Last updated on 7 January 20207 January 2020.From the section African. Hero rat gets special medal for 'life-saving bravery'. Klopp won his award in a similar fashion too, collecting 55% of the vote with Sheffield United’s Chris Wilder trailing in second place with 25%. "To be voted by your colleagues, competitors from other teams who you always play against on the field. Mohamed Salah is the current winner for the BBC African Footballer of the Year. Bizarrely, Salah only got 2% of the votes, despite being on 16 Premier League goals so far this season – three behind top goal-scorer Jamie Vardy. Liverpool's Sadio Mane has been named the Confederation of African Football's (Caf) Player of the Year. The top five in voting by position was rounded out by Sadio Mané, Virgil van Dijk, and again Man City’s De Bruyne.
The Senegal forward beat Liverpool team-mate and Egypt forward Mohamed Salah and Manchester City's Algerian winger Riyad Mahrez to the award.
The Premier League team of the year is: Nick Pope (Burnley), Trent Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk (both Liverpool), Caglar Soyuncu (Leicester), Andrew Robertson (Liverpool), David Silva (Manchester City), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Kevin de Bruyne (Manchester City), Jamie Vardy (Leicester), Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang (Arsenal), Sadio Mane (Liverpool). Liverpool’s marquee signing has expressed admiration for the storied club. The Professional Footballers' Association Men's Players' Player of the Year (often called the … Alexander-Arnold was the top overall vote getter for team of the season with 72% of right back votes while at left back Andy Robertson got 55%. 29-year-old Kevin de Bruyne beat Premier League winners Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Jordan Henderson and his teammate Raheem Sterling to win the award, which is voted for by fellow players. PFA stands for Professional Footballers' Association. Series 1: 3. "The team cohesion as a group, we fought for everything we had. Gloucester fly-half Danny Cipriani has been voted Player of the Year by the Rugby Players Association. She beat Arsenal striker Vivienne Miedema who won the award last season. The girls were tremendous, thankfully we had a great year and hopefully it continues.".
Liverpool almost had a clean sweep of the BBC's footballing awards this year - with Jordan Henderson named Player of the Year, Trent Alexander-Arnold winning the Young Player of the Year …
Player of the year in Division One was striker Adam Rooney, whose goals have helped Inverness Caledonian Thistle to the title and promotion.