Posted on: 07:50 Fri, 06 Jan 2017



Tonight, at the just concluded Glo CAF awards, Riyad
Mahrez was crowned the new African Football King. While Nigeria’s Alex Iwobi won the Youth Player of The Year
award, Asisat Oshola went home with the
Women’s Player of the
Year award and the CAF Platinum Award was presented to President Buhari. Check out the full list of winners after the cut…

African
Player of the Year
Riyad
MAHREZ (Algeria & Leicester City)

African
Player of the Year – Based in Africa
Denis
ONYANGO (Uganda & Mamelodi Sundowns)

Women’s
Player of the Year
Asisat
OSHOALA (Nigeria & Arsenal Ladies)

Most
Promising Talent
Kelechi
IHEANACHO (Nigeria & Manchester City)
Youth

Player of the Year
Alex
IWOBI (Nigeria and Arsenal)

Coach of
the Year
Pitso
MOSIMANE (Mamelodi Sundowns)

Club of
the Year
Mamelodi
Sundowns

National
Team of the Year
Uganda
Women’s

National Team of the Year
Nigeria

Referee
of the Year
Bakary
Papa GASSAMA

Football
Leader of the Year
Manuel
LOPES NASCIMENTO, President of Guinea Bissau Football Federation

Legend
Award
Laurent
POKOU, Former player of Cote d’Ivoire
Emilienne
MBANGO, Former player of Cameroon