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Samuel Chukwueze & Victor Osimhen make final 5-man list for African Youth Player of the Year Award
Samuel Chukwueze & Victor Osimhen make final 5-man list for African Youth Player of the Year Award
Nigerian footballers, Samuel Chukwueze and Victor Osimhen will go head-to-head for the African Youth Player of the Year Award with 3 other Africans.
The young superstars who play for Villarreal and Lille respectively will battle for the award with Morocco’s Achraf Hakimi, Mali’s Moussa Djenepo and Senegal’s Krépin Diatta.
The winner will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt.
Youth Player of the Year
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
- Krépin Diatta (Senegal & Club Brugge)
- Moussa Djenepo (Mali & Southampton)
- Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)
- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)