Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala have been named CAF Footballers of the Year, in the male and female categories, respectively.
The event held Thursday in Rabat, Morocco, saw Mane beating fellow Teranga Lions teammate, Edouard Mendy and former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah to win the accolade while Oshoala; the Barcelona Femeni player won the accolade for the fifth time.
Mane who recently joined Bundesliga champions, Bayern Munich had a remarkable 2021 as he led Senegal to their first continental title, consecutive World Cup appearance and played a key role in Liverpool’s quadruple bid, albeit it didn’t end as planned.
The award is Mane’s second as he becomes the fifth African to win the award in consecutive years since CAF took over the distribution of the award in 1992. Others are El Hadji Diouf, Samuel Eto’o, Yaya Toure, and Salah.
The 30-year-old forward scored the decisive penalty kick against Egypt in the AFCON final earlier this year in Cameroon.
Oshoala, on the other hand, had been adjudged the best African female footballer in 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.
See full list of winners below…
FULL LIST OF WINNERS
Player of the Year (Women)
Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon & Internazionale Milano)
Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) — WINNER
Grace Chanda (Zambia & BIIK Kazygurt)
Player of the Year (Men)
Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)
Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich) — WINNER
Interclub Player of the Year (Women)
Andile Dlamini (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Bambanani Mbanie (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes) — WINNER
Interclub Player of the Year (Men)
Achraf Dari (Morocco & Wydad Athletic Club)
Aliou Dieng (Mali & Al Ahly)
Mohamed El Shenawy (Egypt & Al Ahly) — WINNER
Young Player of the Year (Women)
Doris Boaduwaa (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies)
Evelyn Badu (Ghana & Sekondi Hasaacas Ladies/Alvaldsnes) — WINNER
Yasmine Zouhir (Morocco & AS Saint-Etienne)
Young Player of the Year (Men)
Hannibal Mejbri (Tunisia & Manchester United)
Karim Konate (Cote d’Ivoire & ASEC/RB Salzburg)
Pape Matar Sarr (Senegal & Tottenham Hotspur) — WINNER
Coach of the Year (Women)
Bruce Mwape (Zambia)
Desiree Ellis (South Africa) — WINNER
Jerry Tshabalala (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Reynald Pedros (Morocco)
Coach of the Year (Men)
Aliou Cisse (Senegal) — WINNER
Carlos Queiroz (Egypt)
Walid Regragui (Wydad Athletic Club)
Club of the Year (Women)
AS FAR (Morocco)
Hasaacas Ladies (Ghana)
Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa) — WINNER
Club of the Year (Men)
Al Ahly (Egypt)
RS Berkane (Morocco)
Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco) — WINNER
National Team of the Year (Men)
Cameroon
Egypt
Senegal — WINNER
Goal of the Year
Pape Ousmane Sakho (Senegal/ Simba FC)
