The 2023 CAF Awards, one of the most anticipated events on the African football calendar, takes place on Monday 11 December in Marrakesh, Morocco.
With just 48 hours to go until the prestigious ceremony, CAF has announced the presence of a number of distinguished guests who will join the nominees to celebrate the excellence and remarkable achievements of African football.
Among the famous guests who have confirmed their presence are football legends, music and art celebrities and big names from other sporting fields, such as Samuel Eto’o (Cameroon), Abedi Pele (Ghana), El Hadji Diouf (Senegal) , Emmanuel Adebayor (Togo), Jay-Jay Okocha (Nigeria), Jonathan Pitroipa (Burkina Faso), Kalusha Bwalya (Zambia), Ahmed Hassan (Egypt), Perpetua Nkwocha (Nigeria), Patrick Mboma (Cameroon), Mikel Obi (Nigeria ), including .
These famous personalities will bring an aura of grandeur to the event and help make this edition of the CAF Awards even more memorable.
On the sidelines of the event, a charity football match will be held at Marrakesh Stadium on Sunday 10 December at 16:00 local time (15:00 GMT) to honor the victims of the earthquake.
The CAF Awards is a special opportunity to recognize and reward outstanding performances by African players, coaches, teams and clubs over a given period.
This year, the period under review runs from November 2022 to September 2023 for men’s categories and from December 2022 to November 2023 for women.
Complete list of legends
Legends |
Country |
El Haji Diouf |
Senegal |
Samuel Eto’o |
Cameroon |
Manuel Jose Luis Bucuan |
Mozambique |
Emmanuel Adebayor |
To go |
Gaelle Enganamouit |
Cameroon |
Geremi Njitap |
Cameroon |
Janine van Wyk |
South Africa |
Pascal Feidunot |
Guinea |
Gerita Ilunga |
DR Congo |
Charles Caboret |
Burkina Faso |
Thomas N’Kono |
Cameroon |
Abedi Pele |
Ghana |
Alberta Sackey |
Ghana |
Augustine Jay-Jay Okocha |
Nigeria |
Clementine Toure |
Ivory Coast |
Emmanuel Amunike |
Nigeria |
Ahmed Hasan |
Egypt |
Siaka Tiene |
Ivory Coast |
Jonathan Pitroipa |
Burkina Faso |
Kalusha Bwalya |
Zambia |
Halilou Fatiga |
Senegal |
Eleos Akidis |
Nigeria |
Mikel John Obi |
Nigeria |
My name is Ebby |
Nigeria |
Patrick M’Boma |
Cameroon |
Perpetua Nkwocha |
Nigeria |
Mamadou Niang |
Senegal |
Dear Dede |
Nigeria |
Rainford Calaba |
Zambia |
Titi Kamara |
Guinea |
Rigobert Song |
Cameroon |
Salomon Kalou |
Ivory Coast |
Siphiwe Tshabalala |
South Africa |
Anthony Baffoe |
Ghana |
Mustafa El Hadawi |
Morocco |
Demba Ba |
Senegal |
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