(We promised that we would bring you the complete list of winners at the 2017 Confederation of African Football (CAF) Awards ceremony held in Accra last week. So, here we go.)
Player of the Year Award
Egypt and Liverpool striker Mohamed Salah, was named the CAF African Player of the Year, beating his Senegalese club teammate, Sadio Mane, for the continent’s top individual footballing honor.
The striker has enjoyed a phenomenal year with both club and country — he was a key part of a Roma team that finished second in Italy’s Serie A before moving to traditional English powerhouse Liverpool in the summer, where he has already scored 23 goals in just 29 games.
On the international stage he was hugely instrumental in both Egypt’s Africa Cup of Nations success — the North African team made it to the final — and also World Cup qualification for the Pharaohs.
Dortmund’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, winner in 2015, came third in the voting, which is calculated from a combination of CAF coaches, technical directors, CAF officials and African media experts.
Women’s Player of the Year – Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria, Dalian Quanjian/CHN)
Youth Player of the Year – Patson Daka (Zambia, Liefering/AUT)
Coach of the Year – Hector Cuper (Egypt)
National Team of the Year – Egypt
Women’s National Team of the Year – South Africa
Club of the Year – Wydad Casablanca (Morocco)
Africa’s Finest XI
Aymen Mathlouthi (Tunisia, Etoile Sahel); Ahmed Fathy (Egypt, Al Ahly), Eric Bailly (Ivory Coast, Manchester Utd/ENG), Ali Maaloul (Tunisia, Al Ahly/EGY); Mohamed Ounnajem (Morocco, Wydad Casablanca), Karim el Ahmadi (Morocco, Feyenoord/NED), Junior Ajayi (Nigeria, Al Ahly/EGY), Achraf Bencharki (Morocco, Wydad Casablanca); Khalid Boutaib (Morocco, Yeni Malatyaspor/TUR), Mohamed Salah (Egypt, Liverpool/ENG), Taha Yassine Khenissi (Tunisia, Esperance)
