Salah becomes the first player from the north of the continent to claim back-to-back titles. Paris-based France Football magazine organised the annual award until the mid-1990s when the Confederation of African Football (CAF) took over. Salah scored 44 goals in all competitions for Liverpool last season, his first at Anfield after moving from Italian Serie A outfit Roma. Later in the year, Salah scored twice but failed to convert two penalties as the Pharaohs ran riot at home to Niger in a 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier, winning 6-0. Mane was third behind Algerian Riyad Mahrez and Aubameyang in 2016 and second last year, 118 points adrift of Salah.

Source: The North Africa Journal January 08, 2019 21:11 UTC