CAF Awards: Full List of Every Winner Since 1992 As Osimhen Claims Prize in 2023

• The CAF Player of the Year is the biggest individual award when it comes to African football
• Victor Osimhen, Achraf Hakimi, and Mohamed Salah were the finalists for this year's prize
• The CAF Player of the Year winners list highlights the best African footballers dating to 1992

The 2023 CAF Awards, organised by the Confederation of African Football, was held at the Movenpick Hotel in the central Moroccan city of Marrakech last night, December 11.

Super Eagles striker, Victor Osimhen won the prize ahead of Liverpool and Egypt forward, Mohamed Salah and Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco defender, Achraf Hakimi.

Former Bayern Munich forward, Sadio Mane won the last two editions but failed to make it to the final three finalists for this year's edition.

CAF Player of the Year past winners

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CAF inaugurated the new format of the awards in 1992, with Samuel Eto'o and Yaya Toure holding the record as respective four-time winners, according to a report by The Sporting News.

Sports Brief takes a look at the past winners, and the year they won the award:

2023 - Victor Osimhen

2022 - Sadio Mane

2019 - Sadio Mane

2018 - Mohamed Salah

2017 - Mohamed Salah

2016 - Riyad Mahrez

2015 - Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

2014 - Yaya Toure

2013 - Yaya Toure

2012 - Yaya Toure

2011 - Yaya Toure

2010 - Samuel Eto'o

2009 - Didier Drogba

2008 - Emmanuel Adebayor

2007 - Frederic Kanoute

2006 - Didier Drogba

2005 - Samuel Eto'o

2004 - Samuel Eto'o

2003 - Samuel Eto'o

2002 - El Hadji Diouf

2001 - El Hadji Diouf

2000 - Patrick M'Boma

1999 - Nwankwo Kanu

1998 - Mustapha Hadji

1997 - Victor Ikpeba

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1996 - Nwankwo Kanu

1995 - George Weah

1994 - Emmanuel Amunike

1992 - Abedi Pele.

Osimhen received the award for his efforts with both the Super Eagles and Napoli, with Nigeria coming out as the biggest winner from the event.

CAF Awards 2023: all the winners

Sports Brief also previously compiled a report on all the winners from the 2023 CAF Awards on Monday night, with Osimhen taking the top men's prize.

Nigeria was the biggest winner of the event, with the West African nation claiming numerous individual and team prizes at the awards in Marrakesh.