CAF Awards 2018 (Image courtesy: CAF)
Liverpool FC and Egypt star Mohamed Salah has won the CAF Player of the Year award at the CAF Awards 2018.
Salah won Africa’s top individual award ahead of club-mate Sadio Mane and 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Achraf Hakimi (Borussia Dortmund & Morocco) won the CAF Youth Player of the Year award, while Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (Houston Dash & South Africa) received the CAF Women’s Player of the Year.
The winners in the various categories received their awards at the CAF Awards Gala on Tuesday, January 8, 2019 in Dakar, Senegal.
Player of the Year
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Women’s Player of the Year
Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)
Youth Player of the Year
Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)
Men’s Coach of the Year
Herve Renard (Morocco)
Women’s Coach of the Year
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Men’s National Team of the Year
Mauritania
Women’s National Team of the Year
Nigeria
Platinum Award
His Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal)
Federation President of the Year
Fouzi Lekjaa
Goal of the Year
Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)