Sadio Mane has won his second CAF Player of the Year award. Photo: @CAF_Online/Twitter

Sadio Mane has won his second CAF Player of the Year award. Photo: @CAF_Online/Twitter

Sadio Mane beats Mohamed Salah to CAF Player of the Year award!

Senegal and Bayern Munich attacker Sadio Mane has beaten former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah to the CAF Player of the Year award.

Sadio Mane has won his second CAF Player of the Year award. Photo: @CAF_Online/Twitter

Sadio Mane has won his second CAF Player of the Year award. Photo: @CAF_Online/Twitter

Senegal and Bayern Munich attacker Sadio Mane has beaten former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah to the CAF Player of the Year award.

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Mane also pipped countryman and Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy to the award after he also made the cut in the final three nominees.

The now Bayern Munich player was a strong favourite to win the award after an impressive season with both Senegal and Liverpool.

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Mane was instrumental in Senegal winning the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) which took place in Cameroon at the start of 2022.

He was named the tournament’s best player while Senegal were named the Team of the tournament following their triumph at the hands of Salah’s Egypt.

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This is Sane’s only second CAF Player of the Year (Men) after he won first won the prestigious accolade in 2019.

Interestingly, Mane has now been in the top three of the CAF Player of the Year award for five times in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022.

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Salah, on the other hand, has been in the top three nominees of the same category on four separate occasions in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2022, and he also won the award twice.

SADIO MANE WINS CAF PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARD