At the end of each Africa Cup of Nations final tournament, several awards are presented to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves in various aspects of the match.
Awards There are currently six post-tournament awards: the Best Player for most valuable player; the Top Goalscorer for most prolific goal scorer; the Best Goalkeeper for most outstanding goalkeeper; the Best Young Player for most outstanding young player; the Team of the Tournament for best combined team of players at the tournament; the Fair Play Award for the team with the best record of fair play.
Best Player YearHostsBest Player 1957 Ad-Diba 1959 Ad-Diba 1962 Mengistu Worku 1963 Hassan El-Shazly 1965 Osei Kofi 1968 Kazadi Mwamba 1970 Laurent Pokou 1972 Jean-Pierre Tokoto 1974 Hassan Shehata 1976 Ahmed Faras 1978 Karim Abdul Razak 1980 Christian Chukwu 1982 Fawzi Al-Issawi 1984 Théophile Abega 1986 Roger Milla 1988 Roger Milla 1990 Rabah Madjer 1992 Abedi Pele 1994 Rashidi Yekini 1996 Kalusha Bwalya 1998 Benni McCarthy 2000 Lauren 2002 Rigobert Song 2004 Jay-Jay Okocha 2006 Ahmed Hassan 2008 Hosny Abd Rabo 2010 Ahmed Hassan 2012 Christopher Katongo 2013 Jonathan Pitroipa 2015 Christian Atsu 2017 Christian Bassogog 2019 Ismaël Bennacer 2021 Sadio Mané 2023 William Troost-Ekong 2025 Sadio Mané
Top Goalscorer YearHostsTop Goalscorer(s)Goals 1957 Ad-Diba 5 1959 Mahmoud El-Gohary 3 1962 Mengistu Worku Badawi Abdel Fattah 3 1963 Hassan El-Shazly 6 1965 Ben Acheampong Osei Kofi Eustache Manglé 3 1968 Laurent Pokou 6 1970 Laurent Pokou 8 1972 Salif Keïta 5 1974 Ndaye Mulamba 9 1976 Mamadou Aliou Keïta 4 1978 Phillip Omondi Opoku Afriyie Segun Odegbami 3 1980 Khalid Labied Segun Odegbami 3 1982 George Alhassan 4 1984 Taher Abouzaid 4 1986 Roger Milla 4 1988 Lakhdar Belloumi Roger Milla Abdoulaye Traoré Gamal Abdelhamid 2 1990 Djamel Menad 4 1992 Rashidi Yekini 4 1994 Rashidi Yekini 5 1996 Kalusha Bwalya 5 1998 Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy 7 2000 Shaun Bartlett 5 2002 Patrick Mboma Salomon Olembé Julius Aghahowa 3 2004 Patrick Mboma Frédéric Kanouté Youssef Mokhtari Jay-Jay Okocha Francileudo Santos 4 2006 Samuel Eto'o 5 2008 Samuel Eto'o 5 2010 Mohamed Nagy 5 2012 Manucho Didier Drogba Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang Cheick Diabaté Houssine Kharja Christopher Katongo Emmanuel Mayuka 3 2013 Mubarak Wakaso Emmanuel Emenike 4 2015 Thievy Bifouma Dieumerci Mbokani Javier Balboa André Ayew Ahmed Akaïchi 3 2017 Junior Kabananga 3 2019 Odion Ighalo 5 2021 Vincent Aboubakar 8 2023 Emilio Nsue 5 2025 Brahim Díaz 5
Best Goalkeeper YearHostsBest Goalkeeper 2008 Essam El-Hadary 2010 Essam El-Hadary 2012 Not awarded 2013 Not awarded 2015 Sylvain Gbohouo 2017 Not awarded 2019 Raïs M'Bolhi 2021 Édouard Mendy 2023 Ronwen Williams 2025 Yassine Bounou
Best Young Player YearHostsBest Young Player 2019 Krépin Diatta 2021 Issa Kaboré 2023 Simon Adingra 2025 Not awarded
Team of the Tournament YearHostsGoalkeeperDefendersMidfieldersForwardsManager 1970 Abd Al Aziz Abdallah Samir Salih John Eshun Amin Zaki Hany Moustafa Ernest Kallet Bialy Ibrahim Sunday ... Gnawri Camara Mamadou Maxim Laurent Pokou Jaksa— 1972 Allal Ben Kassou Abdella "Kaunda" El-Ser Tshimen Bwanga Paul Nlend Boujemaa Benkhrif Noël Minga Mayanga Maku Paul-Gaston N'Dongo Jean-Pierre Tokoto Kakoko Etepé François M'Pelé— 1974 Kazadi Mwamba Gabriel Dengaki Dick Chama Lobilo Boba Hany Moustafa Ndaye Mulamba Farouk Gaafar Hassan Shehata Mayanga Maku Kakoko Etepé Ali Abo Greisha— 1976 Mohammed Al-Hazaz Mustapha "Chérif" Fetoui Mustafa Younis Chérif Souleymane Djibril Diara Tolde Farouk Gaafar Haruna Ilerika Kunle Awesu Petit Sory Ahmed Faras— 1978 Mohammed Al-Hazaz Mokhtar Dhouieb James Kuuku Dadzie Khaled Gasmi Larbi Ihardane Moses Nsereko Karim Abdul Razak Adolf Armah Phillip Omondi Segun Odegbami Mohammed Polo— 1980 Best Ogedegbe Mustapha Kouici Mohamed Salah El-Din Moussa Camara Christian Chukwu Lakhdar Belloumi Ali Fergani Mahmoud El Khatib Shawky Gharieb Salah Assad Segun Odegbami— 1982 Thomas Nkono Chaabane Merzekane Sampson Lamptey Haruna Yusif Ali Al-Beshari