African footballer of the year
Liverpool's Salah wins African Footballer of the Year award
The Liverpool foward faced tough competition from teammate Sadio Mane from Senegal and 2015 winner Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from Gabon.
The winner will be announced at the annual Confederation of African Football awards being hosted in Ghana on Thursday evening.
The winner will be announced at the annual Confederation of African Football awards being hosted in Accra, Ghana.
He became the third player to win the award twice, following Nigerians Jay Jay Okocha and Nwankwo Kanu.
The Ivorian joins Samuel Eto’o as the only players to win the continent’s top individual award four times.
If successful, the Ivory Coast midfielder will match the feat achieved by Samuel Eto’o.