Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez was named as the GLO Confederation of African Football's player of the year award.
The award, sponsored by GLO telecommunications network, saw history being made as Mahrez, 25, becomes the first Algerian and the maiden North African to win the prestigious individual honour in African football since its inception by the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF) in 1992.
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