Algeria forward, Riyad Mahrez, was on Thursday night in Abuja crowned African Footballer of the Year for 2016.
Mahrez was a key player for Leicester City as the Foxes won the English Premier League in 2016.
He beat Aubameyang of Gabon/Borussia Dortmund and Liverpool/Senegal midfielder, Sadio Mane, to the award.
The Confederation of African Football title made it a hat-trick of wins for the 25-year-old, who had already been named PFA players’ player of the year and BBC African player of the year.
The CAF award ceremony started 25 years ago.
Details of other awards later.
