Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year
Leicester City star Riyad Mahrez named African Footballer of the Year
The 25-year-old beat 2015 winner
Patrick-Emerick Aubameyang of Gabon and Senegal striker Sadio Mane. He
received his award at Thursday's ceremony in Abuja, Nigeria.
Mahrez
was a key player as English underdog Leicester City won the English
Premier League title for the first time in its history in 2015-16,
defying 5,000-1 odds.
The Foxes have struggled to repeat that
success domestically this season, but Mahrez has helped the team reach
the last 16 of the Champions League in its debut appearance in Europe's
top club competition.
He is the first north African to win the award since Morocco's Mustapha Hadji in 1998.
Two Algerians won the prize
when it was run by France Football magazine -- from 1970-94, with joint
awards in the latter three overlapping years. Rabah Madjer triumphed in
1987, and Lakhdar Belloumi did so six years earlier.
Posted By Abayomi Ismail
source:http://edition.cnn.com
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