Ghana International Kamaldeen Sulemana has been nominated as Young Player of the Year for the CAF Awards 2022 which will be held on 21 July 2022 in Rabat, Morocco.

The Rennes winger face off stiff competition from nine (9) others in the CAF  Young Player of the Year category.

According to CAF, stakeholder panel made up of Technical Experts, CAF Legends and Journalists decided on the list for the various categories taking into the consideration the performance of the nominee from September 2021 till June 2022 at all levels.

The winner of the competition will be decided by a voting panel made up of CAF Technical Committee, media professionals, Head Coaches; Captains of Member Associations and clubs involved at the group stage of the Interclub competitions.

CAF also added that The CAF Awards 2022 will be held ahead of the final of Africa’s flagship women’s competitions, TotalEnergies Women’s Africa Cup of Nations Morocco 2022 scheduled to take place between 02 July – 23 July 2022.

The event will also coincide with the two-year anniversary of the launch of the CAF Women’s Football Strategy.

The 20-year-old was recently shortlisted among the top ten U-23 players in Europe’s top 5 leagues, according to the CIES Football Observatory.