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CAF names Mohamed Salah best African Player, Oshola retains title

By Daily Sports on January 5, 2018

Mohamed Salah has emerged African Player of the Year 2017, while Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshola carted the Women’s best player award.

The Liverpool and Egyptian star won the covetous award in Ghanaian capital Accra on Thursday, the first Egyptian to win the award since Mahmoud al Khatib in 1983. The 25-year-old has scored 23 goals in 29 matches in all competitions this season for the Premier League outfit after moving from AS Roma in the summer.

He also starred for resurgent Egypt, who last year finished runners-up to Cameroon in the Africa Cup of Nations and secured a first World Cup appearance since 1990.

Salah’s Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane, of Senegal, was runner-up and 2015 winner, Gabon and Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang third after a 30-player list had been trimmed to three.

National coaches, Confederation of African Football (CAF) officials, journalists and the public were involved in the voting.

“Winning this award is a dream come true — 2017 was an unbelievable year for me I had a fantastic time with the national team,” said Salah after receiving the trophy. “This is a big award for me, a special moment in my career. I would like to dedicate it to all the kids in Africa and Egypt.

“I want to tell them to never stop dreaming, never stop believing,” he said

In the category for the Women’s Player of the Year award, Super Falcons striker Asisat Oshoala emerged the winner, thereby retaining her title which she won in 2016 and has now won it three times (2014, 2016, 2017).

2017 CAF Award Winners:

Men’s Player of the Year:

Mohamed Salah (Egypt and Liverpool)

Women’s Player of the Year:

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Dalian Quanjian)

Women’s National Team of the Year:

South Africa

Coach of the Year:

Hector Cuper (Egypt)

National Team of the Year:

Egypt

Club of the Year: