{"id":8750,"date":"2026-11-04T11:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/caf-awards-2026-osimhen-lookman-missing-from-mens-player-of-the-year-shortlist\/"},"modified":"2026-11-04T11:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-11-04T11:46:03","slug":"caf-awards-2026-osimhen-lookman-missing-from-mens-player-of-the-year-shortlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/04\/caf-awards-2026-osimhen-lookman-missing-from-mens-player-of-the-year-shortlist\/","title":{"rendered":"CAF Awards 2026: Osimhen, Lookman Missing From Men&#8217;s Player Of The Year Shortlist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football, CAF,has  announced the nominees for the 2026 Men\u2019s Player of the Year award, with Nigerian internationals Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman notably missing from the 10-man shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>The omission of both players comes despite their impressive contributions to Nigeria\u2019s campaign at the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in Morocco, where the Super Eagles finished third.<\/p>\n<p>Lookman enjoyed an outstanding tournament, recording three goals and four assists in six appearances. His performances also earned him a place in the AFCON Team of the Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Osimhen equally made a significant impact, finishing as Nigeria\u2019s highest goalscorer at the competition with four goals and two assists.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read Also:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.completesports.com\/osimhen-nears-galatasarays-all-time-goalscoring-record-for-foreign-players\/\">Osimhen Nears Galatasaray\u2019s All-Time Goalscoring Record For Foreign Players<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Senegal and Morocco dominate the nominations, with three players each making the shortlist.<\/p>\n<p>Senegal\u2019s nominees are Sadio Man\u00e9, Isma\u00efla Sarr and Pape Gueye, while Morocco\u2019s representatives are Achraf Hakimi, Brahim D\u00edaz and Isma\u00ebl Saibari.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining nominees are Ivory Coast\u2019s Amad Diallo, DR Congo\u2019s Yoane Wissa, Ghana\u2019s Antoine Semenyo and South Africa\u2019s Teboho Mokoena.<\/p>\n<p>The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Monday, December 7, 2026, in Lagos, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>By Adeboye Amosu<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Complete Sports<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Confederation of African Football, CAF,has announced the nominees for the 2026 Men\u2019s Player of the Year award, with Nigerian internationals Victor Osimhen and Ademola Lookman notably missing from the&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8751,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}