CAF Awards 2019: Mane, Oshoala Crowned King, Queen Of Africa - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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January 8, 2020
Liverpool and Senegal player SadioMané and Nigeria and FC Barcelona Women forward Asisat Oshoala have picked upthe top awards for 2019 African Men’s and Women’s Player of the Year.
Both players were crowned at a star-studdedceremony in the Red Sea resort of Hurghada in Egypt, on Tuesday.
Mané won the award for the first timeafter beating club teammate Mohamed Salah and Manchester City’s Riyad Mahrez.Also, Oshoala was named as women’s player of the year for a record fourth time.
The Senegal forward received his awardfrom four-time winner Samuel Eto’o at the ceremony which was also attended byformer Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger, although Salah was not in attendance.
Having finished as runner-up to theEgypt forward for the last two years, Mané becomes the second Senegalese to winthe award, after another Liverpool player, El Hadji-Diouf, in 2001 and 2002.
Mane was Senegal’s main man at the2019 AFCON where he netted three goals on the Teranga Lions’ path to the finalmatch but lost by a solitary goal to Algeria. He netted a brace in the 3-0group phase victory over Kenya and added one more in the round of 16 1-0 winover Uganda.