CAF has released the first list of nominees for the CAF Awards 2022 which will be held on 21 July 2022 in Rabat, Morocco, with the Young Player of the Year list being entirely made up of Europe-based players.Ivory Coast’s Karim Konate is the only player to have played club football in Africa with ASEC Mimosas before making the move to Europe in the current window.The list has four players based in France, three in Denmark, two in Spain, and one in EuropeAfrica, the talent machine! 🌟🔟 players compete for the #CAFAwards2022 Young Player of the Year award 🌍Who are your favourites? 🏆 pic.twitter.com/hfJ716I4eH— CAF (@CAF_Online) June 30, 2022 A stakeholder panel made up of Technical Experts, CAF Legends and Journalists decided on the list for the various categories taking into consideration the performance of the nominee from September 2021 to June 2022 at all levels.The winners of each category will be decided by a voting panel made up of CAF Technical Committee, media professionals, Head Coaches & Captains of Member Associations, and clubs involved at the group stage of the Interclub competitions.The CAF Awards 2022 will be held ahead of the final of Africa’s flagship women’s competitions, Women’s Africa Cup of Nations which kicks off this weekend all the way to July 23, 2022.CAF Awards make a comeback after three years hiatusFull List of Nominees (in alphabetic order by Member Association): Young Player of the Year (Men) Dango Ouattara (Burkina Faso & Lorient)Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)Jesus Owono (Equatorial Guinea & Alaves)James Gomez (The Gambia & AC Horsens)Kamaldeen Sulemana (Ghana & Rennes)Ilaix Moriba Kourouma (Guinea & Valencia)El Bilal Toure (Mali & Reims)Akinkunmi Amoo (Nigeria & FC Copenhagen)Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Metz)Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)
