Sadio Mane Is African Football Player Of The Year For The Second Time
Sadio Mane has been named African Footballer Of The Year Ahead Of Liverpool And Chelsea Stars
Sadio Mane has become the 10th player to win the African Footballer of the Year award more than once.
The Senegal captain was announced as the 2022 winner at the Confederation of African Football’s awards ceremony in Rabat, Morocco on Thursday.
Mane was in Morocco to collect his award in person, less than 24 hours after making his Bayern debut in the United States.
Sadio Mane is pictured with his trophy after winning the 2022 African Footballer of the Year award.
Mane topped the vote ahead of former Liverpool teammate Mohammed 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.
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But Mane, who left Liverpool to sign for Bayern Munich in June, got the better of Salah at the international level.
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 led Senegal to glory at the Africa Cup of Nations in 2022
Mendy also played an important role in Senegal’s success, as well as becoming a World Club champion with Chelsea in February.
The 30-year-old is the first goalkeeper to be in the top three in an African Footballer of the Year vote since 2014 when the Nigerian goalkeeper Star Vincent Enyeama came third.
Mane is the sixth player to have been named African Footballer of the Year on two consecutive occasions. The others are Mohammed Salah, Didier Drogba, Roger Milla, Nwankwo Kanu, and El Hadji Diouf.
Senegal forward Mane first won the African Footballer of the Year award in 2019
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Sadio Mane Is African Football Player Of The Year For The Second Time