At the age of 16, Rukiya Bizimana, a Burundian footballer, has been nominated for the most prestigious award of Player of the Year (Women) from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) #CAFAwards2022. Despite this appointment, a little late, the young footballer was not selected among the players who represented Burundi in the Women’s African Cup
At the age of 16, Rukiya Bizimana, a Burundian footballer, has been nominated for the most prestigious award of Player of the Year (Women) from the Confederation of African Football (CAF) #CAFAwards2022. Despite this appointment, a little late, the young footballer was not selected among the players who represented Burundi in the Women’s African Cup of Nations.
Player of the Etoile de Matin football team in the Buterere zone, Rukiya Bizimana, has been nominated among the 30 players of the year on the African continent. An appointment which, according to her, is a gateway to other horizons.
“It’s a great honor for me to be nominated best among other players and it will help me win contracts with major football teams in foreign countries,” Rukiya Bizimana told Iwacu.
However, even though this young footballer was nominated among the best female players, the Burundi women’s team, Intamba mu Rugamba, did not give her the chance to express her talents.
“It’s discouraging because I had made all my efforts and I fulfilled all the required conditions,” said Rukiya Bizimana. And to reveal that the only explanation she had was not being of the required age.
“An unfounded reason because there are two 15-year-old players who left for Morocco for the final,” she said.
The young footballer Rukiya Bizimana scored 5 goals in the match once morest the Djibouti women’s football team. Goals that gave access to the women’s team of Burundi Intamba mu Rugamba to win their ticket for the women’s CAN 2022.
