Yassine Bounou Wins CAF Goalkeeper Of Year
Yassine Bounou won the Goalkeeper of the Year award at the CAF Awards 2023 ceremony taking place in Marrakech.
Bounou beat fellow nominees Andre Onana of Cameroon and Egypt’s Mohamed El-Shenawy to the prestigious prize.
The 32-year-old shot-stopper was instrumental in Morocco’s historic World Cup semi-final run in Qatar, pulling off a series of sensational saves.
.This is not the first time that Bounou has received an international accolade for his exceptional performance. In September, he was nominated for the Ballon d’Or.
Bounou was also nominated for the esteemed 2023 Yachine Trophy, an award specifically dedicated to recognizing the year’s outstanding goalkeeper.
Having contributed to Morocco’s success in reaching the semi-finals, Bounou was also named Man of the Match twice during the World Cup, against Portugal and Spain.
In September 2022, he clinched the Zamora Trophy for the 2021-2022 season, becoming the first Moroccan and Arab player to claim the award which goes to the best goalkeeper in La Liga every year.
The CAF Player of the Year is the biggest individual award when it comes to African football
