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Despite his remarkable achievements on the pitch, Mane remains grounded in his roots off it. The 32-year-old hails from a small village in Bambali, Senegal, and, like his own journey, significant ...
Jun 21, 2022 · Sadio Mane is transforming his village to a town. He built a £455,000 hospital and €250,000 school in his village, Bambaly. He gives each family €70 monthly. He provided 4G internet for them. He...
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Born and raised in the remote village of Bambali – a place now adorned with posters of “the pride of the nation” – Mane has taken the long route and, in his own words, made multiple ‘sacrifices’ to reach stardom. A love affair with the beautiful game started by watching his uncle’s side Kansala just metres from the family home. Aged 15, by then a f...
As revealed in the documentary Sadio Mane: Made in Senegal– the ‘Boy from Bambali’ as dubbed by Senegal coach Aliou Cisse – lost his father aged just seven and discovered the heartbreaking news moments before a match. Mane’s family had turned to traditional medicine before the family patriarch died in a nearby village due to the absence of a local ...
In addition to the hospital, the Reds’ No.10 had previously donated £250,000 to fund a new secondary school in Bambali and was spotted visiting the construction site in 2019. He also gifted 300 Liverpool shirts to locals in his hometown ahead of the 2018 Champions Leaguefinal – having himself watched the Miracle of Istanbul alongside friends. In th...
But it’s not just these overwhelming acts of humanitarian kindness that help define Mane’s off-field persona. Despite being amongst the most decorated African footballers of all time, he has never allowed unprecedented success to go to his head. As a devoted Muslim, Mane was spotted helping to clean the toilets at a local Liverpool mosque just hour...
Striving to be a positive role model and even a beacon of hope for those enduring similar hardship as he experienced as a youngster, Mane admitted in 2019 he would swap Liverpool’s Champions Leaguewin for victory with Senegal in the Africa Cup of Nations final that year. While his wish wasn’t granted on that occasion, this was redemption three year...
Nov 2, 2022 · Sadio Mane is the embodiment of the dreams of millions of young Africans, emerging from a small village in Senegal to play at the highest level in Europe and become an international icon.
- Mane had to run away to play football. Perhaps you already know this story, but, as a boy, growing up in a small village called Bambali in Senegal, Sadio Mane's family weren't actually that keen on him kicking a ball about for a living.
- His hero growing up was El Hadji Diouf. Sadio Mane would have been 10 years old when Senegal reached the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals and Africa Cup of Nations final, with a team that included stars like Aliou Cisse, Khalilou Fadiga and El Hadji Diouf.
- The weather in Europe was a shock to the system. Mane left Senegal to join French team FC Metz in 2011. The first thing that he noticed on arrival in France, in January, was the wind.
- Mane made a bad first impression on Jurgen Klopp. In a very candid moment in the documentary, Jurgen Klopp tells us about a bad judgement call he made, as manager of Dortmund, when Mane was introduced to him.
Apr 8, 2020 · Sadio Mane has explained the backstory behind his charity endeavours in Senegal, including funding a hospital in Bambali, having lost his father at the age of seven.
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Jun 21, 2022 · According to various publications in England and West Africa, Mane is said to have spent over 700,000 pounds (Sh100 million) to transform Bambali area, including building a school, post office,...
