Egypt international winger Mohamed Salah has scooped up the prestigious CAF award after heavy competition from Senegalese forward Sadio Mane and Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.

Mohamed Salah has won the award for best African male football player by CAF.

The announcement was made in the AITEO CAF AWARDS event in Ghana tonight , where he was accompanied by fellow contestant and Liverpool forward Sadio Mane.

This win would mean Salah has won the two biggest personal accolades for African footballers, the BBC Player of the Year and the CAF Player of the Year in the space of a few weeks.