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4 days ago · Over recent years, the two-time African Player of the Year also donated £250,000 back in 2019 in order to build a school, while he later gave £500,000 towards the construction of a hospital ...
Jan 6, 2024 · In a heartwarming display of humility and dedication, Senegalese football star Sadio Mane has silently transformed the Bambali Stadium, located in his native village, into a beacon of hope and inspiration.
Sadio Mane invested in his childhood village, Bambali, constructing new facilities and a FIFA-standard stadium, highlighting his dedication to charity work. He also funded a school and helped improve living conditions in his impoverished community.
- 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.
Jun 21, 2022 · Mane grew up in a small village in Bambali, Senegal. Since becoming a professional footballer, Mane has endeavoured to improve the quality of lives of those that live there.
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Jan 4, 2024 · Senegalese and Al-Nasser superstar Sadio Mane has opened the Bambali Stadium, which he built at his own expense for the people of his home village in Senegal, West Africa. Initially, the ground was fully muddy and in June 2022, Mane was pictured playing with his friends during pre-season in the Bambali village.
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Nov 2, 2022 · The diminutive attacker defied his family, who did not want him to play soccer, to sneak away from his home village of Bambali to join an academy in the capital Dakar and then catapult his way...