George Alhassan Samuel Opoku Nti Emmanuel Quarshie Fawzi Al-Issawi Salah Assad Rabah Madjer— 1984 Joseph-Antoine Bell Isaac Sinkot Ali Shehata Ibrahim Youssef Stephen Keshi Lakhdar Belloumi Théophile Abega Taher Abouzeid Clement Temile Djamel Menad Clifton Msiya— 1986 Thomas N'Kono André Kana-Biyik Ali Shehata Roger Mendy Rabei Yassin Emile Mbouh Magdi Abdelghani Moustafa Abdou Taher Abouzaid Roger Milla Kalusha Bwalya— 1988 Joseph-Antoine Bell Tijani El Maataoui Emmanuel Kundé John Buana Stephen Tataw Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo Emile Mbouh Henry Nwosu Paul Mfede Roger Milla Aziz Bouderbala— 1990 Antar Osmani Ali Benhalima André Kana-Biyik Arsène Hobou Samuel Chomba Djamel Amani Rabah Madjer Tahar Chérif El-Ouazzani Moses Kpakor Djamel Menad Webster Chikabala— 1992 Alain Gouaméné Basile Aka Kouame Hany Ramzy Stephen Keshi Adolphe Mendy Jacques Kinkomba Kingambo Abedi Pele Jean-Claude Pagal Serge-Alain Maguy Rashidi Yekini Tony Yeboah— 1994 Ahmed Shobair Frank Amankwah Harrison Chongo Elijah Litana Benedict Iroha Serge-Alain Maguy Jay-Jay Okocha Daniel Amokachi Abedi Pele Joël Tiéhi Rashidi Yekini— 1996 Chokri El Ouaer Yasser Radwan Mark Fish Elijah Litana Isaac Asare Zoubeir Baya Hazem Emam Abedi Pele Mark Williams Kalusha Bwalya Tony Yeboah— 1998 Nader El-Sayed Mark Fish Jojo Noureddine Naybet Mohamed Emara Charles Akonnor Hassen Gabsi Tchiressoua Guel Didier Ekanza Simba Hossam Hassan Benni McCarthy— 2000 Nader El-Sayed Pape Malick Diop Khaled Badra Rigobert Song Mohamed Emara Billel Dziri Lauren Jay-Jay Okocha Khalilou Fadiga Samuel Eto'o Shaun Bartlett— 2002 Tony Sylva Taribo West Rigobert Song Ifeanyi Udeze Hany Ramzy Seydou Keita Rafik Saifi Patrick M'Boma Sibusiso Zuma Julius Aghahowa El Hadji Diouf— 2004 Vincent Enyeama Walid Regragui Khaled Badra Abdeslam Ouaddou Timothée Atouba Karim Ziani Riadh Bouazizi Jay-Jay Okocha John Utaka Frédéric Kanouté Francileudo Santos— 2006 Essam El Hadary Rigobert Song Wael Gomaa Emmanuel Eboué Taye Taiwo Stephen Appiah Mohamed Aboutrika Ahmed Hassan Pascal Feindouno Didier Drogba Samuel Eto'o— 2008 Essam El-Hadary Geremi Wael Gomaa Michael Essien Sulley Muntari Yaya Touré Alex Song Hosny Abd Rabo Mohamed Aboutrika Amr Zaki Manucho — 2010 Essam El-Hadary Madjid Bougherra Wael Gomaa Mabiná Ahmed Fathy Peter Odemwingie Alex Song Ahmed Hassan Asamoah Gyan Mohamed Zidan Flávio— 2012 Kennedy Mweene Jean-Jacques Gosso Stophira Sunzu John Mensah Adama Tamboura Emmanuel Mayuka Yaya Touré Gervinho Seydou Keita Christopher Katongo Didier Drogba— 2013 Vincent Enyeama Bakary Koné Nando Siaka Tiéné Efe Ambrose Jonathan Pitroipa Seydou Keita Mikel John Obi Victor Moses Asamoah Gyan Emmanuel Emenike— 2015 Sylvain Gbohouo Robert Kidiaba (tie) Serge Aurier Harrison Afful Kolo Touré André Ayew Yaya Touré Max Gradel Yannick Bolasie Gervinho Christian Atsu Wilfried Bony— 2017 Fabrice Ondoa Kara Mbodji Ahmed Hegazi Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui Charles Kaboré Mubarak Wakaso Bertrand Traoré Christian Atsu Mohamed Salah Christian Bassogog Junior Kabananga— 2019 Raïs M'Bolhi Kalidou Koulibaly Yassine Meriah Lamine Gassama Youssouf Sabaly Idrissa Gueye Adlène Guedioura Ismaël Bennacer Odion Ighalo Sadio Mané Riyad Mahrez Djamel Belmadi 2021 Édouard Mendy Achraf Hakimi Mohamed Abdelmonem Edmond Tapsoba Saliou Ciss Mohamed Elneny Nampalys Mendy Blati Touré Mohamed Salah Vincent Aboubakar Sadio Mané Aliou Cissé2023 Ronwen Williams Ola Aina William Troost-Ekong Chancel Mbemba Ghislain Konan Teboho Mokoena Jean Michaël Seri Franck Kessié Yoane Wissa Emilio Nsue Ademola Lookman Emerse Faé2025 Yassine Bounou Noussair Mazraoui Calvin Bassey Moussa Niakhaté Achraf Hakimi Pape Gueye Idrissa Gueye Ademola Lookman Sadio Mané Victor Osimhen Brahim Díaz—
Fair Play Award Year Hosts Winner 2012 2013 Not Awarded 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
See also FIFA World Cup awards UEFA European Championship awards Copa América awards AFC Asian Cup awards CONCACAF Gold Cup awards OFC Nations Cup awards
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