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Egyptian master Mohamed Salah carved his name in the history of football after a crowned African player in 2017 The 25-year-old Liverpool England Club won the Aiteo CAF awards on Thursday, January 4th. 2018 at the International Conference Center in Accra, Ghana.
Salah rejected his team's opposition, Sadio Mane, Senegal and Gabon Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, the winner in 2015, became the first Egyptian to win the most prestigious individual honor in African football. He had 625 points, compared with 507 for Mane, while Aubameyang was third with 311 points.
Salah was the culmination of an unforgettable night for Egyptian football, where Pharaohs called the team of the year and a coach from Argentina, Héctor Cúper, coach of the year.
Asisat Oshoala Nigeria, declared as a player of the year Female for the third time after 2014 and 2016 won Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and Chrestin Cameroon South East Africa's first.
There were also musical performances by Toofan Togo, Fally Ipupa from DR Congo and Nigeria Sevenet from Patoranking, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Olamide, Phyno and Flavour.
Full list of winners:
African Player of the Year
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Women’s Player of the Year
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian)
Youth Player of the Year
Patson Daka (Zambia & Liefering)
Coach of the Year
Hector Cuper (Egypt)
Club of the Year
Wydad Athletic Club
National Team of the Year
Egypt
Women’s National Team of the Year
South Africa
Legend
Ibrahim Sunday (Ghana)
Platinum Award
Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo – President of Ghana
George Weah – President-elect of Liberia & former World, Africa and European Player of the Year
Fans’ Finest XI
Goalkeeper: Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia & Etoile du Sahel)
Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Egypt & Al Ahly), Eric Bailly (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester United), Ali Maaloul (Tunisia & Al Ahly)
Midfielders: Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club), Karim El Ahmadi (Morocco & Feyenoord), Junior Ajayi (Nigeria & Al Ahly), Achraf Bencharki (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Morocco & Yeni Malatyaspor), Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia & Esperance)
A huge congratulations to all of them 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
ReplyDeleteCongratulation to him,he really deserve it.
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