CAF has decorated it’s best performers for 2018 in a gala that took place on Tuesday Evening in Dakar-Senegal.
It was eventful day for the body.The day started with a rescheduled executive committee meeting with principal objective being to determine the host of the 2019 AFCON.Egypt was the biggest winner of the day. They picked up 16 of the votes for the host of the 2019 AFCON against 1 for South Africa and later in the day they picked up the player of the year award which was won by their own, Mohamed Salah.
Therefore,Salah will go into the 2019 AFCON on home soil in June as the reigning African Footballer of the year while Chrestina Thembi Kgatlana picked the women’s player of the year award and will head to France with South Africa knowing she is the best in the continent of Assisat Lamina Oshoala and Nchout Njoya Ajara.
The full list of winners is as follows;
#AiteoCAFAwards 2018 Winners :
√ Nigeria – Female National Team of the Year.
√ Mauritania – Male National Team of the Year.
√ Achraf Hakimi 🇲🇦( Borussia Dortmund) – Young Player of the Year.
√ Desiree Ellis 🇿🇦 – Woman Coach of the Year.
√ Herve Renard 🇲🇦 – Male Coach of the Year.
√ Thembi Kgatlana 🇿🇦 – Goal of the Year.
√ Thembi Kgatlana 🇿🇦 – Woman Player of the Year.
√ Mohamed Salah 🇪🇬 – African Player of the Year.
#CAF BEST XI :
Dennis Onyango 🇺🇬
Serge Aurier 🇨🇮
Eric Bailly 🇨🇮
Mehdi Benatia 🇲🇦
Kalidou Koulibaly 🇸🇳
Thomas Partey 🇬🇭
Naby Keita 🇬🇳
Riyad Mahrez 🇩🇿
Sadio Mane 🇸🇳
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang 🇬🇦
Mohamed Salah 🇪🇬
CAF equally picked a compact team of the year with 7 current premier league players and surprisingly without Ajax and Cameroon safe hands,Andre Onana.
- ANGU LESLEY
