Cameroon balloon d’or: Emmanuel Mahop bags prestigious top scorer, best player awards

Coton Sport FC forward Emmanuel Mahop Dikongue has been voted the 2023 Cameroon player of the year and top scorer, after 14 goals last term for Canon of Yaounde.

The second edition of Cameroon’s Ballon d’or night under the new FECAFOOT executive took place on Saturday, December 16 at the Palais des Congrès in Yaoundé.

It turned out to be a great evening for local players, for an event which rewarded the best footballers in Cameroon for the 2022-2023 season.

Currently with 18-time Elite One winners Cotonsport of Garoua, Emmanuel Mahop returned home with two distinctions; that of the top scorer in the MTN Elite One championship and that of the best player in the championship.

Mahop has scored 5 goals so far in his new Cotonsport colors and the award will act as a huge boost for the goalkeeper cum striker who only returned to the country, after some failed transfer deals abroad last term.