Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco defender Achraf Hakimi has claimed the 2025 Prix Marc-Vivien Foé prize as the best African footballer in Ligue 1.
The 26-year-old, who was runner-up in the 2024 competition, succeeds Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and joins a pantheon containing Nicolas Pepé, Victor Osimhen and Seko Fofana.
"It's a source of pride for me to join the circle of great players who have won the award," said Hakimi as he received the Marc-Vivien Foé Award trophy.
"It's fitting recompense for the season I'm having and for the season PSG are having too."
Last Wednesday at the Parc des Princes in Paris, Hakimi scored PSG's second goal in the 2-1 victory over Arsenal that gave them a 3-1 aggregate success and progress to the final of the Champions League on 31 May against Inter Milan in Munich.
A week before that showdown, PSG will take on Reims in the final of the Coupe de France attempting to complete a second successive domestic treble.
In January, they beat Monaco to lift the 2025 French Super Cup and in April PSG claimed the 2025 Ligue 1 title.
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Hakimi joined PSG from Inter Milan in 2021 but operated in the shadows of stars such as Lionel Messi, Neymar and Kylian Mbappé.
But since the break up of the troika and Mbappé's departure, PSG boss Luis Enrique promoted him to vice-captain.
"He is better defensively, more focused and more effective," said Enrique. "He's one of those young players with experience and a reference point for his teammates."
Morocco boss Walid Regragui, who appointed Hakimi skipper of the squad, hailed him as a driving force for the players.
"He's a champion, someone who likes to win," he told RFI. "He played at a very high level at a very young age, so he has the ability to understand that results are important and to pass that on to his team-mates.
"He doesn't mince his words, so he's capable of being a good relay and saying things that some people would hesitate to say to their team-mates. With Paris Saint-Germain and Morocco, Achraf is moving into another dimension."
