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Juliet Nalukenge nominated alongside World Cup winner, Real Madrid star for Youth Player of the Year

16:22 - 12 December 2023

Juliet Nalukenge (L) nominated for the Youth Player of the Year|COURTESY

Nalukenge is in the company of superstars, including Spanish 2023 World Cup winner Salma Celeste Paralluelo.

Uganda National Senior Women's Football team star Juliet Nalukenge has been listed in the Best Young Player of the Year category at the International Federation for Football History and Statistics (IFFHS) Awards.

Nalukenge is in the company of superstars, including Spanish 2023 World Cup winner Salma Celeste Paralluelo.

Juliet Nalukenge after returning from injury|COURTESY

The Apollon Limassol Women's FC forward will also hope to fend off opposition from Chelsea's Maika Hamano, Real Madrid's Linda Caicedo, and many other big names.

The development comes as good news for both Nalukenge and, more importantly, for women's football in the country.

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About the IFFHS Awards

Since 1987, the IFFHS has organized the votes and the statistics each year to crown the annual winners in all world categories. All our rankings are made for the civil year, not the season.

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The international jury is composed of the members of the IFFHS (sport journalists, football experts) from 120 countries of all continents in the World.

The Awards for the categories of the World’s Best Goal Scorers, the Club World Ranking, the World Best Teams and the World Best Leagues are determined by IFFHS statistics ,recognized in the whole World and will be published at end January 2023.

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The IFFHS was the first to create the Award for the World’s Best Player in 1988. Marco Van Basten (2) and Lothar Matthaus were the 3 winners (1988 to 1990) before FIFA President Sepp Blatter asked IFFHS to give this World Award to FIFA to become FIFA World Player of the Year.

Since 2020, the IFFHS decided to award the IFFHS World’s Player of the Year again and in 2021, they also added the IFFHS World’s Youth Player of the Year.