Adji Ndiaye among 10 CAF goalkeeper nominees
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Le Soleil
Senegalese goalkeeper Adji Ndiaye is among the 10 candidates for the 2026 African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award, after winning the title with Bourges FC and impressing with Senegal at the Women’s Africa Cup of Nations. The Confederation of African Football unveiled the list on 3 November, ahead of the ceremony on 7 December in Nigeria, Le Soleil reports.
Adji Ndiaye, the Senegalese goalkeeper of Bourges FC, is among the 10 players nominated for the 2026 African Women’s Goalkeeper of the Year award. The list was published on Tuesday 3 November by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), Le Soleil reports.
The Senegalese player won the French third-division championship with Bourges FC and was named Player of the Match twice during the 2026 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco with Senegal’s Lionesses. Her rivals will include Cameroon’s Michaely Bihina, African champion, Morocco’s Khadija Er-Rmichi and South Africa’s Kaylin Swart.
The CAF Awards ceremony will be held on 7 December in Nigeria. Adji Ndiaye had already reached the final of the award in 2025, when Morocco’s Doha El Madani, goalkeeper of AS FAR, won the prize, according to Le Soleil.
