Ekong, is among the five players that have been dropped from the final five-man shortlist for the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year. CAF confirmed the shortlist on Monday in a statement. The others who didn’t make it from the original 10-man list are: Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo/Olympique Marseille),

Super Eagles forward Ademola Lookman and goalkeeper Stanley Nwabali are among the nominees who made it to the final five-man shortlist for the Confederation of African Football (CAF) Player and Goalkeeper of the Year Awards.

CAF has released the final shortlist for the various categories in the upcoming 2024 CAF Awards, with Ghana’s hopes of winning an award seemingly dashed as no Ghanaian player made the final cut in any category.

Ademola Lookman has made the final five-man shortlist for the 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the Year. CAF released the final shortlist for the prestigious award on Monday. The other nominees are Simon Adingra,

The Conf eacute;d eacute;ration Africaine de Football ( ldquo;CAF rdquo;) has unveiled the five finalists for the men rsquo;s categories for the CAFAwards24.

Notably, the Super Eagles of Nigeria, three-time African champions, are among the nominees for the National Team of the Year.

Nigerian professional footballer, Victor Boniface has expressed disappointment that he was overlooked for the 2024 CAF Men’s Player award.

Super Eagles and Atalanta forward, Ademola has made it to the final shortlist for the men's category of the  2024 CAF Best Player Awards.

Victor Boniface expressed disappointment at being excluded from the shortlist for the CAF Men’s Player of the Year award

Ademola Lookman wey dey play for Atalanta turn up 14th for di Ballon D'Or award wey happen for October and na im be di highest ranking African player for di list.

Atalanta star Ademola Lookman has been named as one of the candidates for the African Footballer of the Year award, where he is the hot favourite.The other nominees for the award are Simon Adingra