African Women Footballer of the Year, an annual

award An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration. An award may be d ...

for Africa's best female football player. It is awarded by the

Confederation of African Football The Confederation of African Football (CAF) is the administrative and controlling body for association football, beach soccer, and futsal in Africa. It was established on 8 February 1957 at the ''Grand Hotel'' in Khartoum, Sudan. At the FIFA Co ...

(CAF) in December each year.

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

Asisat Oshoala Asisat Lamina Oshoala (born 9 October 1994) is a Nigerian professional association football, footballer who plays as a Striker (association football), striker for National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) club Bay FC and the Nigeria women's nation ...

has won the award a record six times. The award was given out for the first time in 2001.

Winners

*2001 –

Mercy Akide Mercy Joy Akide Udoh (; born 26 August 1975) is a Nigerian former footballer who played as a midfielder for the Nigeria women's national football team. Early life Mercy started playing football at the age of five with her oldest brother Seleipi ...

*2002 – Alberta Sackey,

Ghana Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It is situated along the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, and shares borders with Côte d’Ivoire to the west, Burkina Faso to the north, and Togo to t ...

*2003 – Adjoa Bayor,

*2004 –

Perpetua Nkwocha Perpetua Ijeoma Nkwocha (born 3 January 1976) is a Nigerian former professional association football, footballer who played for and captained the Nigeria women's national football team. She is the Coach (sport), coach of Clemensnäs IF from Swe ...

*2005 – Perpetua Nkwocha,

*2006 – Cynthia Uwak,

*2007 – Cynthia Uwak,

*2008 –

Noko Matlou Noko Alice Matlou (born 30 September 1985) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a defender for Spanish Primera Federación side CP Cacereño Femenino. She has played for the South Africa women's national team both as a ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic O ...

*2009 – ''not awarded'' *2010 – Perpetua Nkwocha,

*2011 – Perpetua Nkwocha,

*2012 – Genoveva Añonma,

Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea, officially the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, is a country on the west coast of Central Africa. It has an area of . Formerly the colony of Spanish Guinea, its post-independence name refers to its location both near the Equ ...

*2013 – ''not awarded'' *2014–

*2015 – Gaëlle Enganamouit,

Cameroon Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon, is a country in Central Africa. It shares boundaries with Nigeria to the west and north, Chad to the northeast, the Central African Republic to the east, and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the R ...

*2016 –

*2017 –

*2018 –

Thembi Kgatlana Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (born 2 May 1996) is a South African professional soccer player who plays as a Forward (soccer), forward for Liga MX Femenil club Tigres UANL (women), Tigres UANL Femenil and the South Africa women's national soccer tea ...

*2019 –

*2020 – ''not awarded'' *2021 – ''not awarded'' *2022 –

*2023 –

*2024 – Barbra Banda,

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Multiple winners

^{* Players in bold are currently active}

Awards won by nationality

References

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Winners

Multiple winners

Awards won by nationality

See also

References