Senegalese Liverpool Player Sadio Mane and Nigerian Barcelona Player Asisat Oshoala win Best African Players for the Year at the CAF Awards 2019 that held in Hurghada Egypt Yesterday January 7th 2020.
The official Award Ceremony of the 28th Edition of CAF’s annual football awards took place Yesterday in Hurghada Egypt, with Cameroon’s Legend Samuel Eto’o and Egyptian Mariam Amin being the official hosts of the event.
The CAF awards main aim is to recognize african football players who stood out in the year 2019. The Category Interclube Player of the Year was introuduced inorder to honour Key Actors in CAF’s football club competitions.
List of Award Winners
African Youth Player Of The Year Achraf Hakimi from Morroco
African Women’s National Team of The Year Cameroon
African Men’s National Team of the Year Algeria
Best Goal of 2019. Riyad Mahrez
Best African Interclube Player 2019. Yucef Belaili Mohamed
African Men’s Coach of the Year. Djamel Belmadi from Algeria
African Women’s Coach of the year. Diseree Ellis from South Africa
African Women’s Player of the Year Asisat Oshoala for Nigeria and Barcelona
African Men’s Player of the Year. Sadio Mane for Senegal & Liverpool
Federation of the Year. Egyptian Football Association
Special Award Kojovi Obilale from Togo
Africa’s Finest XI
Goalkeeper: Andre Onana from Cameroon
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Serge Aurier, Joel Matip, Kalidou Koulibaly
Midfielders: Idrissa Gueye, Riyad Mahrez, Hakim Ziyech
Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang
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