SWAG Awards: Thomas Partey named 2018 Sports Personality Of the Year

Thomas Teye Partey has been named the 2018 Sports Personality of the Year by the Sports Writers Association of Ghana at an event which took place at the International Conference Center in Accra.

The Atletico Madrid midfielder beat off competition from boxer Isaac Dogboe and CAF Deputy GS Anthony Baffoe.

The 25-year-old helped Diego Simeone’s side to a second-place finish in La Liga last season and they won the Europa League.

He also contributed to helping Ghana qualify for the 2019 AFCON playing all the games in the qualifiers.

Partey scored twice for Ghana in 2018, both goals in friendly encounter, one against Japan in Yokohama, and another against Iceland.