Chelsea goalkeeper Edouard Mendy has been named Senegal's Player of the Year.

The award was voted for by national sports journalists in his homeland, and the Blues shot-stopper won the vote convincingly with 321 votes, ahead of Liverpool's Sadio Mane (99 votes) and Watford's Ismailia Sarr (61 votes).

Mendy was handed the UEFA Goalkeeper of the Year earlier in the season at our home match against Zenit in September, and two weeks ago finished second in the Yashin Trophy – an award at the Ballon d'Or ceremony dedicated to goalkeepers.

His recent accolades have deservedly come, after he became the first-ever African goalkeeper to win the Champions League, after keeping a joint-record nine clean sheets in last season's competition.

The 29-year-old also became the first-ever goalkeeper to keep nine clean sheets in a debut Champions League season.