Overview
- Achraf Hakimi beat Mohamed Salah and Victor Osimhen after a trophy-laden year in which he helped PSG win Ligue 1, the French Cup, the UEFA Super Cup and a first-ever Champions League, scoring in the semi-final and final.
- He is the first Moroccan winner since Mustapha Hadji in 1998 and the first defender to claim the prize in 52 years, following Bwanga Tshimen in 1973.
- Morocco’s Ghizlane Chebbak won Women’s Player of the Year, Yassine Bounou took Men’s Goalkeeper, and the U-20 World Cup winners were named Men’s National Team of the Year.
- Cape Verde coach Bubista was honored as Men’s Coach of the Year for guiding the nation to its first World Cup, and Nigeria’s Chiamaka Nnadozie earned a third straight Women’s Goalkeeper award.
- Hakimi accepted the award in Rabat wearing a protective boot after a severe ankle sprain sustained in early November, with AFCON set to kick off on December 21 in Morocco.