Nigeria and Atalanta FC of Italy forward, Ademola Lookman, has been voted as Africa’s Best Player at the 2024 CAF Awards which held in Marrakech, Morocco Monday night.
He succeeds his national teammate, Victor Osimhen, who won it last year as Africa’s best footballer.
The 27-year-old forward who helped Nigeria to finish as runners up at the AFCON 2023 last February in Côte d’Ivoire, scored a hat-trick as Atalanta defeated Bayer Leverkusen to win the UEFA Europa League last May.
The award was the first major European trophy for his Italian club in almost 60 years.
Lookman was selected ahead of four other nominees namely: Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and PSG), Serhou Guirassy (Guinea and Borussia Dortmund), Simon Adingra (Cote d’Ivoire and Brighton) and Ronwen Williams (South Africa and Mamelodi Sundowns) to the coveted award.