualification for the World Cup next year.
2025 CAF Awards Winners - Full list
Men’s Player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi (PSG & Morocco)
Women’s Player of the Year: Ghizlane Chebbak (Al-Hilal & Morocco)
Men’s Coach of the Year: Bubista (Cape Verde)
Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Yassine Bounou (Al-Hilal & Morocco)
Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year: Chiamaka Nnadozie (Brighton & Hove Albion and Nigeria)
Men’s National Team of the Year: Morocco Under-20
Women’s National Team of the Year: Nigeria
Men’s Club of the Year: Pyramids FC (Egypt)
Men’s Interclub Player of the Year: Fiston Mayele (Pyramids FC & DR Congo)
Men’s Young Player of the Year: Othmane Maamma (Watford & Morocco)
Women’s Young Player of the Year: Doha El Madani (AS FAR & Morocco)
Goal of the Year: Clement Mzize (Young Africans)
