CAF Young Player of the Year: Every honor champ and where could they currently be?

He was essential for the Angola group that arrived at the 2006 World Cup, yet his vocation diminished and he resigned matured only 28.

The ex-striker accordingly worked for Benfica as a diplomat.

19 Mido

Partaken in a marvelous course through Ajax, Olympique de Marseille, AS Roma and Tottenham Hotspur during the early piece of his vocation, when Mido’s rawness and hostility conveyed him a certified intimidation in a portion of Europe’s greatest associations.

He was an African boss with Egypt, at the end of the day blurred into lack of clarity with any semblance of Wigan Athletic and… erm… Barnsley.

He’s held instructing jobs with SC Zamalek, Ismaily SC and Wadi Degla, and is presently on the leading group of Egyptian side Zed FC.

18 Obafemi Martins

Secured the honor in both 2003 and 2004, when he was breaking into the Internazionale side and seemed bound for the extremely top.

Contest in the end extracted him from Inter, and he continued on toward Newcastle Unitedand later won the League Cup with Birmingham City.

He delighted in outcome in the United States with Seattle Sounders and has been without a club since leaving Wuhan Zall in 2020.

17 John Obi Mikel

Quite possibly of the most finished African player ever, Mikel featured at the Fifa Youth Championship in 2005 — equaling Lionel Messi as the remarkable player of the competition — and hence tied down a transition to Chelsea (by means of a concise, brief second with Manchester United).

Association titles, FA Cups, the Champions League and the Europa League followed over the course of the following ten years, and Mikel proceeded to include for any semblance of Middlesbrough, Trabzonspor and Stoke City.

He’s been without a club since leaving Kuwait SC in 2021.

16 Taye Taiwo

One of a few players on this rundown who crested too early, Taiwo succeeded close by Mikel in 2005 and proceeded to vanquish French football with Olympique de Marseille.

Ensuing moves to AC Milan and Queens Park Rangers didn’t really work out, and the left-back has been without a club since leaving Finnish side SalPa recently.

15 Clifford Mulenga

One of two Zambians to win the honor, Mulenga secured the award in 2007, a period during which he was being looked at by any semblance of PSV Eindhoven and Real Madrid.

At last, he never transformed the European game, in spite of the fact that while he spent most of his vocation in Southern Africa, he was essential for Zambia’s wonderful Nations Cup-winning group in 2012.

14 Salomon Kalou

One of the uncelebrated yet truly great individuals of both a brilliant Chelsea side and the Ivory Coast’s Golden Generation, Kalou was the principal Francophone player to win the YPOTY prize.

He made his Elephants debut in 2007, and highlighted in the Nations Cup in 2008 — that very year in which he was respected as Africa’s best youthful player.

He was a Premier League, Champions League and FA Cup victor at Chelsea, and as of late finished paperwork for Djiboutian side AS Arta/Solar 7.

13 Dominic Adiyiah

Toward the finish of the last ten years, there weren’t an excessive number of youthful abilities on the planet who were more exceptionally respected than Adiyiah.

The forward was the Ghana Premier League’s most thrilling player in the 2007-08 season, and followed that up with a remarkable exhibition at the U-20 World Cup in 2009 when he asserted both the Golden Boot and the Golden Shoe.

A Caf Young Player of the Year grant followed, while Adiyiah was essential for the Black Stars crew that arrived at the World Cup quarter-last in 2010.

He’s been without a club since leaving Thai side Chiangmai Utd in January 2021

12 Kwadwo Asamoah

On one hand, Asamoah was one of the most enhanced players of his age, coming out on top for six Serie A championships and arriving at the Champions League and Europa League finals with Juventus and Internazionale.

Then again, his profession was desolated by injury, with Asamoah never genuinely following through on the commitment his showed as a young person.

Still just 33, he’s been without a club since leaving Cagliari in July 2021.

11 Souleymane Coulibaly

Back in 2011, Coulibaly was absolutely electrifying, scoring nine of every four games at the U-17 World Cup, including a wonderful full go-around against Brazil.

