Soccer Football - African Footballer of Year Awards - Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt - January 7, 2020 REUTERS
Senegal's Sadio Mane beat Egypt's Mohamed Salah and Algeria's Riyad Mahrez to win Africa's best player award in a ceremony that took place in the Egyptian Red Sea bay of Sahl Hasheesh on Tuesday.
The ceremony started at 21:00 Cairo time (19:00 GMT). Here is a list of Africa's top prizes.
- Sadio Mane wins the men's Player of the Year award.
- Nigeria's Asisat Oshoala wins the Women's Player of the Year award.
- Mazembe's Moïse Katumbi wins the Club President of the Year award.
- Egypt wins the best Football Association of the Year award.
- Algeria's Nations Cup winning coach Djamel Belmadi wins the Men’s Coach of the Year award.
- South Africa's Desiree Ellis wins the Women’s Coach of the Year award.
- Africa's best starting XI: Andre Onana, Achraf Hakimi, Kalidou Koulibaly, Joel Matip, Serge Aurier, Riyad Mahrez, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Hakim Ziyech, Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
- Kodjovi Obilale, a former Togo goalkeeper who was injured in a terrorist attack on the team's bus in 2010, is given a special award.
- Riyad Mahrez wins the best Goal of the Year award.
- Algeria win the African Men’s National Team of the Year award.
- Cameroon win the African Women’s National Team of the Year award.
- Morocco's Achraf Hakimi wins the African Youth Player of the Year award.
- Algeria winger Youcef Belaïli wins the African Interclubs Player of the Year award.
Soccer Football - African Footballer of Year Awards - Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt - January 7, 2020 REUTERS
The shortlist of nominees for CAF Awards 2019:
African Player of the Year
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
African Interclubs Player of the Year
Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)
Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)
African Youth Player of the Year
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)
Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)
African Men’s Coach of the Year
Aliou Cisse (Senegal - Senegal)
Djamel Belmadi (Algeria - Algeria)
Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia - Esperance)
African Men’s National Team of the Year
Algeria
Madagascar
Senegal
African Women’s Player of the Year
Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)
African Women’s Coach of the Year
Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)
African Women’s National Team of the Year
Cameroon
Nigeria
South Africa
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