Bundesliga Bayern Munich congratulate Sadio Mane for winning African Footballer of the Year Award

Sadio Mane African Footballer of The Year

Bayern Munich officials congratulated Sadio Mane who won the 2022 African Footballer of the Year Award ahead of Mohamed Salah and Edouard Mendy on Thursday night.

As they are doing since signing the 30-year old from Liverpool, the club’s leaders don’t miss the opportunity to hail Mane for this award.

Oliver Kahn, Bayern Munich CEO

“We’re very happy for Sadio Mané’s award. In their long history, FC Bayern never had an African Footballer of the Year in their team, which is a special honor for our club. We are very proud that he is now with our club and we have many big goals with him.”

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Sadio Mane and the other winners during CAF Awards 2022.
Sadio Mane and the other winners during CAF Awards 2022.

Herbert Hainer, Bayern Munich President

“Congratulations to Sadio Mané on being named Africa’s Player of the Year once again. He’s an absolutely exceptional player and also a great character who is a wonderful ambassador for Senegal, for football as a whole and also for FC Bayern and the Bundesliga.”

Hasan Salihamidžić, Bayern Sporting director

“Sadio Mané is a world class player, a great guy, down to earth with a fantastic mentality. He deserves the award of Africa’s player of the year and I’m happy for him and his family.”

“Sadio led Senegal to the African Cup of Nations, he is a winner who is a great asset for Bayern. He will play a very important role in our team and help us achieve our goals in a challenging season with the World Cup in December.”


Aimé ATTI

Aimé ATTI is a bilingual journalist who breathes football and shares his passion on Africa Top Sports

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