African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual award for Africa's best female football player. It is awarded by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in December each year. Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala has won the award a record six times.[1][2][3] The award was given out for the first time in 2001.

Record six time winner: Asisat Oshoala
Four time winner: Perpetua Nkwocha

Winners

Multiple winners

* Players in bold are currently active

Player Winner
Asisat Oshoala 6
Perpetua Nkwocha 4
Cynthia Uwak 2

Awards won by nationality

Nation Winners
 Nigeria 13
 Ghana 2
 South Africa 2
 Cameroon 1
 Equatorial Guinea 1

See also

References

  1. ↑ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Oshoala dedicates record fifth CAF Player of the Year to Nigeria's Super Falcons". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ↑ "Asisat Oshoala wins fifth African Women's Player of the Year award | Goal.com". www.goal.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "Oshoala wins record fifth African Player of the Year award". www.fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ↑ "Nigerian women battle barriers in elite sports". Daily Independent. Yahoo!. 13 January 2002. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "CAF's African Women Player of the Year 2002–2005". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  6. ↑ "FIFA.com – Player to Watch: Adjoa Bayor". 25 August 2007. Archived from the original on 25 August 2007. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "2006 CAF awards". CAF. Archived from the original on 12 September 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  8. ↑ "2007 CAF awards". CAF. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  9. ↑ "2008 CAF awards". CAF. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  10. ↑ "2009 CAF awards". CAF. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  11. ↑ "Perpetua Nkwocha: Women's footballer of the year". CAF. 20 December 2010. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Ivorians steal show at CAF Awards 2011". CAF. 23 December 2011. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  13. ↑ "Genoveva Anonma is African Women's Player of the year" (in German). turbine-potsdam.de. 21 December 2012. Archived from the original on 21 May 2013. Retrieved 21 December 2012.
  14. ↑ "Nigeria sweep four awards at Glo-CAF awards". CAF. 9 January 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2014.
  15. ↑ "Women"s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)". CAF. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  16. ↑ "AUBAMEYANG, SAMATTA RULE AFRICA". CAF. 7 January 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2016.
  17. ↑ "Women"s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)". Vanguard. 5 January 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
  18. ↑ "Women"s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)". BBC Sport. 5 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  19. ↑ Oludare, Shina (21 July 2022). "Asisat Oshoala wins fifth African Women's Player of the Year award". Goal. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
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