CAF Awards: Oshoala sets new record as Mane beats Salah

Oshoala is the first-ever woman to win this Player of the Year accolade five times.

Jul 21, 2022 - 19:49 Updated: Jul 21, 2022 - 19:50

CAF Awards: Oshoala sets new record as Mane beats Salah

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Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala has won a record-breaking fifth CAF Player of the Year Award.

Oshoala saw off the stiff opposition from Cameroon’s Ajara Nchout Njoya and Zambia’s Grace Chanda to become the first-ever woman to win this Player of the Year accolade five times.

Also on Thursday in Rabat, Senegal star Sadio Mane emerged as the winner of the CAF Player of the Year Men’s categories.

Mane was voted ahead of his compatriot, Edouard Mendy and former Liverpool teammate, Mohammed Salah to win the continent’s most prestigious individual accolade.

Other Winners

In some of the other categories, Mamelodi Sundowns Ladies FC who won the inaugural edition of the CAF Women’s Champions League were voted as the winner in the Club of the Year Women’s category,

Moroccan outfit, Wydad AC claimed the Club of the Year Award for the second successive time in Men’s category.

For the Men’s Coach of the Year, Senegal’s Aliou Cisse who guided the Teranga Lions to their first ever AFCON title was predictably voted ahead of former Egypt coach Carlos Quieroz and Wydad’s Walid Regragui.

For the Coach of the Year in the Women’s category, Desiree Ellis with her giant strides with South Africa’s Bayana Bayana was voted winner once more.

Full list of winners

Player of the Year (Women)

Ajara Nchout Njoya (Cameroon & Internazionale Milano)

Asisat Oshoala (Nigeria & Barcelona) WINNER

Grace Chanda (Zambia & BIIK Kazygurt)

Player of the Year (Men)

Edouard Mendy (Senegal & Chelsea)

Mohamed Salah (Egypt & Liverpool)

Sadio Mane (Senegal & Bayern Munich) WINNER

Interclub Player of the Year (Women)

Andile Dlamini (South Africa & Mamelodi Sundowns)