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Achraf Hakimi, Ghizlane Chebbak lead Morocco’s Golden Night at CAF Awards 2025

Published: Wednesday, 19 November 2025

Achraf Hakimi claimed the CAF Men’s Player of the Year award and compatriot Ghizlane Chebbak the CAF Women’s Player of the Year prize in a double triumph for Morocco at the CAF Awards 2025 in Rabat on Wednesday, as Africa’s best performers of the year were honoured.

The star-studded ceremony was attended by players, coaches and Legends from across the continent and beyond, in a celebration of excellence in African football as the game continues to make major strides on the international stage.

Paris Saint-Germain right-back Hakimi was named CAF Men’s Player of the Year after a sensational 2025 in which he won the UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup, French Ligue 1, Coupe de France and reached the final of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

He also helped Morocco qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2026 and is the first defender to be named Africa’s best player since former TP Mazembe centre-back Bwanga Tshimen in 1973, and first Moroccan since Mustapha Hadji in 1998.

Chebbak has been a model of consistency for club and country in 2025 and was the leading scorer at the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in July, where Morocco finished runners-up to Nigeria.

She moved from AS FAR to Saudi club Al-Hilal ahead of the 2025/26 season, where she is a teammate of six-time CAF Women’s Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala.

Chebbak is the first ever winner of the award from Morocco.

Another Morocco international was recognised as Yassine Bounou claimed the CAF Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year award after a standout year that included being named in the Best XI at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025.

Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie retained the CAF Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award for the third consecutive year, having helped the Super Falcons secure the TotalEnergies CAF Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2024 title.

CAF Men’s Coach of the Year went to Bubista, who led Cape Verde to a maiden FIFA World Cup qualification for 2026, the greatest achievement in the country’s football history.

The CAF Women’s Coach of the Year award will be presented upon completion of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League Egypt 2025.

DR Congo striker Fiston Mayele was named CAF Men’s Interclub Player of the Year after finishing as top scorer in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League 2024/25, helping his Egyptian club Pyramids lift the trophy for the first time.

The CAF Women’s Interclub Player of the Year winner will also be announced at the conclusion of the CAF Women’s Champions League in Egypt.

Othmane Maamma won the CAF Men’s Young Player of the Year award after playing a starring role in Morocco’s thrilling triumph at the FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2025.

Morocco’s Doha El Madani retained the CAF Women’s Young Player of the Year award after helping AS FAR to the Morocco Women’s Championship and finishing as top scorer at the CAF Women’s Futsal Africa Cup of Nations 2025, where Morocco took the title.

Morocco’s Under-20 team were named Men’s National Team of the Year after winning the FIFA Under-20 World Cup 2025, while Nigeria’s Super Falcons were the Women’s National Team of the Year following their TotalEnergies CAF WAFCON Morocco 2024 success, earning the honour for a second straight year.

Pyramids’ TotalEnergies CAF Champions League triumph made them worthy winners of the CAF Men’s Club of the Year award, while the women’s club prize will be announced after the CAF Women’s Champions League in Egypt.

Goal of the Year went to Tanzania’s Clement Mzize for his stunning long-range strike for Young Africans against TP Mazembe in the TotalEnergies CAF Champions League. It was the only award decided by a fan vote.

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)

https://www.cafonline.com/news/achraf-hakimi-ghizlane-chebbak-lead-morocco-s-golden-night-at-caf-awards-2025/

Photo 1) Achraf Hakimi

Photo 2) Chiamaka Nnadozie

Photo 3) Shakirat Abidemi Moshood (captain of Nigeria's U-17 women's team, the Flamingos. She was nominated for the women's young player of the year).

Photo 4) Desire Oparanozie

Video: Super Falcons of Nigeria won the women's national team of the year award.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSwuTVDgMfw

Photo 1) Achraf Hakimi, his mother and his brother.

Photo 2) Shakirat Moshood

Photo 3) Achraf Hakimi and Ghizlane Chebbak

Photo 4) All the winners with the FIFA and CAF presidents.

Video: Ghizlane Chebbak is the women's player of the year.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqzF13WcmiQ

Photo: Benenoise singer Angelique Kidjo was one of the presenters.

CAF interviews Chiamaka Nnadozie.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCij31J_ijo?si=7y2LOSTc3nh4Wh0Y

Achraf Hakimi deserves the award

Congratulations to him and to our Nigerian female team

The guy don suffer am for some years!

Really worth it!

Moroccans just Dey pack all the awards, na wa oo. Congratulations to all the winners

Congratulations well deserved

Congratulations to the poor dude. All his money is with his mum.

I'm very happy Hakimi got the award. He's a born winner, even in bedmatics and relationship matter.

Well deserved, congratulations to them.

Congratulations 🎊 man you deserve it

Without no trophies, what kind of award is that?

No controversy here, it's well deserved.

Congratulations to Hakimi, the undisputed African Best player of year.

He should make us proud at the world cup.

Freshandfitpod:
Without no trophies, what kind of award is that?

Someone that won the champions League?

Morocco have a bright future in football.

I laugh when people are vying that Mo sallah and Osimhen deserves it better than Hakimi.

Freshandfitpod:
Without no trophies, what kind of award is that?

It's either you are not current or you don't watch football

naptu2:
Achraf Hakimi showed up on a kneewalker.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snPdk8N2pzw?si=QfkLLdlnSW0sCygL



https://www.cafonline.com/news/achraf-hakimi-ghizlane-chebbak-lead-morocco-s-golden-night-at-caf-awards-2025/

Photo 1) Achraf Hakimi

Photo 2) Chiamaka Nnadozie

Photo 3) Shakirat Abidemi Moshood (captain of Nigeria's U-17 women's team, the Flamingos. She was nominated for the women's young player of the year).

Photo 4) Desire Oparanozie

Revision is good let remind ourselves


😂😂😂🤣😂😂😂😂🤣🤣😂

Like seriously
His comment no try at all

TOPCRUISE:
I laugh when people are vying that Mo sallah and Osimhen deserves it better than Hakimi.



It's either you are not current or you don't watch football

Hakimi keeps making the brotherhood proud in football and in keeping evil members of the other gender in check

Congrats to him, well deserved 👏

Nah hakimi mama short like that?

Mama wey wise..

Mama wey make all feminist and wanna be feminist to shed tears all around the world..

Mama wey give dem Almajirii middle F..

Cape Vade just suprise me. But I know they will qualify for world cup seeing what they play at last Africa Cup of Nation

Well deserved..he had to come with a broken leg. I turned up cos he knew he would win

Legend. Akimi never play for small clubs in his entire career.

Hemanwel:
If you like, call me homo; my love for Achraf Hakimi is ehn...

I think he is the best right-back ever from the continent of Africa.

No doubt about that, the guy is just too good as a defender

Well deserved
Allah Akbar

Fifa president that attended a dinner with Trump and Saudi prince at White House that same yesterday, how comes he was able to make it to attend caf awards that same day? Is America to Morocco not that far?

Hemanwel:
If you like, call me homo; my love for Achraf Hakimi is ehn...

I think he is the best right-back ever from the continent of Africa.

Ola Aina is the best when it comes to defense

How will a country win African best men and women, African best young men and women, African team of the year men and women, and they give best coach to cape Verde.. this is nonsense.. a morrocan team coach should have won it.