Ronwen Williams picks up triple nomination in CAF Awards

Williams is among the shortlists for the CAF Men's Player of the Year, Goalkeeper of the Year, as well as Inter-club Player of the Year for his exploits at international and club level.

This comes on the back of global recognition, having been nominated in the Ballon d'Or Awards, vying for the Yachine Trophy – which honours the best goalkeeper in the world – alongside the likes of Argentina's World Cup-winner Emiliano Martinez.

The 32-year-old is the only South African named among the individual honours at the CAF Awards, while Bafana and coach Hugo Broos have earned nominations for National Team of the Year and Coach of the Year respectively.

Sundowns have also been named on the shortlist for Men's Club of the Year, after winning the inaugural African Football League, reaching the CAF Champions League semi-finals, and qualifying for next year's expanded FIFA Club World Cup.

Broos, having led Bafana to their first semi-final and earning a second bronze medal in 24 years, is nominated alongside AFCON-winning Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae, Al Ahly's Marcell Kohler and Al Hilal's Florent Ibenge, among others.

Bafana are competing against Nigeria, Mozambique, Angola, Ivory Coast, DR Congo, Morocco, Burkina Faso, Uganda, and Sudan for the best national team award.

The awards evening is scheduled for 16 December 2024 in Marrakech, Morocco.

CAF Awards Men's Nominees List:

Player of the Year: Amine Gouiri (Algeria / Rennes), Edmond Tapsoba (Burkina Faso / Bayer Leverkusen), Simon Adingra (Cote d'Ivoire / Brighton & Hove Albion), Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo / Olympique de Marseille), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea / Borussia Dortmund), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Soufiane Rahimi (Morocco / Al Ain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta), William Troost-Ekong (Nigeria / Al Kholood), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns)

Goalkeeper of the Year: Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger), Andre Onana (Cameroon / Manchester United), Yahia Fofana (Cote d'Ivoire / Angers SCO), Lionel Mpasi (DR Congo / Rodez AF), Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly), Djigui Diarra (Mali / Young Africans), Munir El Kajoui (Morocco / RS Berkane), Stanley Nwabali (Nigeria / Chippa United), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis) 

Interclub Player of the Year: Oussama Benbot (Algeria / USM Alger), Issoufou Dayo (Burkina Faso / RS Berkane), Ahmed Sayed 'Zizo' (Egypt / Zamalek), Hussein El Shahat (Egypt / Al Ahly), Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt / Al Ahly), Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC), John Antwi (Ghana / Dreams FC), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis), Yassine Merriah (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis), Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns) 

Coach of the Year: Pedro Goncalves (Angola), Brahima Traore (Burkina Faso), Emerse Fae (Cote d'Ivoire), Sebastien Desabre (DR Congo), Jose Gomes (Zamalek), Marcel Koller (Al Ahly), Chiquinho Conde (Mozambique), Hugo Broos (South Africa), Florent Ibenge (Al Hilal), Kwesi Appiah (Sudan) 

Young Player of the Year: Carlos Baleba (Cameroon / Brighton & Hove Albion), Karim Konate (Cote d'Ivoire / Salzburg), Oumar Diakite (Cote d'Ivoire / Reims), Yankuba Minteh (Gambia / Brighton & Hove Albion), Abdul Aziz Issah (Ghana / Dreams FC / Barcelona), Bilal El Khannouss (Morocco / Leicester City), Eliesse Ben Seghir (Morocco / AS Monaco), El Hadji Malick Diouf (Senegal / Slavia Prague), Lamine Camara (Senegal / AS Monaco), Amanallah Memmiche (Tunisia / Esperance Sportive de Tunis) 

Club of the Year: Petro Atletico (Angola), TP Mazembe (DR Congo), Al Ahly (Egypt), Zamalek (Egypt), Dreams FC (Ghana), RS Berkane (Morocco), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Simba (Tanzania), Young Africans (Tanzania), Esperance Sportive de Tunis (Tunisia)

National Team of the Year: Angola, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda 

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