The 2017 winner, Mohamed Salah, will face one more time his teammate from Liverpool, Sadio Mane, and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, winner in 2015. The trio will know their faith tonight in Dakar in front of their peers and many guests from around the world.
Last year, Salah, 26 , became the first Egyptian player to win the CAF Best Player Award since the introduction of the event in 1992. The Liverpool striker hopes he could keep his title and join the list of the few players who won to awards in a row such as El Hadji Diouf from Senegal (2001, 2002), Samuel Eto'o from Cameroon (2003, 2004) and Yaya Toure from Ivory Coast (2011, 2012).
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