Egyptian
footballer, Mohamed Salah, and Nigeria's female football star, Asisat
Oshoala, have both etched their names into football history for the Year
2017.
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CAF Awards 2017
25-year old Egyptian playmaker, Mohamed Salah who plays for English
side, Liverpool has picked the African Player of the Year 2017 at the
Aiteo CAF Awards Gala 2017, held on Thursday, 4 January 2018, at the
International Conference Centre in Accra, Ghana.
Salah who etched his name into football history after being crowned
with the topmost prize, fended off opposition from club-mate Sadio Mane
of Senegal and Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, winner in 2015, to
become the first Egyptian to win the most prestigious individual honour
in African football. He polled 625 points, against 507 from Mane whilst
Aubameyang finished a distant third with 311 points.
Nigerian female footballer, Asisat Oshoala was also crowned the
Women’s Player of the Year for the third time, after 2014 and 2016. She
beat Cameroonian Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and Chrestina Kgatlana of
South Africa to the top prize.
Egypt was named National Team of the Year and Argentina-born trainer, Hector Cuper, Coach of the Year.
There were also musical performances from Toofan from Togo, DR
Congo’s Fally Ipupa, and Nigerian septet of 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)
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