Unic Press UK: Sadio Mane and Asisat Oshoala were crowned Tuesday as African Player of the Year and African Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019, during the 28th edition of the CAF Awards that was held at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh Resort in Hurghada, Egypt.
🇸🇳 From the streets of southern Senegal
🌍 To the very top of African football🏆 Sadio Mane was named CAF African Player of the Year after dazzling for @LFC & @FootballSenegal.
🛣️ But the road to becoming a #ClubWC & #UCL winner hasn't been easy.#CAFAwards2019 | @CAF_Online
— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) January 8, 2020
4 times baby!!! Sometimes you forget to smell the roses along the way in life. I’m always the type thinking about my next move and never really stop and celebrate the things in between. This is such an amazing accomplishment and I’m happy. But there’s still work to do 💪🏾🤫🤫😎🤗 pic.twitter.com/NkM54GQ3cp
— ASISAT M.O.N (@AsisatOshoala) January 8, 2020
Sadio Mane of Senegal received 477 votes, ahead of Mohamd Salah of Egypt who polled 325 votes and Riyad Mahrez of Algeria who got 267 votes.
“I’m very happy and proud to win this award. I thank my teammates at the Senegal national team and also my club, Liverpool for their support,” Mane said.
On the Women’s category, Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria was named African Women’s Player of the Year for the 4th time. With the award, she has matched the record of Perpetua Nkwocha.
Oshoala received 351 votes, leading Cameroonian forward Ajara Nchout who polled 321 and Thembi Kgatlana of South Africa who garnered 247 votes.
Award Winners
African Player of the Year
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
African Women’s Player of the Year
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
African Interclubs Player of the Year
Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)
African Youth Player of the Year
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
African Men’s Coach of the Year
Djamel Belmadi (Algeria – Algeria)
African Women’s Coach of the Year
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
African Men’s National Team of the Year
Algeria
African Women’s National Team of the Year
Cameroon
Club President of the Year
Moise Katumbi (TP Mazembe)
Federation of the Year
Egyptian Football Association
Goal of the Year
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria vs Nigeria, Total Africa Cup of Nations Egypt 2019 semi final)
Special Award
Kodjovi Obilale (former Togolese goalkeeper)
CAF-Fifpro Best XI
Goalkeeper: Andre Onana
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Serge Aurier, Joel Matip, Kalidou Koulibaly
Midfielders: Idrissa Gueye, Riyad Mahrez, Hakim Ziyech
Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang