Barbra Banda Makes History as 2024 CAF Women’s Player of the Year.

Zambia Women’s National team captain Barbra Banda has become the first Zambian to win the CAF Women’s Player of the Year Award. The graceful ceremony which was held in Marrakesh Morocco on December 16 saw a host of football greats in attendance.

Banda beat fierce competition from Morocco’s star striker Sana Mssoudy and Nigeria goalkeeper Chiamaka Nnadozie to clinch the 2024 award.

At the same awards ceremony, Barbra Banda also made the CAF/FIFPRO Africa XI 2024. The Orlando Pride striker joins South Africans Noko Matlou and Thembi Kgatlana as the only players from Southern Africa to have ever claimed the honor largely won by West Africans.

Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has won it a record six times. The 2024 CAF Awards covered the period from January to October this year.

Banda was recently named the BBC Women’s Footballer of the Year 2024 and became the first African to be named in the 2024 FIFPRO Women’s World 11, a global recognition determined by votes from 7,000 professional players worldwide.