2017 AFCON: Cameroonian Christian Bassogog named Most Valuable Player

Libreville, Gabon (PANA) - Cameroonian forward Christian Bassogog has been named the Man of the Tournament, the prize awarded to the Most Valuable Player (MVP) of the 2017 AFCON in Gabon.

The 21-year-old was influential in Cameroon's 2-1 win over Egypt in the AFCON final match on Sunday at the Stade de l’Amitie in Libreville, and was deservingly named the best player of the competition by the CAF Technical and Study Group.

Here is list of other honours:-
Total Man of the Final Match: Benjamin Moukandjo (Cameroon)

Fair Play prize: Egypt:-
Top Scorer: Junior Kabananga (DR Congo) – 3 goals

CAF Team of the tournament:-
Goalkeeper: Fabrice Ondoa (Cameroon)
Defenders: Modou Kara Mbodji (Senegal), Ahmed Hegazy(Egypt), Michael Ngadeu (Cameroon)
Midfielders: Charles Kaboro (Burkina Faso), Daniel Amartey (Ghana), Bertrand Traore (Burkina Faso), Christian Atsu (Ghana), Mohamed Salah (Egypt)
Forwards: Christian Bassogog (Cameroon), Junior Kabananga (DR Congo)
-0- PANA VAO 6Feb2017