2019 CAF Awards: Full list of winners, best XI

2019 CAF Awards: Full list of winners, best XI

The 2019 CAF Awards was held at the Albatros Citadel Sahl Hasheesh Resort in Hurghada, Egypt on Tuesday.

The 28th edition of the CAF Awards saw the emergence of African footballers and officials who performed exceptionally well in 2019.

Sadio Mane was crowned the African Player of the Year, polling 477 votes ahead of his Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah, who polled 325 votes and Algeria's Riyad Mahrez with 267 votes.

Asisat Oshoala was named African Women's Player of the Year for the fourth time, same number of awards as ex-star Perpetua Nkwocha.

She polled 351 votes, 30 more than Cameroonian forward, Ajara Nchout and Thembi Kgatlana, who had 247 votes.

Full list below:

African Player of the Year

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool)

African Women's Player of the Year

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona)

African Interclubs Player of the Year

Youcef Belaïli (Algeria & Esperance / Ahli Jeddah)

African Youth Player of the Year

Achraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmund)

African Men's Coach of the Year

Djamel Belmadi (Algeria - Algeria)

African Women's Coach of the Year

Desiree Ellis (South Africa)

African Men's National Team of the Year

Algeria

African Women's National Team of the Year

Cameroon

Federation of the Year

Egyptian Football Association

Special Award

Kojovi Obilale (former Togolese goalkeeper)

CAF Fifpro Best XI

Goalkeeper: Andre Onana
Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Serge Aurier, Joel Matip, Kalidou Koulibaly
Midfielders: Idrissa Gueye, Riyad Mahrez, Hakim Ziyech
Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

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