Mohamed Salah King of Africa for the 2nd time in a row | VIDEO
Mohamed Salah won the best African player of the year award for the 2nd time in a row.
Salah has been in fine form for Liverpool this season – scoring 13 goals in the English Premier League as the Reds top the log. The 26-year-old received 73 percent of the total votes cast.
The event is being held at the Abdou Diouf International Conference Center. Ahead of the event, CAF Executive Committee has awarded the hosting rights for 2019 AFCON to Egypt.
The winners
- Platinum Award: Senegal’s president Macky Sall
- Women’s National Team of the Year: Nigeria
- Men’s National Team of the Year: Mauritania
Women’s Coach of the Year: Desiree Ellis
Men’s Coach of the Year: Herve Renard
Youth player of the Year: Achraf Hakimi
Women’s Player of the Year: Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana
African Player of the Year: Mohamed Salah
Mohamed Salah is the African Player of the Year 2018. For the second time in a row #AiteoCAFAwards18 pic.twitter.com/iLKIFDnZqB
— #TotalCAFCL (@CAF_Online) January 8, 2019
