Mohamed Salah has been named BBC’s African best footballer for the second year in a row.
The Liverpool FC star player fended off competition from his Anfield teammate Sadio Mane and Napoli centre-back Kalidou Koulibaly to claim the prize.
Juventus defender Mehdi Benatia and Atletico Madrid midfielder Thomas Partey were also in the running for the award.
The 26-year-old Salah finished his first season at Anfield as top scorer in the English Premier League after finding the net on 32 occasions.
In total, the Egyptian scored 44 times in all competitions last season and has continued that form this campaign, where he currently leads the scoring charts alongside Arsenal’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang with 10 goals.
A record number of votes were cast for the 2018 award, with the BBC receiving over 650,000 in total.
Salah becomes the first player since Nigeria’s Jay-Jay Okocha to win the award in consecutive years.
