Africa Cup of Nations awards

In today's world, Africa Cup of Nations awards is a topic that has gained great relevance and has generated extensive discussion in various areas. Its impact has been felt in society, the economy, politics and in the way people relate to each other. Since its emergence, Africa Cup of Nations awards has aroused growing interest and generated mixed opinions. In this article, we will explore the various facets of Africa Cup of Nations awards and analyze its influence on different aspects of everyday life. Additionally, we will examine how Africa Cup of Nations awards has evolved over time and how it is shaping the present and future of society.

At the end of each Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.

Awards

There are currently six post-tournament awards

  • the Best Player for most valuable player;
  • the Top Goalscorer for most prolific goal scorer;
  • the Best Goalkeeper for most outstanding goalkeeper;
  • the Best Young Player for most outstanding young player;
  • the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament;
  • the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.

Best Player

Year Hosts Best Player
1957  Sudan Egypt Ad-Diba
1959  United Arab Republic United Arab Republic Mahmoud El-Gohary
1962  Ethiopia Ethiopia Mengistu Worku
1963  Ghana United Arab Republic Hassan El-Shazly
1965  Tunisia Ghana Osei Kofi
1968  Ethiopia Democratic Republic of the Congo Kazadi Mwamba
1970  Sudan Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
1972  Cameroon Republic of the Congo Tokoto jean pierre
1974  Egypt Zaire Ndaye Mulamba
1976  Ethiopia Morocco Ahmed Faras
1978  Ghana Ghana Karim Abdul Razak
1980  Nigeria Nigeria Christian Chukwu
1982  Libya Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi
1984  Ivory Coast Cameroon Théophile Abega
1986  Egypt Cameroon Roger Milla
1988  Morocco Morocco Roger Milla
1990  Algeria Algeria Rabah Madjer
1992  Senegal Ghana Abedi Pele
1994  Tunisia Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
1996  South Africa Zambia Kalusha Bwalya
1998  Burkina Faso South Africa Benni McCarthy
2000  Ghana
 Nigeria 		Cameroon Lauren
2002  Mali Cameroon Rigobert Song
2004  Tunisia Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
2006  Egypt Egypt Ahmed Hassan
2008  Ghana Egypt Hosny Abd Rabo
2010  Angola Egypt Ahmed Hassan
2012  Gabon
 Equatorial Guinea 		Zambia Christopher Katongo
2013  South Africa Burkina Faso Jonathan Pitroipa
2015  Equatorial Guinea Ghana Christian Atsu
2017  Gabon Cameroon Christian Bassogog
2019  Egypt Algeria Ismaël Bennacer
2021  Cameroon Senegal Sadio Mané
2023  Ivory Coast Nigeria William Troost-Ekong

Top Goalscorer

Year Hosts Top Goalscorer(s) Goals
1957  Sudan Egypt Ad-Diba 5
1959  United Arab Republic United Arab Republic Mahmoud El-Gohary 3
1962  Ethiopia Ethiopia Mengistu Worku
United Arab Republic Badawi Abdel Fattah 		3
1963  Ghana United Arab Republic Hassan El-Shazly 6
1965  Tunisia Ghana Ben Acheampong
Ghana Osei Kofi
Ivory Coast Eustache Manglé 		3
1968  Ethiopia Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou 6
1970  Sudan Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou 8
1972  Cameroon Mali Salif Keïta 5
1974  Egypt Zaire Ndaye Mulamba 9
1976  Ethiopia Guinea Mamadou Aliou Keïta 4
1978  Ghana Uganda Phillip Omondi
Ghana Opoku Afriyie
Nigeria Segun Odegbami 		3
1980  Nigeria Morocco Khaled Labied
Nigeria Segun Odegbami 		3
1982  Libya Ghana George Alhassan 4
1984  Ivory Coast Egypt Taher Abouzaid 4
1986  Egypt Cameroon Roger Milla 4
1988  Morocco Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Cameroon Roger Milla
Ivory Coast Abdoulaye Traoré
Egypt Gamal Abdelhamid 		2
1990  Algeria Algeria Djamel Menad 4
1992  Senegal Nigeria Rashidi Yekini 4
1994  Tunisia Nigeria Rashidi Yekini 5
1996  South Africa Zambia Kalusha Bwalya 5
1998  Burkina Faso Egypt Hossam Hassan
South Africa Benni McCarthy 		7
2000  Ghana
 Nigeria 		South Africa Shaun Bartlett 5
2002  Mali Cameroon Patrick Mboma
Cameroon Salomon Olembé
Nigeria Julius Aghahowa 		3
2004  Tunisia Cameroon Patrick Mboma
Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Morocco Youssef Mokhtari
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Tunisia Francileudo Santos 		4
2006  Egypt Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 5
2008  Ghana Cameroon Samuel Eto'o 5
2010  Angola Egypt Mohamed Nagy 5
2012  Gabon
 Equatorial Guinea 		Angola Manucho
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
Mali Cheick Diabaté
Morocco Houssine Kharja
Zambia Christopher Katongo
Zambia Emmanuel Mayuka 		3
2013  South Africa Ghana Mubarak Wakaso
Nigeria Emmanuel Emenike 		4
2015  Equatorial Guinea Republic of the Congo Thievy Bifouma
Democratic Republic of the Congo Dieumerci Mbokani
Equatorial Guinea Javier Balboa
Ghana André Ayew
Tunisia Ahmed Akaïchi 		3
2017  Gabon Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Kabananga 3
2019  Egypt Nigeria Odion Ighalo 5
2021  Cameroon Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar 8
2023  Ivory Coast Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue 5

