No Nigerian makes CAF ladies’s greatest participant nomination listing for the primary time

No Nigerian participant has been nominated for the 2026 CAF Women’s Player of the Year award, marking the primary time the shortlist has excluded a Super Falcons participant for the reason that award started in 2001.

CAF launched the nominations on Tuesday, November 2. Nigeria’s absence follows the Super Falcons’ disappointing marketing campaign on the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations and their failure to qualify for the Women’s World Cup for the primary time.

The Player of the Year nominees embrace Malawian sisters Tabitha Chawinga and Temwa Chawinga, alongside Cameroon’s Marie Ngah Manga, Michaely Bihina and Monique Ngock. Zambia’s Barbra Banda, South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana, Morocco’s Hanane Ait El Haj, Algeria’s Marine Dafeur and Ghana’s Portia Boakye full the listing. Despite lacking out on the main particular person award, Nigeria acquired nominations in different classes.

The Super Falcons have been shortlisted for the Women’s National Team of the Year award, whereas Janet Akekoromowei and Oluwakemi Adegbuyi have been nominated for the younger expertise prize. Edo Queens goalkeeper Christiana Uzoma was additionally named among the many contenders for the goalkeeper award. The 2026 CAF Awards ceremony is scheduled for December 7 on the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and the Creative Arts.