{"id":1213,"date":"2025-11-20T10:42:31","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/sports\/?p=1213"},"modified":"2025-11-20T10:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T05:13:08","slug":"achraf-hakimi-psg-defender-wins-african-player-of-the-year-award-beating-mohamed-salah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tradebrains.in\/sports\/achraf-hakimi-psg-defender-wins-african-player-of-the-year-award-beating-mohamed-salah\/","title":{"rendered":"Achraf Hakimi: PSG defender wins African Player of the Year Award beating Mohamed Salah"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On Wednesday night, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Achraf_Hakimi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Achraf Hakimi<\/a><\/strong> was crowned as the African Footballer of the year. He is the first Moroccan to win this award since 1998 and the first defender to win it since 1973 to win Africa\u2019s most prestigious award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mohamed Salah lost to Achraf Hakimi on winning the best African footballer of the year. He became the first defender to claim this award in 52 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Achraf Hakimi est \u00e9lu Joueur Africain de l&#39;ann\u00e9e ! \ud83c\udfc6<br><br>F\u00e9licitations <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AchrafHakimi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@AchrafHakimi<\/a> ! \ud83d\udc4f\ud83c\uddf2\ud83c\udde6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CAFAwards2025?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CAFAwards2025<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qXmtJ7gNo9\">pic.twitter.com\/qXmtJ7gNo9<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Paris Saint-Germain (@PSG_inside) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PSG_inside\/status\/1991232293176844575?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 19, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Hakimi was awarded the trophy after helping PSG to their first ever Champions League title in May when they bulldozed Italy\u2019s Inter Milan 5-0 in the final as part of a historic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/sports\/2025\/8\/7\/nine-psg-players-dominate-ballon-dor-2025-nominee-list\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">treble-winning season<\/a> in which they also won the Ligue 1 title and the Coupe de France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Moroccan defender also had an incredible year with his club, securing the treble that included the Ligue 1 title, the UEFA Champions League and the French Super Cup.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSG fell short in the FIFA Club World Cup final against Chelsea, but Hakimi&#8217;s contributions throughout the campaign reinforced his status as one of Africa&#8217;s top performers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PSG also defeated Tottenham Hotspur in the UEFA Super Cup and collected their fourth trophy in the 2025 Calendar in August. \u201cThis trophy is not just for me but all the strong men and women who have dreams of being a footballer in Africa,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd for those that always believed in me since I was a child, that I would be a professional footballer one day, I would like to thank them all,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The PSG defender also finished sixth in the men\u2019s 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or rankings in September, the annual award for the world\u2019s best footballer, achieving the highest position ever by a Moroccan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His teammate from the same club and the French international forward, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ousmane_Demb%C3%A9l%C3%A9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ousmane Dembele<\/a> was crowned as the 2025 Ballon d\u2019Or winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Written by: Atin Kevin\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday night, Achraf Hakimi was crowned as the African Footballer of the year. 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