Laayoune – The Confederation of African Football (CAF) released on Wednesday the list of the three finalists for each category of the CAF Awards 2022, with four Moroccans featured in the list.
The first Moroccan footballer to be on the CAF Awards final list is Wydad AC’s (WAC) Achraf Dari for the Men’s Interclub Player of the Year. CAF has also shortlisted Yasmine Zouhir for the Women’s Young Player of the Year award.
Zouhair El Moutaraji’s two goals scored during the WAC-Al Ahly game in the Total Energies CAF Champions League final are nominated for the Goal of Year Award.
CAF has also nominated WAC’s Walid Regragui for the Men’s Coach of the Year 2022 award, while Reynald Pedros, the coach of Morocco’s female national football team, is shortlisted for the Women’s category Coach of the Year.
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In addition to these four Moroccans, three Moroccan football clubs were nominated to receive the Club of the Year award. CAF nominated RS Berkane and Wydad Athletic Club for the Men’s category, while AS FAR is representing Morocco in the women’s category.
CAF said the National Women Team of the Year award finalists have yet to be decided because there wasn’t a significant women’s competition during the time period under evaluation. The winner of this category will be announced during the Women’s AFCON final game on July 23, 2022 in Rabat.
The prestigious CAF Awards event, which recognizes the top players in continental football, is scheduled to start at 8 p.m. on Thursday at the Mohammed VI Complex in Rabat.
