Liverpool and Egypt striker Mohamed Salah has capped a sparkling 2018 for club and country by winning the prestigious BBC African Footballer of the Year Award for the second time in a row.
The 26-year-old, who beat Medhi Benatia, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sadio Mané and Thomas Partey to the award, is just the second player after Jay-Jay Okocha to win it two years running.
Yaya Touré is the only other player to have twice won the award.
Salah scored 44 goals in 52 games for Liverpool last season, his first on Merseyside after joining them from Roma, and helped them to reach the Champions League final.
Earlier in 2018, Salah won the English double — the Players’ Player of the Year and the Football Writers’ Player of the Year.
Salah is also one of 10 nominees for the 2018 award which will be announced in January.