African Women's Footballer of the Year explained

See also: African Footballer of the Year.

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.

Winners

Multiple winners

PlayerWinner
Asisat Oshoala6
Perpetua Nkwocha4
Cynthia Uwak2

Awards won by nationality

NationWinners
13
2
2
1
1

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Football . CAF-Confedération Africaine du . Oshoala dedicates record fifth CAF Player of the Year to Nigeria's Super Falcons . 2022-07-22 . CAFOnline.com . en.
  2. Web site: Asisat Oshoala wins fifth African Women's Player of the Year award Goal.com . 2022-07-22 . www.goal.com.
  3. Web site: Oshoala wins record fifth African Player of the Year award . 2022-07-22 . www.fcbarcelona.com . en.
  4. Web site: Nigerian women battle barriers in elite sports. https://archive.today/20130209203702/http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Naija-news/message/1770. dead. 9 February 2013. Daily Independent. Yahoo!. 22 December 2012. 13 January 2002.
  5. Web site: CAF's African Women Player of the Year 2002–2005. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 6 August 2011.
  6. Web site: FIFA.com – Player to Watch: Adjoa Bayor. https://web.archive.org/web/20070825145813/http://www.fifa.com/womenworldcup/playertowatch/newsid=550958.html#player+watch+adjoa+bayor. dead. 25 August 2007. 25 August 2007. 15 October 2018.
  7. Web site: 2006 CAF awards . CAF . 6 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110912035545/http://www.cafonline.com/caf/awards/past-editions/267-2006.html . 12 September 2011 .
  8. Web site: 2007 CAF awards. CAF. 6 August 2011.
  9. Web site: 2008 CAF awards. CAF. 6 August 2011.
  10. Web site: 2009 CAF awards . CAF . 6 August 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110811173635/http://www.cafonline.com/caf/awards/past-editions/270-2009.html . 11 August 2011 .
  11. Web site: Perpetua Nkwocha: Women's footballer of the year. CAF. 6 August 2011. 20 December 2010.
  12. Web site: Ivorians steal show at CAF Awards 2011. CAF. 21 December 2012. 23 December 2011.
  13. Web site: Genoveva Anonma is African Women's Player of the year . turbine-potsdam.de . 21 December 2012 . German . 21 December 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130521073746/http://www.turbine-potsdam.de/newsmeldung.php?id=1213283&s=1213 . 21 May 2013 .
  14. Web site: Nigeria sweep four awards at Glo-CAF awards. CAF. 10 January 2014. 9 January 2014.
  15. Web site: Women"s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria). CAF. 8 January 2015. 8 January 2015.
  16. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/30736118
  17. Web site: AUBAMEYANG, SAMATTA RULE AFRICA. CAF. 7 January 2016. 7 January 2016.
  18. Web site: Women"s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria). Vanguard. 7 January 2017. 5 January 2017.
  19. Web site: Women"s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria). BBC Sport. 5 January 2018. 5 January 2018.
  20. Web site: Oludare . Shina . 21 July 2022 . Asisat Oshoala wins fifth African Women's Player of the Year award . 21 July 2022 . Goal.