Zambia Under-17 captain Joseph Sabobo Banda was named the Cosafa Under-17 Youth Championship Most Valuable Player
And Sabobo also emerged as the tournament’s joint top scorer.
The Player of the Tournament award which with an incredible opportunity of spending a week in Spain as a guest of LaLiga Santander, where he will take in the sights and sounds of one of the world’s great footballing nations, train with an academy and hopefully take in a LaLiga match.
Sabobo will also share the Golden Boot with Malawi’s Masambiro Kalua after the pair both scored five goals. Angolan goalkeeper Domingos Da Silva takes home the Golden Glove, while Eswatini won the Fair Play award.
Last year Sabobo won both awards but could not travel to Spain because of the Covid 19 pandemic.
The final wraps up the football competition at the Region 5 Games Maseru 2020 after Zambia won the Girls’ tournament by beating Botswana in the final on Monday.
