Salah shortlisted for FIFA Player of the Year award

CAIRO – 24 July 2018: FIFA announced on Tuesday their shortlist of FIFA Player of the Year award and Liverpool's Egyptian winger, Mohamed Salah, is among the nominees.

Salah made history as he is the first Egyptian player ever to be nominated for such an award.

Salah is nominated for the award alongside Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Luka Modric, Kylian Mbappe, Kevin De Bruyne, Antoine Griezmann, Eden Hazard, Harry Kane and Rafael Varane.

OFFICIAL | The nominees for #TheBest FIFA Men’s Player 2018:
Cristiano Ronaldo
Kevin De Bruyne
Antoine Griezmann
Eden Hazard
Harry Kane
Kylian Mbappe
Lionel Messi
Luka Modric
Mohamed Salah
Raphael Varane

For the period 3 July 2017-15 July 2018 pic.twitter.com/bqt8tDWY8d

— FIFA.com (@FIFAcom) July 24, 2018

The shortlist, which is based on the players' respective achievements during the period from July 3, 2017 to July 15, 2018, was chosen by a panel of FIFA Legends including Ronaldo, Fabio Capello and Frank Lampard.

Salah won the nomination after an amazing season with his club, Liverpool, having scored 44 goals, including 32 goals in the league to be the Premier League top goal scorer.

He also led the Egyptian national team to the 2018 World Cup in Russia for the first time since 1990 in Italy but the shoulder injury he picked at the UEFA Champions League final affected his performance at the tournament.

The winner will be announced on September 24 at the FIFA annual ceremony in London.