For the 2020-2021 UNFP Trophies, Africa is not at the party. Only three players from the continent are selected among the 55 nominated for the 11 categories in play (see below) .

OGC Nice’s Franco-Algerian Amin Gouiri is in the hunt for the title of best hope in Ligue 1. This season, the young striker (21) has scored 16 goals and delivered 5 assists in 37 matches. Recently contacted by Djamel Belmadi to wear the Algeria jersey, he reserves his answer.

Two other Africans are nominated for the 2020-2021 UNFP Trophies. They are attackers, play in Ligue 2 and in the same club, Clermont Foot, second in the standings three days from the end of the championship and therefore close to climbing to Ligue 1. They are the Guinean Mohamed Bayo and the Gabonese Jim Allevinah , in the race for the trophy for best player in Ligue 2.

The first, aged 22, is the current top scorer in Ligue 2. He has scored 21 goals for 6 assists in 37 matches. Last March, he gave his agreement to play in the jersey of Sily of Guinea.

The second, 26, has played the same number of meetings. He found the net 12 times and gave 6 balls converted into goals.

NAMES OF THE UNFP TROPHIES (Africans in bold and italics)

• Best Ligue 1 player: Neymar (PSG), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Burak Yilmaz (LOSC), Memphis Depay (OL), Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco)

• Best goalkeeper in Ligue 1: Anthony Lopes (OL), Mika Maignan (LOSC), Keylor Navas (PSG), Steve Mandanda (OM), Benjamin Lecomte (AS Monaco)

• Best player in Ligue 1: Eduardo Camavinga (Stade Rennais), Sofiane Diop (AS Monaco), Aurélien Tchouaméni (AS Monaco), Amine Gouiri (OGC Nice) , Maxence Caqueret (OL)

• Best coach in Ligue 1: Christophe Galtier (LOSC), Niko Kovac (AS Monaco), Rudi Garcia (OL), Franck Haise (RC Lens), Christophe Pélissier (FC Lorient)

• Best French player playing abroad: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Ferland Mendy (Real Madrid), Ousmane Dembélé (FC Barcelona)

• Best player in Ligue 2 BKT: Mickaël Le Bihan (AJ Auxerre), Florian Tardieu (Troyes), Mohamed Bayo (Clermont) , Amine Adli (Toulouse), Jim Allevinah (Clermont)

• Best goalkeeper in Ligue 2 BKT: Régis Gurtner (Amiens), Donovan Léon (AJ Auxerre), Gauthier Gallon (Troyes), Arthur Desmas (Clermont), Maxime Dupé (Toulouse)

• Best coach in Ligue 2 BKT: Laurent Batlles (Troyes), Patrice Garande (Toulouse), Pascal Gastien (Clermont), Philippe Hinschberger (Grenoble), Laurent Peyrelade (Rodez)

• Best player in the Arkema Division: Kadidiatou Diani (PSG), Khadija Shaw (Bordeaux), Marie-Antoinette Katoto (PSG), Delphine Cascarino (OL), Grace Geyoro (PSG)
• Best hope in Division Arkema:  Sandy Baltimore (PSG), Melvine Malard (OL), Kessya Bussy (Reims), Ellie Carpenter (OL), Julie Dufour (Bordeaux)

• Best goalkeeper in the Arkema Division:  Sarah Bouhaddi (OL), Christiane Endler (PSG), Phallon Thullis-Joyce (Reims), Constance Picaud (Le Havre), Anna Moorhouse

  Africa

   (Bordeaux