History was made on Thursday, 5 January 2017
at the International Conference Centre in Abuja with the coronation of Algerian
winger Riyad Mahrez as African Player of the Year 2016 and Ugandan goalie,
Denis Onyango as African Player of the Year – Based in Africa 2016.
Mahrez, 25, becomes the first Algerian and
the maiden North African to win the prestigious individual honour in African
football since its inception by the Confederation Africaine de Football (CAF)
in 1992.
