Liverpool/Egyptian Star Mohamed Salah Wins 2017 African Player of the Year [Photos]

Liverpool/Egyptian Star Mohamed Salah Wins 2017 African Player of the Year [Photos]

Mohamed Salah has won the African Player of the Year award. The Liverpool star has enjoyed an excellent campaign since moving to Anfield in a £36m deal.

Mohamed Salah wins African player of the year

Salah has scored 22 times already this term and also secured Egypt’s place at this summer’s World Cup.

He jetted out to Ghana with teammate Sadio Mane just 24 hours before the FA Cup clash with Everton, pipping him to the CAF award with Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in third.

But Salah, who also won the BBC African Player of the Year, won’t be involved at Anfield due to injury…

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)

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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)

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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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