Riyad Mahrez won the Player of the Year award

The Leicester City star beat Harry Kane, Mesut Ozil, Jamie Vardy and N'Golo Kante to win the Professional Footballers' Association's most important award this year.

Mahrez received the title at the awards ceremony on the evening of April 24. Photo: PA.

Mahrez, who has scored 17 goals and provided 34 assists in 34 games (as of the time of voting), was honoured at the hotel.Grosvenor in London on the evening of April 24 - just hours after he and his teammates won 4-0 against Swansea City. This result helped Leciester move closer to the impossible dream in the Premier League.

"Really, I want to dedicate everything I have today to my teammates, as well as to the coach and the management board,"Mahrez- player joinsLeicester from French second division side Le Havre in January 2014 - said. "Without them, I probably wouldn't have had this honour, wouldn't have been able to score the goals. We always play as a team, and I want to dedicate this award to them."

"I'm especially happy with this award because it was voted for by the players, which means they've seen how great I've been this year."

Mahrez - an Algerian - is only the second non-European player to win the award. The first wasLuis Suarez, in 2014 when he was still playing for Liverpool. Unlike the Uruguayan striker,Mahrez was virtually unknown when he moved to England to play for Leicester two years ago. His transfer fee at the time was less than a million dollars.

However, in a season that will be remembered for a long time in football history, he and his teammates are working miracles. Leicesterare currently eight points ahead of second-placed Tottenham, who are playing in round 35 with only three games left. Mahrez and his teammates need just five more points from their remaining games to win the Premier League.

Mahrez and many of his teammates at Leicester are having a season of their lives. Photo: DM.

Also in this poll,midfielderDele Alli (Tottenham) won the Young Player of the Year award,after surpassing Ross Barkley, Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Jack Butland (Stoke City), Philippe Coutinho (Liverpool) and teammate Harry Kane.

This season, the 20-year-old midfielder - who moved to Tottenham in January 2015 - has scored 10 goals and provided nine assists, helping Tottenham to challenge for the title. He has also been called up to the England squad six times, scoring in the 2-0 friendly win over France last November.

In the PFA Team of the Year, Leicester (including Mahrez, Vardy, Kante, Morgan) and Tottenham (including Kane, Alli, Rose,Alderweireld)Each team occupies four places, whileMan Utd (De Gea), Arsenal (Bellerin) and West Ham (Payet) contribute a position.

PFA Team of the Year. Photo: BBC.

Ryan Giggs is the winner of this year's PFA Merit AwardDuring his time at Man Utd, he played 963 games and won 13 Premier League titles, four FA Cups and two Champions Leagues.

At Man Utd before, the legendsAlex Ferguson, Matt Busby and Bobby Charlton have all won the award. Giggs won the PFA Player of the Year in 2009 and twice won the young player award in 1992 and 1993.

According to VNE