Oshoala and Mane Crowned CAF African Players of the Year. See Full Winner’s List

At the 2019 CAF Awards held in Hurghada, Egypt last night, Liverpool forward Sadio Mane and FC Barcelona Femení forward Asisat Oshoala emerged the African Player of the Year and African Women’s Player of the Year.

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Mane won the award ahead of fellow teammate, Mohammed Salah who amassed 325 votes to the Senegalese forward’s 477. In the Women’s category, the difference was much smaller as Oshoala outsaw her competition, Cameroonian Ajara Nchout by 30 votes to win the award for the fourth time in her career.

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Check out the full list of winners below:

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

Federation of the Year
Egyptian Football Association

Special Award
Kojovi 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