Guirassy makes final African POTY shortlist

Guirassy's nomination for the prize awarded to Africa's best player for the period between January 2024 and October 2024 is reward for a stellar year in front of goal. The 28-year-old started 2024 in excellent form for VfB Stuttgart, netting 12 times in 15 competitive club appearances. The Guinean striker finished the 2023/24 Bundesliga campaign with 28 goals from as many games to finish second behind Harry Kane, both in the standings for the German top flight and the race for the European Golden Shoe.

Watch: All Serhou Guirassy's Bundesliga goals in 2023/24

Those totals would no doubt have been even higher if not for missing four Bundesliga fixtures while competing at the Africa Cup of Nations, where Guinea reached the quarter-finals. Now at Dortmund, Guirassy has continued his rich vein of form with nine goals from his first 13 competitive games of the 2024/25 season.

Simon Adingra (Ivory Coast / Brighton & Hove Albion), Achraf Hakimi (Morocco / Paris Saint-Germain), Ademola Lookman (Nigeria / Atalanta) and Ronwen Williams (South Africa / Mamelodi Sundowns) complete the list of nominees. Bayer Leverkusen and Burkina Faso defender Edmond Tapsoba missed the cut, despite being on the initial 10-man shortlist.

The CAF Awards 2024 ceremony is set to take place on 16 December in Marrakech, Morocco. Last year's winner was Nigeria and ex-Wolfsburg striker Victor Osimhen.