The Super Eagles forward has now revealed that CAF’s most prized individual award remains a target for him, after claiming the youth version of the award in 2015. Senegal and Liverpool star Sadio Mane has won the CAF Player of the Year award after beating his Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah and Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez. Okocha: I regret not winning CAF Player-of-the-Year Award. On Tuesday, the Confederation of African Football voted Mane as the African Player of the Year for 2019, his first continental individual award. South African women's national team boss Desiree Ellis was also voted top coach for the second consecutive year. ), Copyright © 2018 CGTN. The key Senegalese player shared the 2018/19 Premier League Golden Boot award with Salah and Arsenal's Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Gabon. Mohammed Salah (Eygpt and Liverpool) The 27 year old Liverpool attacking midfielder enjoyed a phenomenal year finishing the 2018/2019 as joint top goal scorer of the English Premier League with 22 goals. The award for the youth category was given to Morocco's Achraf Hakimi of Borussia Dortmund. "It's a big day for me.". Liverpool's Sadio Mane celebrates after scoring a second goal during the team's Premier League clash with Sheffield United at Anfield on January 2, 2020. Female awardees included Nigerian Asisat Oshoala, who won the African Women's Player of the Year prize for the fourth time. He finished tied for the Premier League Golden Boot with 22 goals and also won the UEFA Champions League and the Golden Boot for that competition in 2019. Mane has become the second star from Senegal to be named African Player of the Year after El Hadji Diouf, who was the continent's best player in 2001 and 2002. Manchester City’s Algerian footballer Riyad Mahrez has congratulated Liverpool and Senegal player Sadio Mané for being named the Confederation of African Football’s (Caf) Player of the Year. Mane’s had a heck of a last 18 months or so. Black Stars duo Thomas Partey and Jordan Ayew have failed to make it into CAF’s 10 man shortlist for the 2019 African player of the year award after the first phase of voting was completed. The African Footballer of the Year award, presented to the best African footballer each year, … Liverpool's Sadio Mane was crowned Africa's 2019 Player of the Year for the first time at an awards gala in Egypt on Tuesday. GCFRNG had reported on Tuesday that Mane was named 2019 CAF Player of the Year ahead of his Liverpool teammate, Mohamed Salah and Mahrez at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh Resort in Hurghada, Egypt. Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and […] Mazembe president Moïse Katumbi won the Club President of the Year award and Egypt were named the best Football Association of the year. Neither Salah nor Mahrez, who was playing for Manchester City, were present on Tuesday. Then he followed that up by leading Senegal to the African Cup of Nations final, and so far this year, he’s got 11 goals in 18 Premier League matches as the Reds are way ahead in the race for the league title. Today, CAF has released the list of nominees for the 28th edition of its annual football awards which will take place on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. Footballer Asisat Oshoala Wins CAF African Women Player Of The Year Asisat Oshoala, Nigerian football player has won the CAF African Women Player position for the fourth time in a row. Sadio Mane has been crowned the 2019 African player of the year at the 28th edition of the CAF Awards that was held yesterday at Hurghada, Egypt. 15:00 . … Some of Africa's former star players including Senegal's Diouf, Egypt's Ahmed Hassan and Algeria's Rabah Madjer were also at the ceremony. They have been for me all the time, they push me," said Mane, extending sincere gratitude to people from his village Bambali. “I thank my teammates at the Senegal national team and also my club, Liverpool for their support.”. He scored 34 goals and produced 12 assists in 61 appearances in 2019, according to CAF statistics. The 27-year-old Senegalese striker was up against his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah, the Egyptian player who has won the award for the last two years, and Algerian Riyad Mahrez of Manchester City. Home » Sports » Okocha: I regret not winning CAF Player-of-the-Year Award. Mane, 27, helped the Reds to the 2018-19 Champions League title, scoring 30 goals in all competitions last season. On July 19, 2020 … Sadio Mane was named as the African Men’s Player of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (CAF) awards ceremony on Tuesday in Hurghada, Egypt. Liverpool star, Sadio Mane has disclosed that he was ‘disappointed’ on Wednesday after he missed his own CAF Player of the Year party in … Salah, along with Mane and Mahrez had made the final three-man shortlist for the 2019 CAF African Player of the Year and Interclubs Player of the Year awards. https://soccer.nbcsports.com/2020/01/07/mane-named-caf-player-of-the-year Algeria claimed the title following a 1-0 victory over Senegal in Cairo. Mane beat out Salah (Egypt), who had won the previous two seasons and Algerian and Manchester City midfielder Riyad Mahrez. Wednesday, January 08, 2020. Photo: CAF. By stella dimoko korkus - 9:00 am. Cameroonian Samuel Eto’o was the first to be crowned on four occasions – 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2010; a record since equalled by Ivorian Yaya Toure , who made it four wins on the trot (2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014). By. The moment of truth approaches and over the next couple of hours, the finest players and officials of African football for 2019 will be revealed at the 28th edition of the CAF Football Awards, on Tuesday, 7 January 2020 at the Albatros Citadel Hotel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, on … Don Silas. “I’m very happy and proud to win this award,” Mane said, per the CAF. "I would love to thank all the Senegalese people. @caf_online #sadiomane #senegal … Post was not sent - check your email addresses! Published January 7, 2020 Sadio Mane and Asisat Oshoala were crowned as African Player of the Year and African Women’s Player of the Year at the CAF Awards 2019 held at … Mane emerged winner of the African Player of the Year awards category with 477 votes, beating his Liverpool teammate Mahamed Salah and Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez. The 27-year-old Senegalese forward won the UEFA Champions League in 2018/19 with Liverpool, and also scored crucial goals to help his team win the UEFA Super Cup. Last year's winner Thembi Kgatlana of South Africa is also named. Wednesday Sep 02, 2020. Sadio Mané has beaten Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah and Manchester City's Riyad Mahrez to the CAF African Player of the Year award for 2019.. Mané was a standout player … January 9, 2020. