Serhou Guirassy has good reason to hope for the African Footballer of the Year award. The Dortmund striker has made it into the top ten finalists.
Serhou Guirassy has already scored for Borussia Dortmund in all three competitions this season. He has four goals in the league (plus one assist) and one each in the DFB Cup and Champions League (plus three assists). The 26-time Guinea international (ten goals) has become an indispensable part of BVB’s attack.
Given his performances in the 2025 calendar year, it comes as no surprise that Guirassy is among the ten finalists for Africa’s Footballer of the Year award. In the 2024/25 season, he scored a remarkable 21 goals and provided seven assists in 30 Bundesliga appearances for the Westphalia club. Even more impressive are his statistics in the Champions League, where he was directly involved in 20 (!) goals in 14 games – 13 goals and seven assists is his outstanding record.
Now Guirassy is hoping to win the African Footballer of the Year award for the first time. Last year, Guirassy narrowly missed out, with the 29-year-old finishing behind Atalanta Bergamo striker Ademola Lookman. Right behind him, Parisian winger Achraf Hakimi finished third for the second year in a row.
However, the competition is fierce again this year: in addition to Hakimi and Guirassy, André-Frank Zambo Anguissa (Napoli), Fiston Mayele (Pyramids FC), Mohamed Salah (Liverpool FC), Denis Bouanga (Los Angeles FC), Oussama Lamlioui (RS Berkane), Victor Osimhen (Galatasaray), Iliman Ndiaye (Everton FC), and Pape Sarr (Tottenham Hotspur) are among the finalists.
Eto’o and Touré are record winners
From 1970 to 1994, the French newspaper L’Equipe awarded the title of African Footballer of the Year, but since 1992, the African Football Confederation has also been selecting a Footballer of the Year. It is noteworthy that every CAF winner was playing in Europe at the time of receiving the award. The record winners, with four awards each, are Samuel Eto’o of Cameroon (2003 to 2005 and 2010) and Yaya Touré of Ivory Coast (2011 to 2014). Will Guirassy soon be joining this illustrious list?