All 2022 CAF Award Winners Revealed!

Senegal and Bayern Munich star Sadio Mane has been named the 2022 CAF Men's Player of the Year.

Click through the gallery above to see all the 2022 CAF award winners. 

The 30-year-old enjoyed a successful year for both club and country, as he helped Senegal secure their maiden Africa Cup of Nations title and a spot at the 2022 World Cup.

For Liverpool, Mane registered 23 goals and five assists across all competitions as the team won the FA Cup and League, while they also reached the final of the UEFA Champions League.

The newly signed Bayern attacker beat out competition from his countryman Edouard Mendy and former Liverpool teammate Mohamed Salah.

Mane is the second player from Senegal to win the award after El Hadji Diouf won it in 2001 and 2022.

Here are the highest-paid African stars currently in the Premier League:

11. Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester City & Nigeria) – £75 000

8. Joel Matip (Liverpool & Cameroon) - £100 000

7. Hakim Ziyech (Chelsea & Morocco) – £100 000

2. Thomas Partey (Arsenal & Ghana) – £200 000

3. Riyad Mahrez (Manchester City & Algeria) - £200 000

6. Naby Keita (Liverpool & Guinea) - £120 000

4. Nicolas Pepe (Arsenal & Ivory Coast) - £140 000

5. Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace & Ivory Coast) – £130 000

12. Abdoulaye Doucoure (Everton & Mali) - £75 000

1. Mohamed Salah (Liverpool & Egypt) - £350 000

9. Eric Bailly (Manchester United & Ivory Coast) - £80 000

10. Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso & Aston Villa) - £78 000

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