Mane topped the vote ahead of former Liverpool teammate Mo Salah and Chelsea’s Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
Salah was the standout player in England’s Premier League last season, winning the Golden Boot with 23 goals and topping the assists chart with 13.
Mane topped the vote ahead of former Liverpool teammate Mo Salah and Chelsea’s Senegalese goalkeeper Edouard Mendy.
Salah was the standout player in England’s Premier League last season, winning the Golden Boot with 23 goals and topping the assists chart with 13.
Mane’s Senegal beat Salah’s Egypt in the Africa Cup of Nations final in February and then again in a World Cup qualification play-off in March.
Mane is the sixth player to have been named African Footballer of the Year on exactly two occasions. The others are Salah, Didier Drogba, Roger Milla, Nwankwo Kanu and El Hadji Diouf.
George Weah and Abedi Pele are both three-time winners, while Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Toure have won the award four times each.
Meanwhile, Asisat Oshola of Nigeria won the Female African footballer of the year for the 5th time.
The winners’ list can be found below:
Women’s Club of the Year: Mamelodi Sundowns
Men’s Club of the Year: Wydad AC
Interclub Player of the Year (Women): Evelyn Badu
Interclub Player of the Year (Men): Mohamed El Shennawy
Women’s Young Player of the Year: Evelyn Badu
Men’s Young Player of the Year: Pape Matar Sarr
Men’s National Team of the Year: Senegal
Goal of the Year: Pape Sakho
Coach of the Year (Women’s): Desiree Ellis
Coach of the Year (Men’s): Aliou Cisse
Player of the Year (Women’s): Asisat Oshoala
Player of the Year (Men’s): Sadio Mane
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