Izuchukwu OkosiFour Super Falcons of Nigeria players led by Asisat Oshoala have been nominated for this year’s CAF Women’s Player of the Year award, reports Prime Business Africa.
Africa football governing body, CAF announced the quartet of Oshoala, Rasheedat Ajibade, Chiamaka Nnadozie and Uchenna Kanu as part of the 30-women nominees on Wednesday.
Banyana Banyana of South Africa have six nominees for this year’s award, the highest by any country.
Just like Nigeria, Indomitable Lionesses of Cameroon have four players shortlisted, while Morocco and Ghana have three players each.
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala won the last edition in 2019, and she has won the award on four occasions. In 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2019.
The CAF women’s Player of the Year award was given out for the first time in 2001 with legendary Super Falcons striker Mercy Akide-Udoh winning the maiden edition.
And for the Women’s Young Player of the Year award, Monday Gift of Nigeria was also nominated alongside 9 other players.
While Rivers Angles Football Club of Nigeria have also been nominated alongside six other clubs for the Women’s Football Club of the Year Award.
This year’s award will be based on players performances from September 2021 until June this year.
The awards ceremony will be held on the 21st of July – shortly before the end of the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Rabat, Morocco.
Izuchukwu Okosi is a Nigerian sports and entertainment journalist with two decades of experience in the media industry having begun his media journey in 2002 as an intern at Mundial Sports International (MSI) and Africa Independent Television (AIT), owners of Daar Communications Plc.
In October 2004, Okosi joined Complete Communications Limited, publishers of Complete Sports newspaper and Complete Football magazine as a reporter and later script writer for the Complete Sports studio.
He worked there for 13 years until October 2017.
Okosi also worked various times as Correspondent, Content creator and Editor at Sports Market International Magazine, Opera News, All Nigeria Soccer Media and Iconic Media Watch.
He also undertook freelance writing gigs for some local and international organizations.
Okosi is a member of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Association of Voiceover Artistes of Nigeria (AVOA), Sports Writers Association of Nigeria (SWAN) and Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ).
He has been part of cast in some Nollywood movies and radio dramas including Blood Money 2, Scores To Settle, Dead End 2, Another Campus Tale and Battle Line.
Aside mainstream media and the entertainment industry, he has interests in scouting/unearthing of talents in the sports and creative sectors, exports business and property development.
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