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Former Africa's best player Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (R), shakes hands with successor Algerian and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez (C) as runners-up Senegalese forward Sadio Mane looks during the African Footballer of the Year Awards in Abuja, on January 5, 2017. Algerian and Leicester striker Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the CAF African best Footballer for 2016 and beating former best player and Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sehegalese striker Sadio Mane, for the continent's most prestigious individual award. / AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)

Former Africa's best player Gabonese Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (R), shakes hands with successor Algerian and Leicester forward Riyad Mahrez (C) as runners-up Senegalese forward Sadio Mane looks during the African Footballer of the Year Awards in Abuja, on January 5, 2017. Algerian and Leicester striker Riyad Mahrez has been crowned the CAF African best Footballer for 2016 and beating former best player and Gabonese forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Sehegalese striker Sadio Mane, for the continent's most prestigious individual award. / AFP / PIUS UTOMI EKPEI (Photo credit should read PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images)
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