Best Goalkeeper

Year Hosts Best Goalkeeper
2008  Ghana Egypt Essam El-Hadary
2010  Angola Egypt Essam El-Hadary
2012  Gabon
 Equatorial Guinea 		Not Awarded
2013  South Africa Not Awarded
2015  Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast Sylvain Gbohouo
2017  Gabon Not Awarded
2019  Egypt Algeria Raïs M'Bolhi
2021  Cameroon Senegal Édouard Mendy
2023 Ivory Coast Ivory Coast South Africa Ronwen Williams

Best Young Player

Year Hosts Best Young Player
2019  Egypt Senegal Krépin Diatta
2021  Cameroon Burkina Faso Issa Kaboré
2023  Ivory Coast Ivory Coast Simon Adingra

Team of the Tournament

Year Hosts Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Manager
1970  Sudan Sudan Abd Al Aziz Abdallah Sudan Samir Salih
Ghana John Eshun
Sudan Amin Zaki
United Arab Republic Hany Moustafa 		Ivory Coast Ernest Kallet Bialy
Ghana Ibrahim Sunday
Ivory Coast ... Gnawri
Guinea Camara Mamadou Maxim 		Ivory Coast Laurent Pokou
Sudan Jaksa
1972  Cameroon Morocco Allal Ben Kassou Sudan Abdella "Kaunda" El-Ser
Zaire Tshimen Bwanga
Cameroon Paul Nlend
Morocco Boujemaa Benkhrif 		Republic of the Congo Noël Birindi Minga
Zaire Mayanga Maku
Cameroon Paul-Gaston N'Dongo
Cameroon Jean-Pierre Tokoto 		Zaire Kakoko Etepé
Republic of the Congo François M'Pelé
1974  Egypt Zaire Kazadi Mwamba Republic of the Congo Gabriel Dengaki
Zambia Dick Chama
Zaire Lobilo Boba
Egypt Hany Moustafa 		Zaire Ndaye Mulamba
Egypt Farouk Gaafar
Egypt Hassan Shehata
Zaire Mayanga Maku 		Zaire Kakoko Etepé
Egypt Ali Abo Greisha
1976  Ethiopia Morocco Mohammed Al-Hazaz Morocco Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui
Egypt Mustafa Younis
Guinea Chérif Souleymane
Guinea Djibril Diara 		Ethiopia Tolde
Egypt Farouk Gaafar
Nigeria Haruna Ilerika
Nigeria Kunle Awesu 		Guinea Petit Sory
Morocco Ahmed Faras
1978  Ghana Morocco Mohammed Al-Hazaz Tunisia Mokhtar Dhouieb
Ghana James Kuuku Dadzie
Tunisia Khaled Gasmi
Morocco Larbi Ihardane 		Uganda Moses Nsereko
Ghana Karim Abdul Razak
Ghana Adolf Armah
Uganda Phillip Omondi 		Nigeria Segun Odegbami
Ghana Mohammed Polo
1980  Nigeria Nigeria Best Ogedegbe Algeria Mustapha Kouici
Egypt Mohamed Salah El-Din
Guinea Moussa Camara
Nigeria Christian Chukwu 		Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Algeria Ali Fergani
Egypt Mahmoud El Khatib
Egypt Shawky Gharieb 		Algeria Salah Assad
Nigeria Segun Odegbami
1982  Libya Cameroon Thomas Nkono Algeria Chaabane Merzekane
Ghana Sampson Lamptey
Ghana Haruna Yusif
Libya Ali Al-Beshari 		Ghana George Alhassan
Ghana Samuel Opoku Nti
Ghana Emmanuel Quarshie
Libya Fawzi Al-Issawi 		Algeria Salah Assad
Algeria Rabah Madjer
1984  Ivory Coast Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell Cameroon Isaac Sinkot
Egypt Ali Shehata
Egypt Ibrahim Youssef
Nigeria Stephen Keshi 		Algeria Lakhdar Belloumi
Cameroon Théophile Abega
Egypt Taher Abouzeid
Nigeria Clement Temile 		Algeria Djamel Menad
Malawi Clifton Msiya
1986  Egypt Cameroon Thomas N'Kono Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Egypt Ali Shehata
Senegal Roger Mendy
Egypt Rabei Yassin 		Cameroon Emile Mbouh
Egypt Magdi Abdelghani
Egypt Moustafa Abdou
Egypt Taher Abouzaid 		Cameroon Roger Milla


