# Soccer: Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah and Paris Saint-Germain’s Achraf Hakimi are among ten stars nominated for the 2025 African Player of the Year award. Salah finished fourth and Hakimi sixth in the 2025 Ballon d’Or and are the favourites for the African award. Apart from Salah, two other contenders from the Premier League are both Senegalese; Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Pape Matar Sarr, and Everton striker Iliman Ndiaye. There are two Africa-based nominees, Congolese Fiston Mayele from the Egyptian club Pyramids, and Oussama Lamlioui of the Moroccan outfit Renaissance Berkane.
Soccer: Salah and Hakimi favorites for African Player of the Year award