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LONDON (Reuters) – Manchester United star Mohamed Salah won the African Footballer 's Trophy in the year 2018 in a poll by the BBC last year.
Salah is the first player to win the title two years in a row, following the success of Nigerian Austin Okosha in 2003 and 2004.
Salah, 26, has surpbaded his Senegalese counterpart Sadio Mani, Juventus defender Mehdi Ben Attia, Senegalese defender Calido Coulibaly and Atletico Madrid's Thomas Barty of Ghana.
Salah became the third Egyptian and the fifth Arab to win the prize.
The Egyptian international is currently at the top of the Premiership with ten goals tied with Gabonese international striker Pierre Emeric Obamyang.
At the same time, Salah is competing for the Confederation of African Football (CA) prize for the best player on the continent.
The Egyptian international, who has a remarkable performance with Liverpool, is fighting with personalities such as Riad Mehrez with Manchester City, Juventus's Mehdi Ben Attia, Tunisia's Anis Badri of Esperance and Egypt's Walid Suleiman of Egypt. Egypt. Africa after a series of wonderful performances.
In addition to the five Arabs, we find a similar number of players from the rest of the continent: Sadio Mani, Pierre Emeric Obamyang, Nigerian Alex Eioubi and Cameroonian international André Onana of Ajax Amsterdam and Denis Onyango of the South -American Mamelodi Sundowns.
(Sky News)
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