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 :
โ Nigeria – Female National Team of the Year.
โ Mauritania – Male National Team of the Year.
โ Achraf Hakimi ๐ฒ๐ฆ( Borussia Dortmund) – Young Player of the Year.
โ Desiree Ellis ๐ฟ๐ฆ – Woman Coach of the Year.
โ Herve Renard ๐ฒ๐ฆ – Male Coach of the Year.
โ Thembi Kgatlana ๐ฟ๐ฆ – Goal of the Year.
โ Thembi Kgatlana ๐ฟ๐ฆ – Woman Player of the Year.
โ Mohamed Salah ๐ช๐ฌ – African Player of the Year.
#CAF BEST XI :
Dennis Onyango ๐บ๐ฌ
Serge Aurier ๐จ๐ฎ
Eric Bailly ๐จ๐ฎ
Mehdi Benatia ๐ฒ๐ฆ
Kalidou Koulibaly ๐ธ๐ณ
Thomas Partey ๐ฌ๐ญ
Naby Keita ๐ฌ๐ณ
Riyad Mahrez ๐ฉ๐ฟ
Sadio Mane ๐ธ๐ณ
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang ๐ฌ๐ฆ
Mohamed Salah ๐ช๐ฌ
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