CAF Awards 2026: Yassine Bounou, Édouard Mendy and Vozinha Among 10 Goalkeeper of the Year Nominees

The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has unveiled the 10 nominees for the Men’s Goalkeeper of the Year award at the 2026 CAF Awards, with Cabo Verde World Cup star Vozinha and last year's winner Yassine Bounou among the nominees.

Moroccan international Yassine Bounou has won the Best African Goalkeeper award 2 times (in 2023 and 2025).

The winner will be announced at the 2026 CAF Awards, which will take place on Monday, December 7, 2026, in Lagos, Nigeria.

Here is the list of nominees for the CAF Men's Goalkeeper of the Year 2026, as announced by CAF on Tuesday, November 3.

• Oussama Benbot (Algeria)
• Vozinha (Cabo Verde)
• Yahia Fofana (Ivory Coast)
• Lionel Mpasi (DR Congo)
• El Mahdy Soliman (Egypt)
• Mostafa Shobeir (Egypt)
• Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (Morocco)
• Yassine Bounou (Morocco)
• Édouard Mendy (Senegal)
• Ronwen Williams (South Africa)