The biggest names in African football converged in Ghana yesterday (Jan 4) for the highly anticipated 2017 CAF Awards, and as expected, Liverpool’s Mohammed Salah walked away with the highly coveted African player of the year award.
Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala retained her crown as the best African female footballer for the third time in a row after she out shined Cameroon’s Gabrielle Aboudi Onguene and Chrestina Kgatlana of South Africa to lift the continental award.
See the full list of winners below:
African Player of the Year
Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
Women’s Player of the Year
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria)
Coach of the Year
Hector Cuper (Egypt)
Youth Player of the Year
Patson Daka (Zambia)
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)
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)
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)
Photo Credit: Getty
