{"id":130616,"date":"2023-12-13T11:29:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:29:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/13\/osimhen-beats-sallah-for-top-prize\/"},"modified":"2023-12-13T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T11:29:21","slug":"osimhen-beats-sallah-for-top-prize","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2023\/12\/13\/osimhen-beats-sallah-for-top-prize\/","title":{"rendered":"Osimhen Beats Sallah &#8230; For Top Prize"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><b>Victor Osimhen at the 2023 CAF Awards<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen, has been named African Footballer of the Year after beating Mohamed Salah to the award at a ceremony in Marrakech on Monday, with compatriot Asisat Oshoala winning the top prize in the women\u2019s category.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen, 24, netted 26 goals as he helped Napoli to a surprise triumph in Serie A last season and was the leading scorer in Italy\u2019s top division.<\/p>\n<p>Egypt\u2019s Liverpool forward Salah and Morocco\u2019s Paris Saint-Germain right-back Achraf Hakimi were the other two final nominees, but Osimhen claimed the prize to become the first Nigerian winner since Nwankwo Kanu in 1999.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a dream come true. I have to thank everybody who has helped me on this journey and all Africans who have helped to put me on the map despite my faults,\u201d Osimhen said.<\/p>\n<p>Morocco won National Team of the Year in the men\u2019s category after their thrilling run to the World Cup semifinals in Qatar, while their manager Walid Regragui won Coach of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria\u2019s Barcelona forward Oshoala was the women\u2019s African Footballer of the Year for a record sixth time, having battled injury to help her side to the round of 16 at the World Cup in Australia and New Zealand where they took England to penalties.<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria took home the trophy for National Team of the Year, but South Africa\u2019s Desiree Ellis won women\u2019s Coach of the Year for the fourth time in succession.<\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Victor Osimhen at the 2023 CAF Awards \u00a0 Nigeria striker, Victor Osimhen, has been named African Footballer of the Year after beating Mohamed Salah to the award at a ceremony in Marrakech on Monday, with compatriot Asisat Oshoala winning the top prize in the women\u2019s category. 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