Following a record number of votes, Mohamed Salah of Egypt and Liverpool has been voted BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017. The forward won ahead of Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita, Sadio Mane of Senegal and Nigeria’s Victor Moses. “I am very happy to win this award,” the 25-year-old told BBC Sport. […]
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The five-man shortlist for the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2017, including Nigerian Victor Moses, has been revealed. Other contenders are Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Naby Keita, Sadio Mane, and Mohamed Salah were unveiled during a special live launch broadcast in London. Cameroon’s 2017 Africa Cup of Nations winner Arnaud Djoum was part of the panel […]
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Algeria and Leicester City winger, Riyad Mahrez, has been named the African Footballer of the Year at the 2016 Glo-CAF awards held on Thursday night at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Mahrez was not the only winner, as other Africans, some Nigerians also emerged big winners in other categories. Most Promising Player of the Year Award […]
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Algeria and Leicester City winger, Riyad Mahrez, has been named the African Footballer of the Year at the 2016 Glo-CAF awards held on Thursday night at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. Mahrez beat Gabonese and Burrusia Dortmund striker, Pierre Emerick Aubamenyang who was last year’s winner and Senegal’s Sadio Mane to win the award. Mahrez has scored […]
Continue ReadingAlgeria and Leicester midfielder, Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the BBC African Footballer of the Year 2016, coming ahead of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Andre Ayew, Sadio Mane and Yaya Toure.Winger Mahrez, 25, told BBC Sport: “It means a lot, it’s something big for African players so I am very happy, I am very proud. “It’s always […]
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