CAF AWARD: All the Awardees and their Respective Categories
Sadio Mane has beaten Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez to the CAF African Player of the Year award for 2019.
Mane was a stand-out player as Liverpool went all the way in the 2018-19 Champions League, while he has also enjoyed a strong start to the 2019-20 Premier League campaign.
The Senegal international placed in the top three in each of the previous three years, finishing runner-up to Salah in 2017 and 2018, and third in 2016, when Mahrez came first.
Mane was also named as part of a star-studded CAF best XI, which also included Andre Onana, Serge Aurier, Joel Matip, Kalidou Koulibaly, Achraf Hakimi, Idrissa Gueye, Mahrez, Hakim Ziyech, Salah and Aubameyang.
Dortmund full-back Hakimi was also named the African Youth Player of the Year as he continues to impress for club and his country Morocco.
Nigeria and Barcelona star Asisat Oshoala claimed the prize as the CAF African Women’s Player of the Year.
In other awards, Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi was named the Men’s Coach of the Year, while South Africa’s Desiree Ellis won the prize on the women’s side.
Algeria were also named the Men’s National Team of the Year after winning the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, while Cameroon were named the Women’s National Team of the Year after becoming one of just two African teams, along with Nigeria, to advance to the knockout stage of the tournament.