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) have revealed their calendar for the 2020-21 football season. The attack machine edged Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah who was the winner in 2017 and 2018 and Algeria attacker Riyad Mahrez to the prestigious award. Interestingly, it’s the first win for a Senegalese player since El Hadji Diouf won it in 2002, shortly after joining Liverpool, Mane’s current club. From 1992 to 2018, from Ghana’s Abedi Pele to Salah, 17 players have laid claim to the title of CAF Player of the Year. The 27-year-old Sedhiou-born forward, who is on the radar of Real Madrid, was crowned the king of African football in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday night. In addition to Mane, Salah, and Mahrez, Liverpool’s. Agency Report 7 January 2020 Former Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes that Liverpool duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane are favorites to win the CAF Player of … Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window). Wednesday, January 08, 2020. The award winners for each category will be announced during the CAF Awards ceremony on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. Led by CAF President Ahmad Ahmad and FIFA President Gianni Infantino, top football figures from past and present eras will witness the crowning of the best African footballers of 2019. It will come to no surprise to anyone who has watched Sadio Mané over the last year that the Senegalese winger has won the CAF Player of the Year award. The Confederation of African Football is scheduled to unveil the continent’s best footballer on Tuesday in a ceremony in Egypt. Liverpool superstar Sadio Mane will be hoping to win a second consecutive CAF African Player of the Year award in 2020, which would see him join … Sadio Mané is the king of African football. At the ceremony, other male awards went to Algerian coach Djamel Belmadi, Algerian Youcef Belaili for African Interclubs Player of the Year, and Algeria's national team. CAF have announced the final three nominees for the 2019 African Player of the Year award, although one player from Algeria's Africa Cup of Nations-winning side made the cut. Mane, Salah and Mahrez played for their respective countries in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. The Egyptian Football Association also won the Federation of the Year award. Achraf Hakimi won the African Youth Player of the Year Award and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez’s stunning free-kick against Nigeria in the AFCON semi-finals won best goal of the year. The list of All three players have had an impressive year, as the Reds duo managed to lift the UEFA … The Liverpool and Senegal star was named African Player of the Year at the #CAFAwards2019. Mané beat Mahrez and Liverpool teammate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah to the award. Below is the full list of winners. Sadio Mane named Caf African Player of the Year. The current (2019-20) CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup tournaments are … by Graeme Jackson . Salah's tally stood at 26 goals and 10 assists in 55 matches while Mahrez accounted for 14 goals and 18 assists in 48 games last year. Liverpool's Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Player of the Year. Sadio Mane has bragging rights for at least the year over his club teammate, and fellow African, Mohamed Salah. The CAF awards celebrate African footballers and officials who have distinguished themselves during 2019. Senegalese Footballer Wins CAF African Player Of The Year Award Senegalese and Liverpool speedster, Sadio Mane, has been crowned 2019 CAF African Player of the Year. The Senegalese forward polled 477 votes, Salah got 325 votes, and Mahrez polled 267 votes. Liverpool's Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Player of the Year. Mane has become the second star from Senegal to be named African Player of the Year after El Hadji Diouf, who was the continent's best player in 2001 and 2002. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Salah's Egypt crashed out of the competition shortly after it kicked off but Mane and Mahrez faced off in the final. "I am really happy and at the same time I am really proud to win this award," said Mane at the ceremony organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Hurghada. Senegalese football player Sadio Mane gives a speech after receiving the Player of the Year award during the 28th Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards in Hurghada, Egypt, on Jan. 7, 2020. FIFA president Gianni Infantino as well as former Argentinian player Juan Sebastian Veron and Brazil's Cafu attended Tuesday's event. Beijing ICP prepared NO.16065310-3, Liverpool star Sadio Mane wins CAF African Player of the Year award. The winner will be announced by CAF on Tuesday, January 7, 2020 at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh, Hurghada, Egypt. “My dream is to become the African Footballer of the Year,” Osimhen said in a video posted by Napoli. And if I’m to say, I’ll say, I regret not winning the African Footballer of the year.” “I thought I did enough to have won it because it was not a fluke that I won BBC player of the year three years in a row and not manage to win that CAF award, maybe it was not meant to be,” he said. (Cover: Sadio Mane collects his African Player of the Year award in Egypt on January 7, 2020. Nigeria have three players on the list including three-times former Caf award winner Asisat Oshoala. Email This BlogThis! CAF will announce the 2019 African Player of the Year on January 7 in Cairo, Egypt. 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