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Mohamed Salah retains his crown as Africa’s best for 2018 calendar year
Africa Best XI:
10 of the best 11 in were European based players. (As expected)
Goalkeeper Denis Onyango was the only player in the best IX playing in a domestic league in the African continent.
The English Premier League was well represented with 7/11 players, with 3 players from Liverpool
Two players representing the Italian Serie and one from the Spanish La Liga.
Africa Best XI:
10 of the best 11 in were European based players. (As expected)
Goalkeeper Denis Onyango was the only player in the best IX playing in a domestic league in the African continent.
The English Premier League was well represented with 7/11 players, with 3 players from Liverpool
Two players representing the Italian Serie and one from the Spanish La Liga.
Goalkeeper
Denis Onyango – Uganda (Mamelodi Sundowns/South African Premier Division)
Defenders
Serge Aurier – Ivory Coast (Tottenham/English Premier League)
Medhi Benatia – Morocco (Juventus/Italian Serie A)
Eric Bailly – Ivory Coast (Manchester United/English Premier League)
Kalidou Koulibaly – Senegal (Napoli/Italian Serie A)
Midfielders
Naby Keita – Guinea (Liverpool/Guinea)
Thomas Partey – Ghana (Atletico Madrid/Spanish La Liga)
Riyad Mahrez – Algeria (Manchester City/English Premier League)
Forwards
Mohamed Salah – Egypt (Liverpool/English Premier League)
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang – Gabon (Arsenal/English Premier League)
Sadio Mane – Senegal (Liverpool/English Premier League)
Youth player of the Year:
Achraf Hakimi -Morocco (Borussia Dortmund/Germany)
2018 Player of the Year
Mohammed Salah – Egypt (Liverpool/English Premier League)