{"id":238835,"date":"2024-10-25T07:57:23","date_gmt":"2024-10-25T07:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/25\/mohammed-kudus-miss-out-on-2024-caf-mens-player-of-the-year-award\/"},"modified":"2024-10-25T07:57:23","modified_gmt":"2024-10-25T07:57:23","slug":"mohammed-kudus-miss-out-on-2024-caf-mens-player-of-the-year-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/25\/mohammed-kudus-miss-out-on-2024-caf-mens-player-of-the-year-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Kudus miss out on 2024 CAF Men&#8217;s Player of the Year award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanaweb.com\/imagelib\/pics\/528\/52889176.295.jpg\" alt=\"Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus\" title=\"Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus\" width=\"295\" height=\"210\" \/> <span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"-webkit-user-select: none; -webkit-touch-callout: none; -moz-user-select: none; -ms-user-select: none; user-select: none;\">\n<p id=\"article-123\">Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus has been left off the CAF Men&#8217;s Player of the Year award list announced on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Given his impressive season for both club and country, many anticipated his inclusion and hoped he would contend for a podium finish.<\/p>\n<p>Despite his outstanding performances, Kudus did not make the cut as CAF unveiled a list of 10 nominees, leaving out the 24-year-old attacking midfielder.<\/p>\n<p>He excelled at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring two goals against Egypt and earning the Man of the Match accolade twice.<\/p>\n<p>At West Ham, Kudus enjoyed a remarkable debut season, tallying eight goals in the Premier League and five in the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, the CAF list also excluded reigning champion Victor Osimhen, as well as his compatriot Victor Boniface, who enjoyed an excellent season with Bayer Leverkusen, winning the Bundesliga title.<\/p>\n<p>Other notable absences include Liverpool\u2019s Mohamed Salah, while the nominees include Edmond Tapsoba, Amine Gouiri, Chancel Mbemba, Simon Adingra, and Achraf Hakimi. Soufiane Rahimi, Ademola Lookman, William Troost-Ekong, and Ronwen Williams were also nominated, with Lookman viewed as a strong contender following his hat-trick in the Europa League final that led Atalanta to victory.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 CAF Awards is set to take place in Marrakech, Morocco, on December 16, marking the third consecutive year the country hosts this prestigious event.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">\ud835\udde3\ud835\uddf9\ud835\uddee\ud835\ude06\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddff \ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddf3 \ud835\ude01\ud835\uddf5\ud835\uddf2 \ud835\uddec\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddee\ud835\uddff (\ud835\udde0\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddfb) &#8211; \ud835\udde1\ud835\uddfc\ud835\uddfa\ud835\uddf6\ud835\uddfb\ud835\uddf2\ud835\uddf2\ud835\ude00<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAFAwards2024?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAFAwards2024<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1fhdmOay7a\">pic.twitter.com\/1fhdmOay7a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CAF_Online (@CAF_Online) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CAF_Online\/status\/1849488532600983785?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus has been left off the CAF Men&#8217;s Player of the Year award list announced on Thursday. Given his impressive season for both club and country, many anticipated his inclusion and hoped he would contend for a podium finish. Despite his outstanding performances, Kudus did not make the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mohammed Kudus miss out on 2024 CAF Men&#039;s Player of the Year award - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/10\/25\/mohammed-kudus-miss-out-on-2024-caf-mens-player-of-the-year-award\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Mohammed Kudus miss out on 2024 CAF Men&#039;s Player of the Year award - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus Ghanaian star Mohammed Kudus has been left off the CAF Men&#8217;s Player of the Year award list announced on Thursday. 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