The most shining “jewel of Africa” was revealed between Mane, Salah, Mahrez and Hakimi!
The British magazine "FourFourTwo" chose the 10 best African footballers for 2022, days after the Confederation of African Football (CAF) announced the return of the best awards in the continent after an absence of nearly two years due to the Corona pandemic.
The magazine awarded its award to the Egyptian Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, and considered him the best in Africa, as it preferred him over the Senegalese Sadio Mane, who moved to Bayern Munich, and his compatriot Kalidou Coulibaly, the defender of Naples, came in third place, then the Algerian star Riyad Mahrez, who won the English Premier League title for the second time in a row with Manchester City is in fourth place.
As for Moroccan star Achraf Hakimi, the defender of Paris Saint-Germain, the French league champion, he came in fifth place, and next is the full list of the best players in Africa.
Ranking of the top 10 players in Africa according to the magazine
1- Mohamed Salah (Liverpool)
2- Sadio Mane (Bayern Munich)
3- Senegalese Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli)
4- Algerian Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City)
5- Moroccan Achraf Hakimi (Paris Saint-Germain)
6- Senegalese Edward Mendy (Chelsea)
7- Ivorian Frank Kessie (AC Milan)
8- Ivorian Sebastian Haller (Ajax Amsterdam)
9- Nigerian Victor Osimhen (Naples)
10- Ivorian Wilfrid Zaha (Crystal Palace)
It is noteworthy that the last player to win the Best in Africa award was Senegalese Sadio Mane for the year 2019, at the ceremony held in the Egyptian city of Hurghada in January 2020, while the Egyptian pharaoh won the award twice, 2017 and 2018.
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