Gabon: Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang on the list of 11 finalists for the Marc Vivien Foe Award

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang © Tweeter Aubameyang

RFI and France 24 unveiled this Tuesday the names of the eleven finalists for the Marc-Vivien Foé 2024 Award, designating the best African player playing in the French Ligue 1 Championship. The name of the winner will be revealed on Monday, May 13th.

The jury is composed of nearly 100 journalists specializing in French and African football from various media outlets (radio, television, print, internet).

Here is the list in alphabetical order:

Pierre-Emerick AUBAMEYANG – GABON / OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE / FORWARD / 34 YEARS OLD

Nabil BENTALEB – ALGERIA / LOSC LILLE / MIDFIELDER / 29 YEARS OLD

Lamine CAMARA – SENEGAL / FC METZ / MIDFIELDER / 20 YEARS OLD

Oumar DIAKITE – IVORY COAST / STADE DE REIMS / FORWARD / 20 YEARS OLD

Amine GOUIRI – ALGERIA / STADE RENNAIS FC / FORWARD / 24 YEARS OLD

Achraf HAKIMI – MOROCCO / PARIS SAINT-GERMAIN / DEFENDER / 25 YEARS OLD

Chancel MBEMBA – DRC / OLYMPIQUE DE MARSEILLE / DEFENDER / 29 YEARS OLD

Terem MOFFI – NIGERIA / OGC NICE / FORWARD / 24 YEARS OLD

Youssouf NDAYISHIMIYE – BURUNDI / OGC NICE / MIDFIELDER / 25 YEARS OLD

Moses SIMON – NIGERIA / FC NANTES / FORWARD / 28 YEARS OLD

Wilfried SINGO – IVORY COAST / AS MONACO / DEFENDER / 28 YEARS OLD

Previous winners:

Chancel Mbemba (DR Congo, 2023); Seko Fofana (Ivory Coast, 2022); Gaël Kakuta (DRC, 2021); Victor Osimhen (Nigeria, 2020); Nicolas Pépé (Ivory Coast, 2019); Karl Toko-Ekambi (Cameroon, 2018); Jean Michaël Seri (Ivory Coast, 2017); Sofiane Boufal (Morocco, 2016); André Ayew (Ghana, 2015); Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria, 2014); Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon, 2013); Younès Belhanda (Morocco, 2012); Gervinho (Ivory Coast, 2011); Gervinho (Ivory Coast, 2010); Marouane Chamakh (Morocco, 2009).

About the Marc-Vivien Foé Award:

Since 2011, the award for the best African player in Ligue 1 has been named after Marc-Vivien Foé in tribute to the Cameroonian player who died on June 26, 2003 on the field of the Gerland stadium in Lyon. At the age of 28, Foé had played in France for Racing Club de Lens and Olympique Lyonnais, leaving behind the memory of an exemplary and universally appreciated footballer.

Marie Dorothée