Uganda’s and South African Sundowns longest serving goal keeper Denis Masinde Onyango, along with 10 other players, was voted among the best eleven that have ruled the decade (2010-2020) on the Continent. The team of the decade was determined by football enthusiasts/fans on social media.
CAF put up a poll on its platforms on Wednesday, September 21st for fans to vote, and after a fortnight on Tuesday, October 4th, the results were in. This means the former Cranes goalkeeper has been the best in between the posts for the past ten years. The 36-year-old has been or is a constant participant in the competition but most notably, he won it in 2016 with his current club Mamelodi Sundowns. It was the first and last time the South African giants won the Champions League.
In a poll that ran on the CAF social media platforms, Onyango, who won the competition with Mamelodi Sundowns in 2016 garnered the most votes amongst the goalkeepers. The 2016 African player of the year based on the continent is just one of the two East African players on the team alongside Tanzanian Captain Mbwana Ally Samatta. Samatta, who played for DR Congo side TP Mazembe for more than five years also won the competition before he left for stints in Europe where he has played in Belgium, England and Turkey.
North Africans dominate the team with Wael Gomma, Ahmed Fatty, Hossam Ghaly, Hossam Ashour, Ali Maaloul, and Walid Soliman. Zambian Stopilla Sunzu who also featured for TP Mazembe before his move to France makes the team at the heart of defence while Percy Tau, Caf Champions League winner with Sundowns and Al Ahly as well as Zimbabwean Khama Billiat makes the team as well.
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