‘Estadat’ to Organize 'African Player of the Year' Ceremony

Estadat company or simply "Stadiums" won the right of organizing the ceremony of the "African Player of the Year" award.

The 28th edition of CAF annual football awards is set to be held on Tuesday, 7 January 2020, at Citadel Azure, Hurghada, Egypt.

PickAlbatros company, which has the marketing rights for the ceremony, agreed with the Confederation of the African Football (CAF ) to make Estadat responsible for organizing the ceremony.

In the presence of Confederation of African Football secretary-general Moaz Hajji, ‘Estadat’ company’s owner, Mohamed Kamel, signed the contract with Kamel Abu Ali, Chairman of Albatross.

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Liverpool star Mohamed Salah competes with the Senegalese Sadio Mane and Algeria’s and Man City’s star Riyad Mahrez for winning the best player of the year.

The 27-year-old Egyptian star won the Premier League top scorer's award in 2019, as well as the Uefa Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and recently the Fifa Club World Cup titles with Liverpool.

[caption id="attachment_98722" align="aligncenter" width="1600"] Mohamed Salah[/caption]

Mane guided his national team to reach the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations, before suffering a 0-1 defeat from Algeria.

[caption id="attachment_56778" align="aligncenter" width="1200"] Sadio Mane[/caption]

He also claimed the Uefa Champions League, Uefa Super Cup and recently the Fifa Club World Cup trophies with Liverpool.

[caption id="attachment_65388" align="aligncenter" width="2032"] Riyad Mahrez[/caption]

Riyad Mahrez smashed a number of records during 2019 as he led his national team to lift the Africa Cup of Nations title.

While Zamalek's midfielder Tarek Hamed, Es Tunis' forward Anice Badri, and Algeria's left-winger Youcef Belaïl were nominated for the final 3-man shortlist of the African Interclubs Player of the Year award.

[caption id="attachment_63727" align="aligncenter" width="853"] Tarek Hamed[/caption]

Noteworthy, Salah won the African Player of the Year award in the last season for the second successive year.

Earlier this month, Estadat  obtained 51% of the rights of El-Ahly channel, previously owned by Presentation Live.