It was a clean sweep for Senegal on Thursday in Rabat, Morocco, as national team captain and new Bayern Munich signing, Sadio Mane, was named African Player of the Year.
National team head coach, Aliou Cisse, was named Coach of the Year, after leading his team to their first continental title and another FIFA World Cup qualification.
Nigeria’s Super Falcons striker, Asisat Oshoala, also won a record fifth African Player of the Year award.
Oshoala on her part now overtakes her compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha to stand as a record five-time winner of the African Player of the Year accolade.
Pape Matar Sarr, an 18-year-old midfielder with English Premier League club, Tottenham Hotspur, was also named the Young Player of the Year.
Senegal were also named the National Team of the Year, after winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) in January in Cameroon.
Mane retained the CAF African Player of the Year title, having also won the 2019 edition which was the last edition.
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He recently left England’s Liverpool after a trophy-laden spell with the Reds, becoming the German Bundesliga’s marquee player after signing for Bayern Munich.
It was another Senegalese player in Simba’s Pape Ousmane Sakho who won CAF’s Goal of the Year in the mixed category for men and women.
He got the award for his spectacular overhead strike for Simba against Asec Mimosa in a CAF Confederation Cup group game.
South Africa’s national women’s head coach Desiree Ellis was named Africa’s Coach of the Year in the women’s football category.
She will lead Banyana Banyana in Saturday’s final match of the 2022 Women’s Africa Cup of Nations (WAFCON) against hosts Morocco.
However, the women’s National Team of the Year will be named after Saturday’s final match between hosts Morocco and South Africa at the Moulay Abdellah Stadium in Rabat.
Below is the full list of winners:
Player of the Year (Men)
Sadio Mane (Senegal and Bayern Munich)
Player of the Year (Women)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria and FC Barcelona)
Interclub Player of the Year (Women)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
Interclub Player of the Year (Men)
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly)
Young Player of the Year (Women)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes)
Young Player of the Year (Men)
Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal and Tottenham Hotspur)
Coach of the Year (Women)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
Coach of the Year (Men)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal)
Club of the Year (Women)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa)
Club of the Year (Men)
Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco)
National Team of the Year (Men)
Senegal
Goal of the Year
Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal & Simba)
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