The BBC awarded on Friday Egypt footballer and Liverpool star Mohamed Salah the Best Player in Africa award for 2018 for the second year in a row. Salah is the first Arab player who garnered the BBC Best African Player award for two years in a row, and the second African player to garner the award for two consecutive years after Nigerian Jay-Jay Okocha in 2003 and 2004. He is the third Egyptian football player to garner the award after Mohamed Barakat in 2005 and Mohamed Aboutrika in 2008. Salah is contesting for the African Football Confederation (CAF) award for the best player of the year 2018, which will be announced on January 8 in the Senegalese capital Dakar. Salah also finished third in the 2018 European Footballer of the Year list by the European Football Federation (UEFA).

Source: Egypt Independent December 13, 2018 15:00 UTC