The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has released the full ballots for the 2025 CAF Awards, offering fresh insight into how Nigerian representatives cast their votes across major categories.
In the Men’s Player of the Year category, Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi emerged winner with 533 points, ahead of Egypt’s Mohamed Salah (317) and Nigeria’s Victor Osimhen (240).
Surprisingly, former Super Eagles forward Daniel Amokachi voting as a CAF Technical Expert ranked Osimhen fifth, giving him just one point.
His top choices were Hakimi, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Salah and Serhou Guirassy.
Super Eagles coach Eric Chelle and captain William Troost-Ekong, however, both placed Osimhen at the top of their ballots.
In the Young Player of the Year (Men), Nigeria’s Daniel Bameyi finished 10th overall, with media voter Oluwashina Okeleji omitting the Flying Eagles captain from his top five.
Goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali finished eighth in his category. Chelle and Troost-Ekong ranked him first, while Okeleji selected Cameroon’s André Onana over the Nigerian goalkeeper.
On the women’s side, Morocco’s Ghizlane Chebbak was named Women’s Player of the Year with 223 points, with Nigeria’s Rasheedat Ajibade and Esther Okoronkwo finishing second and third respectively.
Super Falcons coach Justin Madugu voted Okoronkwo first and Ajibade second, while Nigeria’s media representative Samuel Ahmadu selected Zambia’s Barbra Banda as his top pick. Ajibade placed herself first and supported Nigeria’s other nominees.
Chiamaka Nnadozie won the Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award for the third straight time. Madugu and Ajibade ranked her first, while Ahmadu placed her fifth.
In the Women’s Young Player category, Nigeria’s Shakirat Moshood finished second behind Morocco’s Doha El Madani, though Ahmadu placed the Nigerian teenager fifth.
The Super Falcons were named Women’s National Team of the Year with 106 points, narrowly ahead of Morocco. Ahmadu once again split from the consensus, voting Tanzania first and Nigeria fifth — the only Nigerian ballot to rank the Falcons that low.
The complete ballot reveals clear differences between Nigeria’s technical delegates and its media representatives, with several Nigerian nominees receiving stronger support from coaches and players than from journalists.
