LIVERPOOL star Mohamed Salah has been crowned BBC African Footballer of the Year for 2017, The Express reports.
The Liverpool winger emerged victorious to scoop the prize in a star-studded five-man shortlist.
Among the other contenders were his team-mate Sadio Mane, Chelsea’s Victor Moses, Borussia Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Red Bull Leipzig’s Naby Keita.
Moses finished fourth and soon-to-be Liverpool player Keita came fifth.
Salah said, “I have always followed my way, and I want everyone in Egypt to follow my way.
While Salah has made a name for himself at Liverpool since his summer move from Roma, his biggest achievement to date came for his country.
The Egyptian scored a late strike against Congo in October to ensure his country qualified for their first World Cup in over a quarter of a century
Egypt — African champions a record seven times — had not reached a World Cup since 1990, but the 25-year-old scored from the penalty spot deep into stoppage time with the scores level at 1-1.
In total, Salah scored five of the seven goals in Egypt’s World Cup qualifying campaign,
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