Zambia Kalusha Bwalya

1988  Morocco Cameroon Joseph-Antoine Bell Morocco Tijani El Maataoui
Cameroon Emmanuel Kundé
Zaire John Buana
Cameroon Stephen Tataw 		Zaire Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
Cameroon Emile Mbouh
Nigeria Henry Nwosu
Cameroon Paul Mfede 		Cameroon Roger Milla
Morocco Aziz Bouderbala
1990  Algeria Algeria Antar Osmani Algeria Ali Benhalima
Cameroon André Kana-Biyik
Ivory Coast Arsène Hobou
Zambia Samuel Chomba 		Algeria Djamel Amani
Algeria Rabah Madjer
Algeria Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani
Nigeria Moses Kpakor 		Algeria Djamel Menad
Zambia Webster Chikabala
1992  Senegal Ivory Coast Alain Gouaméné Ivory Coast Basile Aka Kouame
Egypt Hany Ramzy
Nigeria Stephen Keshi
Senegal Adolphe Mendy 		Zaire Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo
Ghana Abedi Pele
Cameroon Jean-Claude Pagal
Ivory Coast Serge-Alain Maguy 		Nigeria Rashidi Yekini
Ghana Tony Yeboah
1994  Tunisia Egypt Ahmed Shobair Ghana Frank Amankwah
Zambia Harrison Chongo
Zambia Elijah Litana
Nigeria Benedict Iroha 		Ivory Coast Serge-Alain Maguy
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Nigeria Daniel Amokachi
Ghana Abedi Pele 		Ivory Coast Joël Tiéhi


Nigeria Rashidi Yekini

1996  South Africa Tunisia Chokri El Ouaer Egypt Yasser Radwan
South Africa Mark Fish
Zambia Elijah Litana
Ghana Isaac Asare 		Tunisia Zoubeir Baya
Egypt Hazem Emam
Ghana Abedi Pele
South Africa Mark Williams 		Zambia Kalusha Bwalya
Ghana Tony Yeboah
1998  Burkina Faso Egypt Nader El-Sayed South Africa Mark Fish
Mozambique Jojo
Morocco Noureddine Naybet
Egypt Mohamed Emara 		Ghana Charles Akonnor
Tunisia Hassen Gabsi
Ivory Coast Tchiressoua Guel
Democratic Republic of the Congo Didier Ekanza Simba 		Egypt Hossam Hassan
South Africa Benni McCarthy
2000  Ghana
 Nigeria 		Egypt Nader El-Sayed Senegal Pape Malick Diop
Tunisia Khaled Badra
Cameroon Rigobert Song
Egypt Mohamed Emara 		Algeria Billel Dziri
Cameroon Lauren
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Senegal Khalilou Fadiga 		Cameroon Samuel Eto'o