His exhibitions procured him a transition to Tottenham Hotspur, however he never measured up at Spurs and is at present with Tunisian monsters Etoile du Sahel after an odd profession way including Bari, Peterborough United, Newport County, Al-Ahly, Partick Thistle, and Kilmarnock.

He as of late moved to the Cypriot first class.

10 Mohamed Salah

The best name on this rundown, Salah seemed bound for extraordinary things when he secured this award in 2012, in spite of the fact that assumptions were overhauled downwards after he neglected to measure up at Chelsea.

From that point forward, obviously, he’s proceeded to vanquish the game, turning into Africa’s top scoring player in Premier League history during his famous spell with Liverpool.

The forward has likewise propelled the Reds to three Champions League finals — winning in 2019 — and assisted Liverpool with finishing their three-decade hang tight for the first class crown in 2020.

9 Kelechi Iheanacho

Another double cross victor, Iheanacho tied down a transition to Manchester City on the rear of winning the U-17 World Cup with Nigeria in 2013 and the U-20 World Cup two years after the fact.

Circumstances didn’t exactly pan out at the Etihad Stadium, with Pep Guardiola not seeing a future at the club for Iheanacho, in spite of the fact that he stays in the Prem with Leicester City.

This might be a definitive mission for the striker, as he hopes to demonstrate — like one more name on this rundown — that he can be the drawn out swap for Jamie Vardy.

8 Yacine Brahimi

A veritable dream player, Brahimi was an individual from the Algeria crew that won the Nations Cup in 2019.

He grabbed the attention irregularly with Stade Rennais and FC Porto, despite the fact that attempted to impact games at the most elevated level reliably.

The previous France U-21 global as of late finished paperwork for Al-Gharafa SC in the Qatar first class.

7 Oghenekaro Etebo

Brilliant at the U-23 Nations Cup in late 2015, Etebo completed the competition with a champ’s decoration and as the opposition’s top scorer.

He additionally got two times in the last, and seemed bound for the zenith of the game.

Moving to Stoke City in 2018 seemingly wrecked his vocation, and he’s presently back with the Potters having invested energy in credit with Getafe, Galatasaray and Watford.

6 Asisat Oshoala

The main lady to win the honor up until this point, Oshoala was the primary player to guarantee the recently marked Young Player of the Year grant in 2014.

She’s delighted in enormous accomplishment over the mediating eight years, securing flatware in England, China and with the Super Falcons.

The aggressor is as of now with Barcelona, where she turned into the primary African player to win the Champions League in 2021.

4 Alex Iwobi

A third sequential Nigerian champ, Iwobi was named Africa’s generally encouraging during his experience with Arsenal.

Not at all like Oshoala and Osimhen, he hasn’t become one of the top players in his situation on the planet, and has tumbled down the Premier League table with Everton.

He’s conveyed a few empowering exhibitions under Frank Lampard this term; might he at some point at last understand his true capacity?

3 Patson Daka

Striking sensation who secured the YPOTY gong in 2017 following his eminent exhibitions for Red Bull Salzburg’s childhood group.

He followed Naby Keita and Sadio Mane from the Red Bull set-up to the Premier League with Leicester City, despite the fact that at this point, his record in the first class has been unobtrusive.

Will this be the year he at long last replaces Vardy as the Foxes’ driving man?

2 Achraf Hakimi

A double cross victor, Hakimi secured the award in 2018 and 2019, and definitely he’ll be in conflict to secure the African Footballer later on.

After spells with Real Madrid and Borussia Dortmund, he came out on top for the Serie A championship with Internazionale and afterward proceeded to secure the Ligue 1 crown with Paris Saint-Germain last term.

1 Pape Matar Sarr

The most recent wonderkid to secure the honor, Pape Matar Sarr was something of an unexpected champ — particularly as he crushed out Kamaldeen Sulemana for the award.

The celebrity was an individual from the Senegal crew that won the Africa Cup of Nations, but as a fringe figure, and was likewise consigned with FC Metz.

He’s unquestionably capable, yet the honor was a weird reward for an intense year. Might he at some point move PSG to the Champions League title this season?