Ghana's Evelyn Badu Wins Young Female Footballer of the Year at 2022 CAF Awards

Ghana's Evelyn Badu Wins Young Female Footballer of the Year at 2022 CAF Awards

Lukman Mumuni
updated at April 12, 2023 at 8:07 PM
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  • Evelyn Badu has been named the best young female player of the year in Africa at the CAF Football awards held in Morocco
  • The former Hasaacas Ladies striker beat competition from compatriot and former teammate Evelyn Badu and Morocco's Yasmine Zouhir
  • Evelyn Badu helped Hasaacas Ladies to an unprecedented trophy haul last season before leaving to continue her career abroad

Evelyn Badu has been crowned the Confederation of African Football's best female young footballer at the awards in Morocco on Thursday night. 

The Black Princesses captain beats off competition from ex-teammate Doris Boaduwaa and Morocco's youngster Yasmine Zouhir.

Badu won the award following her scintillating display in the inaugural edition of CAF Women's Champions League.

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Evelyn Badu has been named the best young female footballer at the CAF awards. Credit: @CAF_Online
Source: Twitter

She also starred in Hasaacas Ladies' sensational sweep of domestic titles as well as winning the WAFU Zone B championship.

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

The 19-year-old played a pivotal role as Hasaacas Ladies won all domestic title before going on to conquer West Africa at the WAFU tournament.

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 has been named the best Africa inter-club female footballer of the year

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that 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 wins golden boot at CAF Women's Champions League

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.

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Lukman Mumuni
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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