South Africa Shaun Bartlett

2002  Mali Senegal Tony Sylva Nigeria Taribo West
Cameroon Rigobert Song
Nigeria Ifeanyi Udeze
Egypt Hany Ramzy 		Mali Seydou Keita
Algeria Rafik Saifi
Cameroon Patrick M'Boma
South Africa Sibusiso Zuma 		Nigeria Julius Aghahowa
Senegal El Hadji Diouf
2004  Tunisia Nigeria Vincent Enyeama Morocco Walid Regragui
Tunisia Khaled Badra
Morocco Abdeslam Ouaddou
Cameroon Timothée Atouba 		Algeria Karim Ziani
Tunisia Riadh Bouazizi
Nigeria Jay-Jay Okocha
Nigeria John Utaka 		Mali Frédéric Kanouté
Tunisia Francileudo Santos
2006  Egypt Egypt Essam El Hadary Cameroon Rigobert Song
Egypt Wael Gomaa
Ivory Coast Emmanuel Eboué
Nigeria Taye Taiwo 		Ghana Stephen Appiah
Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika
Egypt Ahmed Hassan
Guinea Pascal Feindouno 		Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Cameroon Samuel Eto'o
2008  Ghana Egypt Essam El-Hadary Cameroon Geremi
Egypt Wael Gomaa
Ghana Michael Essien 		Ghana Sulley Muntari
Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Cameroon Alex Song
Egypt Hosny Abd Rabo
Egypt Mohamed Aboutrika 		Egypt Amr Zaki
Angola Manucho
2010  Angola Egypt Essam El-Hadary Algeria Madjid Bougherra
Egypt Wael Gomaa
Angola Mabiná 		Egypt Ahmed Fathy
Nigeria Peter Odemwingie
Cameroon Alex Song
Egypt Ahmed Hassan 		Ghana Asamoah Gyan
Egypt Mohamed Zidan
Angola Flávio
2012  Gabon
 Equatorial Guinea 		Zambia Kennedy Mweene Ivory Coast Jean-Jacques Gosso
Zambia Stophira Sunzu
Ghana John Mensah
Mali Adama Tamboura 		Zambia Emmanuel Mayuka
Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Ivory Coast Gervinho
Mali Seydou Keita 		Zambia Christopher Katongo
Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
2013  South Africa Nigeria Vincent Enyeama Burkina Faso Bakary Koné
Cape Verde Nando
Ivory Coast Siaka Tiéné
Nigeria Efe Ambrose 		Burkina Faso Jonathan Pitroipa
Mali Seydou Keita
Nigeria Mikel John Obi
Nigeria Victor Moses 		Ghana Asamoah Gyan
Nigeria Emmanuel Emenike
2015  Equatorial Guinea Ivory Coast Sylvain Gbohouo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Robert Kidiaba (tie) 		Ivory Coast Serge Aurier
Ghana Harrison Afful
Ivory Coast Kolo Touré 		Ghana André Ayew
Ivory Coast Yaya Touré
Ivory Coast Max Gradel
Democratic Republic of the Congo Yannick Bolasie
Ivory Coast Gervinho 		Ghana Christian Atsu
Ivory Coast Wilfried Bony
2017  Gabon Cameroon Fabrice Ondoa Senegal Kara Mbodji
Egypt Ahmed Hegazi
Cameroon Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui 		Burkina Faso Charles Kaboré
Ghana Mubarak Wakaso
Burkina Faso Bertrand Traoré
Ghana Christian Atsu
Egypt Mohamed Salah 		Cameroon Christian Bassogog
Democratic Republic of the Congo Junior Kabananga
2019  Egypt Algeria Raïs M'Bolhi Senegal Kalidou Koulibaly
Tunisia Yassine Meriah
Senegal Lamine Gassama
Senegal Youssouf Sabaly 		Senegal Idrissa Gueye
Algeria Adlène Guedioura
Algeria Ismaël Bennacer 		Nigeria Odion Ighalo
Senegal Sadio Mané
Algeria Riyad Mahrez 		Algeria Djamel Belmadi
2021[1]  Cameroon Senegal Édouard Mendy Morocco Achraf Hakimi
Egypt Mohamed Abdelmonem
Burkina Faso Edmond Tapsoba
Senegal Saliou Ciss 		Egypt Mohamed Elneny
Senegal Nampalys Mendy
Burkina Faso Blati Touré 		Egypt Mohamed Salah
Cameroon Vincent Aboubakar
Senegal Sadio Mané 		Senegal Aliou Cissé
2023[2]  Ivory Coast South Africa Ronwen Williams Nigeria Ola Aina
Nigeria William Troost-Ekong
Democratic Republic of the Congo Chancel Mbemba
Ivory Coast Ghislain Konan 		South Africa Teboho Mokoena
Ivory Coast Jean Michaël Seri
Ivory Coast Franck Kessié 		Democratic Republic of the Congo Yoane Wissa
Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue
Nigeria Ademola Lookman 		Ivory Coast Emerse Faé

Fair Play Award

Year Hosts Winner
2012  Gabon
 Equatorial Guinea 		 Ivory Coast
2013  South Africa Not Awarded
2015  Equatorial Guinea  DR Congo
2017  Gabon  Egypt
2019  Egypt  Senegal
2021  Cameroon  Senegal
2023  Ivory Coast  South Africa

See also

References

  1. ^ @CAF_Online (7 February 2022). "Not your average players Here is the #TotalEnergiesAFCON2021 best XI #AFCON2021" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 February 2022 – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "CAF TSG Group releases TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nation Cote d'Ivoire 2023 Best XI". Confederation of African Football. CAF. 14 February 2024. Archived from the original on 14 February 2024. Retrieved 14 February 2024.