Egypt and Liverpool forward Mohamed Salah, Nigeria and Napoli forward Victor Osimhen and Morocco and PSG defender Achraf Hakimi will compete for the title of Africa's best footballer of 2023.
The sho𓃲rtlist of nominees was presented by the press service of the Confederation of Afr💞ican Football (CAF).
The CAF Awards 2023 ceremony will be held on Monda🌌y, December 11, in Marrakech (Morocco).
Senegal forward Sadio Mane, now playi🌠ng for Saudi Arabia's Al-Nassr, won the 2022 award. Salah was recognized as the continent's best footballer in 2017 and 2018. In October 2023, the Egyptian became the best player of the EPL.
In addition, Andre Onana (Cameroon, Manchester⛄ United), Yassine Bounou (Morocco, Al Hilal) and Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt, Al Ahly) are also contenders fo🅷r the award for the best goalkeeper of 2023 in Africa.