Senegal and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane has been adjudged the 2019 African Footballer of the Year.
He was named in a colourful ceremony held in Cairo, Egypt on Tuesday night.
Sadio Mane who had a sensational year of football with club and country beat off competition from his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah and Riyad Mahrez to win the most prestigious individual football honour on the continent.
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Mane won the UEFA Champions League and the FIFA Club World Cup with his teammate Salah, but he went the extra mile to inspire his nation Senegal to the final of the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations held in Egypt.
He was also joint English Premier League top scorer with Mohamed Salah and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in the 2018/19.
The Senegalese award has brought an end to Mohamed Salah’s reign as African Footballer of the Year- won it in 2017 and 2018.
Below are other awards and the winners:
Cameroon were crowned Women’s National Team of the Year
Achraf Hakimi is the 2019 African Youth Player of the Year
Algeria named African Men’s Team of the Year
Diseree Ellis is your Women’s African Coach of the Year
Djamel Belmadi crowned Men’s African Coach of the Year after a historic 2019
Also, FIPRO in conjunction with CAF selected the 2019 African best XI:
Andre Onana
Joel Matip
Kalidou Koulibaly
Acharf Hakimi
Serge Aurier
Isrissa Gana Gueye
Hakim Ziyech
Riyad Mahrez
Mohamed Salah
Sadio Mane
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
