Algeria: #GloCAFawards2016 - Riyad Mahrez Named CAF's Player of the Year

6 January 2017

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.

...

AllAfrica publishes around 400 reports a day from more than 100 news organizations and over 500 other institutions and individuals, representing a diversity of positions on every topic. We publish news and views ranging from vigorous opponents of governments to government publications and spokespersons. Publishers named above each report are responsible for their own content, which AllAfrica does not have the legal right to edit or correct.

Articles and commentaries that identify allAfrica.com as the publisher are produced or commissioned by AllAfrica. To address comments or complaints, please Contact us.