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Full list of Winners at 2018 CAF Awards


Africa's Best XI

Confederation of Africa Football (CAF) has awarded high flying African players abroad and locally. It was held at Abdou Diouf International Conference Center in the Senegalese capital of Dakar on Tuesday, 8 January.

The awards night which recorded prominent football personalities ended colourfully after the awards celebration.

Below are the CAF 2018 awards winners;

Award Winners
Player of the Year
Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Women’s Player of the YearChrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)

Youth Player of the YearAchraf Hakimi (Morocco & Borussia Dortmunmd)

Men’s Coach of the YearHerve Renard (Morocco)

Women’s Coach of the YearDesiree Ellis (South Africa)

Men’s National Team of the YearMauritania

Women’s National Team of the YearNigeria

Platinum AwardHis Excellency Macky Sall (President of the Republic of Senegal)

Ydnekatchew Tessema Trophy for the Federation President of the YearFouzi Lekjaa

Goal of the YearChrestinah Thembi Kgatlana (South Africa & Houston Dash)

CAF –FifPro Best XI
Goalkeeper:
 Dennis Onyango (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)
Defenders: Serge Aurier (Cote d’Ivoire & Tottenham Hotspur), Kalidou Koulibaly (Senegal & Napoli), Eric Bailly (Cote d’Ivoire & Manchester United), Mehdi Benatia (Morocco & Juventus)
Midfielder: Naby Keita (Guinea & Liverpool), Thomas Partey(Ghana & Atletico Madrid), Riyad Mahrez (Algeria & Manchester City)
Forwards: Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool), Sadio Mane (Senegal & Liverpool), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Gabon & Arsenal)


SOURCE:CAF

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