By Kemo Kanyi
Yankuba Minteh, a young Gambian international, has been nominated by the Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) for its young player of the year category for the second successful year.
This year’s CAF Awards will be held in Marrakech, Morocco, on 16th December 2024.
The 20-year-old forward played his club football for the English Premier League club Brighton & Hove Albion.
Minteh was one of the bright stars for the Scorpions despite a group stage exit in Côte d’Ivoire.
“He also had a breakthrough season with Feyenoord in the Netherlands on loan from Newcastle United, earning him a summer move to Brighton & Hove Albion in the English premier league,” GFF wrote about him.
According to the Gambia Football Federation, Minteh is the third Gambian to be nominated by the continental football governing body in the Young Player category after Musa Barrow in 2019 and James Gomez in 2022. Barrow was also nominated for the CAF Men’s Player of the Year category in 2022.
