Black Princess Forward Evelyn Badu Wins Africa's Inter Club Female Footballer of the Year at CAF Awards

Black Princess Forward Evelyn Badu Wins Africa's Inter Club Female Footballer of the Year at CAF Awards

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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  • Evelyn Badu has been named the best female inter-club player of the year in Africa at the CAF Football awards held in Morocco
  • The former Hasaacas Ladies striker beat competition from Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Andile Dlamini and South Africa defender Bambanani Mbanie. 
  • Evelyn Badu helped Hasaacas Ladies to an unprecedented trophy haul last season before leaving to continue her career abroad

Ghana's Evelyn Badu has been crowned the best female inter-club footballer in Africa at the CAF football awards held in Rabat on Thursday night.

The Black Princesses captain beat competition from Mamelodi Sundowns goalkeeper Andile Dlamini and South Africa centre-back Bambanani Mbanie to win the coveted award.

Badu is currently with the Black Princesses team in Ghana preparing for the FIFA Women's U20 World Cup in Costa Rica next month.

Evelyn Badu, Hasaacas Ladies, Ghana
Evelyn Badu has been named the young African female player of the year at the CAF awards. Credit: @CAF_Online
Source: Twitter

The 19-year-old is winning the award following her scintillating displays in the inaugural edition of CAF Women's Champions League. She also starred in Hasaacas Ladies' sensational sweep of domestic titles as well as winning the WAFU Zone B championship. 

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She was goal queen as Hasaacas Ladies reached the finals of the inaugural CAF Women's Champions League in Egypt last year. The former Ghana champions lost to Mamelodi Sundowns in the final of the competition.

His outstanding display saw her earn a move to Norway to join Avaldsnes IF.

Evelyn Badu wins golden boot at CAF Women's Champions League

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Hasaacas Ladies star forward, Evelyn Badu, has won the Golden Boot at the just ended CAF Women's Champions League in Egypt.

The Ghanaian forward netted five goals to win the Golden Boot and be adjudged the Player of the Tournament.

In videos posted on Twitter, sighted by YEN.com.gh, the queen of African football is seen delivering at her best.

Evelyn Badu leads Hasaacas Ladies contingent in CAF Women's Champions League best XI

Four Hasaacas Ladies players have been named in the best eleven of the CAF Women's Champions League which ended on Friday, November 19, 2021.

Top scorer Evelyn Badu, forward Doris Boaduwaa and defenders Janet Egyir and Perpetual Agyekum were part of the team.

The team was released by CAF on their official Twitter handle, as sighted by YEN.com.gh.

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Lukman Abdul Mumin is a Sports Journalist based in Accra, Ghana. He has been writing for the past five years. Lukman joined Sports Brief as an Editor for the Local Desk in 2022.
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