Dakar, Jan 10 (NewsIn.Asia) –
Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah bagged the African Footballer of the Year title for the second consecutive year on Tuesday, at the Confederation of African Football’s awards ceremony in Dakar.
CAF is the governing body of African Football and was founded in 1957. The founding members are Egypt, Sudan, Ethiopia, and South Africa.
Salah netted 44 goals in all competitions for Liverpool last season and has continued to perform so far this season.
“This award is very big for me, I love it because I saw it when I was young and I always had a dream to win it one day,” Salah said as he collected his trophy at the ceremony in the Senegalese capital.
Salah is the fourth player to win the award twice consecutively, after Senegal’s El Hadji Diouf, Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o, and Ivory Coast’s Yaya Toure.
CAF 2018 Award Winners:
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 Dortmund)
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
Goal of the Year
Chrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)
It was a memorable day for Egypt as not only did Salah bring pride to the nation but it was also announced that Egypt will host the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations between June 15 and July 13, 2019.