Tonight in Rabat, the Confederation of African Football celebrated the continent’s finest at the 2025 CAF Awards. The ceremony, an elegant fusion of sport, culture and spectacle handed out honours across men’s and women’s football, recognising individual brilliance, team achievement and the future stars of African football.
Leading the headlines was Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, who picked up the men’s Player of the Year award after a standout season with Paris Saint-Germain. The home crowd cheered as Hakimi’s influence on PSG’s treble-winning campaign was recognised on the continent’s biggest stage.
In the women’s top award, Morocco’s Ghizlaine Chebbak was named Women’s Player of the Year — a notable moment for Moroccan women’s football and a sign of the region’s accelerating rise on the continental scene.
Beyond the headline acts, the evening spotlighted goalkeepers, coaches, young talent and club excellence. Notable winners included Yassine Bounou as Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year and Chiamaka Nnadozie claiming her third consecutive Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award, a remarkable hat-trick of recognition. Fiston Mayele was voted Men’s Interclub Player of the Year following an influential continental campaign, while Pyramids FC secured Men’s Club of the Year.
Several women’s categories tied to the outcome of the ongoing CAF Women’s Champions League were left to be finalised at a later date; organisers said winners for a few interclub and club categories will be announced once the tournament concludes.
Below is a complete table summarising the awards presented this evening. For transparency, the list was compiled from CAF’s live coverage and corroborated with independent reporting of the ceremony.
What this means: Hakimi’s recognition confirms a season in which his attacking impetus and defensive reliability combined to influence results at the highest level. On the women’s side, Chebbak’s award underlines the growth of North African talent in the female game, while the repeat success of goalkeepers such as Nnadozie highlights how elite shot-stopping remains a decisive factor for awards panels.
We will update this post if CAF releases any additional winners tied to the Women’s Champions League or publishes an official consolidated winners list. Official live coverage from CAF and published winner lists were used to compile this summary.
