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Mohamed Salah Beats Victor Moses, Others to Win BBC African Player Of The Year Award

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By Farouk Mohammed
Published: December 11, 2017
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Mohamed Salah Beats Victor Moses to Win BBC African Player Of The Year Award


 

Egypt star Mohamed Salah won the prestigious BBC African Player of the Year award on Monday, rewarded for a 2017 packed with sparkling displays for Liverpool, Roma, and his national team.

The 25-year-old topped a poll that saw a record number of votes cast after firing Egypt to the final of the Africa Cup of Nations and almost single-handedly taking Egypt to their first World Cup finals since 1990, scoring five and setting up their other two goals in qualifying.

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Salah, the Premier League’s top scorer with 13 goals, also scored 10 times in all competitions for Serie A club Roma in 2017 before making the move to Merseyside.

“I am very happy to win this award,” Salah told BBC Sport.

“It’s always a special feeling when you win something. I feel like I had a great year, so I’m very happy.”

Salah beat a star-studded cast of rivals to become the third Egyptian to win the award and first since Mohamed Aboutrika picked up the gong in 2008.

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Gabon’s Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Guinean Naby Keita — his future Liverpool team-mate currently at RB Leipzig — fellow Reds star Sadio Mane of Senegal and Chelsea’s Nigerian winger Victor Moses lost out to the pacy attacker, nicknamed the “Egyptian Messi”.

“I want to be the best Egyptian ever so I work hard,” added Salah, who helped with 15 goals helped Roma to their best ever points total of 87 as they finished second in Serie A last season.

“I always follow my own way and I want everyone in Egypt to follow my way.”

Salah joins African legends such as Ivorian duo Didier Drogba and Yaya Toure — the latter won it twice — as well as Liberian striker George Weah in winning the award.

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