Pitso Mosimane and Orlando Pirates amongst CAF’s top nominees

Orlando Pirates and Pitso Mosimane have been shortlisted for the 2022 CAF men’s awards.

After winning the CAF Champions League with his former club Al Ahly on two occasions, Mosimane has been nominated alongside Carlos Queiroz, Tom Saintfiet and Walid Regragui and Alliou Cisse for the continent’s most prestigious coaching award.

Meanwhile, Pirates have been nominated in the Club of the Year category. The Buccaneers were rampant as they managed to make their way to the 2021/22 CAF Confederations Cup final, despite being beaten by RS Berkane.

The Soweto giants are up against Petro Atletico (Angola), Al Ahly (Egypt), RS Berkane (Morocco), Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco) for the top award. 

Percy Tau has also been nominated for the CAF Awards, in the category of Interclub Player of the Year.

The CAF Awards 2022 will be held on 21 July 2022 in Rabat, Morocco, ahead of the final of the Women’s African Cup of Nations, in which Banyana Banyana have progressed to the competition’s quarterfinals.

View the full nominations:

Player of the Year (Men)

Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)

Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon & Olympique Lyonnais)

Vincent Aboubacar (Cameroon & Al Nassr)

Sebastien Haller (Cote d’Ivoire & Ajax)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool)

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Paris Saint-Germain)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)

Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli)

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich)

Interclub Player of the Year (Men)

Tiago Azulao (Petro Atletico)

Karim Konate (ASEC Mimosas)

Aliou Dieng (Al Ahly)

Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly)

Percy Tau (Al Ahly)

Mohamed Sherif (Al Ahly)

Mohamed El Shenawy (Al Ahly)

Achraf Dari (Wydad Athletic Club)

Yahya Jabrane (Wydad Athletic Club)

Zouheir El Moutaraji (Wydad Athletic Club)

Young Player of the Year (Men)

Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso & Lorient)

Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)

Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana & Rennes)

Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Metz)

Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)

Coach of the Year (Men)

Carlos Queiroz (Egypt)

Pitso Mosimane (Al Ahly)

Tom Saintfiet (The Gambia)

Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)

Aliou Cisse (Senegal)

National Team of the Year

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Egypt

Morocco

Senegal

Club of the Year

Petro Atletico (Angola)

Al Ahly (Egypt)

RS Berkane (Morocco)

Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)

Orlando Pirates (South Africa)

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