Football: Mohamed Salah headlines nominees for men's Player of the Year at CAF Awards 2025

Mohamed Salah is among 10 footballers nominated at the CAF Awards 2025 for the men’s Player of the Year award.

The Egyptian national team captain is up for the top award at the African football awards ceremony, which will be held on an unconfirmed date at the end of the year. Salah helped Liverpool to their 20th English Premier League title last season, also becoming the club’s third all-time leading goalscorer.

In the award’s consideration period from 6 January to 15 October 2025, the London 2012 Olympian recorded 16 goals and nine assists for Liverpool, as well as four goals and an assist for Egypt.

Joining Salah in the running for Africa’s male player of the year is Achraf Hakimi, who won the bronze medal with Morocco at the Olympic Games Paris 2024. The full-back had a superb season with Paris Saint-Germain, where they won the UEFA Champions League as well as the French domestic treble in the 2024-25 campaign.

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