Super Falcons as a team and its goalkeeper, Chiamaka Nnadozie shined at the 2025 CAF Awards held in the city of Rabat, Morocoo on Wednesday night.
While the Falcons bagged the national team of the year in the women’s category, Nnadozie won the African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award.
Nnadozie has now claimed the award for the third year running, having also won the award in 2023 and 2024.
The star goalkeeper, who currently plays for Brighton in England, played a key role as the Super Falcons clinched a record-extending 10th Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) earlier this year.
Meanwhile, Flamingos and Bayelsa Queens forward Shakirat Moshood missed out on the Women’s Young Player of the Year award, as the award went to Doha El Madani of Morocco.
In the big moments of the night, Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain star defender Achraf Hakimi has been named 2025 African men’s Player of the Year.
Hakimi finished ahead of former winners Victor Osimhen and Mohamed Salah to clinch the award.
He is the first Moroccan since Mustapha Hadji (1998) to claim the continent’s prestigious individual men’s award and is the first defender to be named Africa’s best player since former TP Mazembe centre-back Bwanga Tshimen in 1973.
The right-back was instrumental for both the French giants and his national team, helping PSG land the Ligue 1, French Cup and first UEFA Champions League title last season.
CAF AWARDS 2025 WINNERS
CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain)
CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
Ghizlane Chebbak (Morocco / Al Hilal)
CAF GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Yassine Bounou (Morocco / Al Hilal)
CAF GOALKEEPER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
Chiamaka Nnadozie (Nigeria / Brighton & Hove Albion)
CAF INTERCLUB PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Fiston Mayele (DR Congo / Pyramids)
CAF YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Othmane Maamma (Morocco / Watford)
CAF YOUNG PLAYER OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
Doha El Madani (Morocco / AS FAR)
CAF COACH OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Bubista (Cape Verde)
CAF NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Morocco Under-20
CAF NATIONAL TEAM OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
Nigeria
CAF CLUB OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Pyramids (Egypt)
REFEREE OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Omar Abdulkadir (Somalia)
ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR (MEN)
Liban Abdoulrazack (Djibouti)
REFEREE OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
Shamirah Nabadda (Uganda)
ASSISTANT REFEREE OF THE YEAR (WOMEN)
Tabara Mbodji (Senegal)
