Nigeria's international and Atalanta star Lookman Ademola was crowned the 2024 Men's Player of the Year (African Ballon d'Or) winner.
He defeated PSG and Morocco international Achraf Hakimi, Guinea's Serhou Guirassy, Simon Adingra, and South Africa's goalkeeper Ronwen Williams.
Ademola was part of Nigeria's squad that helped the Lions advance to the final of the 2023 AFCON.
Nigeria lost the final to Ivory Coast.
Ademola also lifted the Europa League trophy with his Italian club Atalanta, after scoring a hat-trick in the final against Bayer Leverkusen.
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