African Footballer of the year list: 2022
African Footballer of the year 2022 list: Sadio Mane, who recently joined Bayern Munich, won the prize for 2022, edging out Edouard Mendy of Chelsea and Mohamed Salah, a former teammate at Liverpool.
In addition, Mane won the African Footballer of the Year title in 2019 after finishing second to Salah in both 2018 and 2017.
Instead of a single calendar year, performance over the previous season is now taken into account while awarding the honour.
Senegal won the Cup of Nations and qualified for the 2022 FIFA World Cup thanks to Mane’s penalties in the 2021–22 season.
Mane assisted Liverpool in winning the FA Cup and the Carabao Cup at the club level, but the Reds were unsuccessful in the Premier League and the UEFA Champions League.
Asisat Oshoala won the women’s award at the CAF Awards for a record sixth time, and Pape Matar Sarr won Young Player of the Year.
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The top ten nominated African players:
| 10 | Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon and Al Nassr) |
| 9 | Karl Toko Ekambi (Cameroon and Olympique Lyon) |
| 8 | Achraf Hakimi (Morocco and Paris Saint-Germain) |
| 7 | Sebastien Haller (Ivory Coast and Borussia Dortmund) |
| 6 | Naby Keita (Guinea and Liverpool) |
| 5 | Riyad Mahrez (Algeria and Manchester City) |
| 4 | Kalidou Koulibaly (Chelsea and Senegal) |
| 3 | Edouard Mendy (Senegal and Chelsea) |
| 2 | Mohamed Salah (Liverpool and Egypt) |
| 1 | Sadio Mane (Senegal and Bayern Munich) |
Complete List of every African Footballer-
The Confederation of African Football has been presenting the trophy in its current form since 1992.
With four victories each, Samuel Eto’o and Yaya Toure currently hold the record for most African Footballer of the Year awards.
| 2022 | Sadio Mane |
| 2019 | Sadio Mane |
| 2018 | Mohamed Salah |
| 2017 | Mohamed Salah |
| 2016 | Riyad Mahrez |
| 2015 | Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang |
| 2014 | Yaya Toure |
| 2013 | Yaya Toure |
| 2012 | Yaya Toure |
| 2011 | Yaya Toure |
| 2010 | Sameul Eto’o |
| 2009 | Didier Drogba |
| 2008 | Emmanuel Adebayor |
| 2007 | Frederic Kanoute |
| 2006 | Didier Drogba |
| 2005 | Samuel Eto’o |
| 2004 | Samuel Eto’o |
| 2003 | Samuel Eto’o |
| 2002 | El Hadji Diouf |
| 2001 | El Hadji Diouf |
| 2000 | Patrick M’Boma |
| 1999 | Nwankwo Kanu |
| 1998 | Mustapha Hadji |
| 1997 | Victor Ikpeba |
| 1996 | Nwankwo Kanu |
| 1995 | George Weah |
| 1994 | Emmanuel Amunik |
| 1992 | Abedi Pele |
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