CAF Awards 2019: All category winners, Sadio Mane wins African Best Player Award for the first time
Football Stars across the world joined Africa for the celebration of the annual CAF Awards Ceremony in Hurghada, Egypt.
Top on the list of 2019 awards is the African Player of the Year and the African Women’s Player of the Year, the most prestigious individual honour in African football.
For the men’s category, Egyptian Mohamed Salah, winner of the past two editions, faced stiffer competition from his Liverpool teammate Sadio Mane of Senegal and Algerian forward Riyad Mahrez.
But Africa crowned Sadio Mane the best of the bests when the continent celebrated the beautiful game at the CAF Awards 2019 in Hurghada. Mane crowned with the prestigious Award for the first time.
For the women’s category, South Africa’s Thembi Kgatlana, last year’s winner, was up against three-time winner Asisat Oshoala of Nigeria and Cameroonian Ajara Nchout.
Asisat Oshoala clinched the Women’s Award for the fourth time, equalling the record of her compatriot Perpetua Nkwocha.
Awards in full details
African Player of the Year
- Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
- Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
- Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)
Winner: Sadio Mane (477 votes)
Salah (325 votes)
Mahrez (267 votes)
African Women’s Player of the Year
- Ajara Nchout (Cameroon & Valerenga)
- Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)
- Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Beijing Phoenix FC)
Winner: Asisat Oshoala (351 votes, 30 more than than Cameroonian forward Ajara Nchout)
African Interclubs Player of the Year
- Anice Badri (Tunisia & Esperance)
- Tarek Hamed (Egypt & Zamalek)
- Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance)
Winner: Youcef Belaili
African Youth Player of the Year
- Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)
- Samuel Chukwueze (Nigeria & Villarreal)
- Victor Osimhen (Nigeria & Lille)
Winner: Achraf Hakimi
African Men’s Coach of the Year
- Aliou Cisse (Senegal – Senegal)
- Djamel Belmadi (Algeria – Algeria)
- Moïne Chaâbani (Tunisia – Esperance)
Winner: Djamel Belmadi
African Women’s Coach of the Year
- Alain Djeumfa (Cameroon)
- Desiree Ellis (South Africa)
- Thomas Dennerby (Nigeria)
Winner: Desiree Ellis
African Men’s National Team of the Year
- Algeria
- Madagascar
- Senegal
Winner: Algeria
African Women’s National Team of the Year
- Cameroon
- Nigeria
- South Africa
Winner: Cameroon
