{"id":232932,"date":"2025-10-22T16:56:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/232932\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T16:56:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:56:12","slug":"football-mohamed-salah-headlines-nominees-for-mens-player-of-the-year-at-caf-awards-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/232932\/","title":{"rendered":"Football: Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#8217;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/mohamed-salah-ghaly\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mohamed Salah<\/a> is among 10 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/football\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;fd3ae355-0672-4c50-84f0-a13483e3ce08&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-22T16:08:54.741Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#039;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025 - full list of nominees\u00a0&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-football\\&quot;,\\&quot;mohamed-salah-ghaly\\&quot;,\\&quot;achraf-hakimi\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;africa-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#039;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025 - full list of nominees\u00a0&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;mohamed-salah-nominees-player-of-year-caf-awards-2025-football&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-football&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;FBL&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">footballers<\/a> nominated at the CAF Awards 2025 for the men\u2019s Player of the Year award.<\/p>\n<p>The Egyptian national team captain is up for the top award at the African football awards ceremony, which will be held on an unconfirmed date at the end of the year. Salah helped Liverpool to their 20th English Premier League title last season, also becoming the club\u2019s third all-time leading goalscorer.<\/p>\n<p>In the award\u2019s consideration period from 6 January to 15 October 2025, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/london-2012\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;fd3ae355-0672-4c50-84f0-a13483e3ce08&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-22T16:08:54.741Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#039;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025 - full list of nominees\u00a0&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-football\\&quot;,\\&quot;mohamed-salah-ghaly\\&quot;,\\&quot;achraf-hakimi\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;africa-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#039;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025 - full list of nominees\u00a0&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;mohamed-salah-nominees-player-of-year-caf-awards-2025-football&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-football&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;FBL&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">London 2012<\/a> Olympian recorded 16 goals and nine assists for Liverpool, as well as four goals and an assist for Egypt.<\/p>\n<p>Joining Salah in the running for Africa\u2019s male player of the year is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/achraf-hakimi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Achraf Hakimi<\/a>, who won the bronze medal with Morocco at the Olympic Games <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/olympic-games\/paris-2024\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;fd3ae355-0672-4c50-84f0-a13483e3ce08&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2025-10-22T16:08:54.741Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#039;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025 - full list of nominees\u00a0&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-football\\&quot;,\\&quot;mohamed-salah-ghaly\\&quot;,\\&quot;achraf-hakimi\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-male\\&quot;,\\&quot;africa-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men&#039;s Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025 - full list of nominees\u00a0&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;mohamed-salah-nominees-player-of-year-caf-awards-2025-football&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-football&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;FBL&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Paris 2024<\/a>. The full-back had a superb season with Paris Saint-Germain, where they won the UEFA Champions League as well as the French domestic treble in the 2024-25 campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Hakimi, 26, is the only defender to make the shortlist for the continental prize. Elsewhere, Nigeria talisman Victor Osimhen is nominated thanks to his standout form in T\u00fcrkiye with Galatasaray, where he won the league title in his debut campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mohamed Salah is among 10 footballers nominated at the CAF Awards 2025 for the men\u2019s Player of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232933,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-232932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}