Sadio Mane is one of the best footballers in Senegal today. The athlete acts as an attacking midfielder and constitutes a formidable force in the attack of English Liverpool. Together with his attacking partners Salah and Fermino, they form one of the most prolific attacking trios in world football.
Sadio Mane was born and raised in Africa, a country that has increasingly trained football for Europe in recent years. However, the general standard of living on the continent is not considered high, so all children born in African countries have to overcome various difficulties from childhood. Sadio Mane is no exception. Since childhood, he tempered his character, which ultimately contributed to the achievement of football peaks in his adult career.
Sadio Mane was born in the small town of Sediu in southwestern Senegal on April 10, 1992. The boy's childhood took place in the Senegalese village of Bombali, where the child first began to play football with his peers in the yard. Sadio Mane's family was large. The whole family consisted of ten people, including an uncle with children.
Father Sadio Mane was the imam of the local mosque. He did not wish his child a football future, insisting that the boy be educated at school and achieve a successful career that is not related to sports. However, the love of football of young Manet overpowered the paternal mood. The young man often skipped school to play the ball. The talent of the young Sadio and his diligent work on himself gradually progressed. At the age of 15, the boy's parents agreed that Sadio would devote his life entirely to football. Uncle Manet took the boy to Dakar for a screening at the local football academy of the Generation Foot club. It was with this team that the sports biography of the Senegalese began.
Sadio Mane's club career
Mane spent five years in Dakar - from 2005 to 2010. In 2010, the creativity of the African attacking midfielder on the field, his speed and efficiency attracted the attention of breeders from the French club Metz. This led to the fact that in 2011 Sadio Mane went to conquer football Europe.
Manet's career in France began with performances for the Metz youth team. Soon he was transferred to the main adult team. Sadio stayed in France until 2012. Spent two seasons for Metz. However, the club at that time did not play in the elite division of the French Championship, so Manet played in the French Ligue 2 and Ligue 3 (lower divisions). Sadio's statistics at Metz are as follows: played 22 matches and scored two goals.
From the 2012-2013 season, Sadio Mane moved to the Austrian team Red Bull Salzburg. By that time, the footballer had already been called up for the Senegal national team. In September 2012, Mane made his debut in the elite division of the Austrian Bundesliga Championship. Already in his first season, Manet made a splash. The Senegalese scored 16 times in 26 league games, and scored three more goals in three cup matches. In the 2013-2014 season, Saadio Mane scored thirteen goals in the domestic championship and hit the goal five times in four Austrian Cup matches. The third season of the Senegalese in Austria did not finish. In 2014, the promising midfielder was transferred to England.
Sadio Mane's career in England
Southampton became the first English club for Sadio Mane. In the 2014-2015 season, the attacking midfielder played thirty games in the Premier League, in which he scored eleven successful shots. Sadio played two more games in the League Cup. In these meetings, the Senegalese failed to distinguish himself. The following season, Manet missed only one match in the next England Championship. The performance of the attacking midfielder remained at a high level - Mane again scored eleven goals. Gradually Sadio became the main attacking force of Southampton. He has become coveted by many of the top English teams.
Sadio Mane's career flourished during his performance at Liverpool. In June 2016, the famous team paid over forty million euros for the transfer of the Senegalese. In the 2016-2017 season as part of the Reds, Mane played twenty-nine matches in all tournaments. He was able to distinguish himself 13 times. From the following playing year, Mane began playing for Liverpool in the UEFA Champions League. In the 2017-2018 season, the Senegalese hit the opponents' goal ten times in thirteen matches. This performance of the midfielder contributed to the fact that Liverpool reached the stage of the Champions League final. However, the decisive match was lost by the British. In total, Sadion Mane scored 20 goals in 44 matches during the game year.
Mane started the 2018-2019 season at Liverpool as the attack leader again. The Mane-Salah-Fermino attack link looked not only one of the best in England, but throughout Europe. At the same time, Mane not only struck the gates of his rivals, but with his actions on the football field helped his teammates to distinguish themselves. In 2019, Liverpool once again achieved outstanding success in the European Cup arena. The team managed to make it to the Champions League final for the second season in a row. On June 1, 2019, Mane and company will play against Tottenham London for the right to be considered the best team in the Old World.
Sadio Mane's career with the Senegal national team
In the national team of Senegal, Sadio began to be called up at the age of nineteen. In 2012, he joined the Olympic team, with which he took part in the London Olympic tournament. The Senegalese's career includes appearances for the national team at the African Cup of Nations tournaments (2017) and the World Cup in Russia in 2018.
The midfielder's personal achievements include a victory in the Austrian Championship, a victory in the Austrian Cup. In 2016, 2017 and 2018 he was a member of the symbolic football team of Africa, and in the 2016-2017 season he was recognized as the best player of Liverpool.
Sadio Mane's personal life is not widely discussed in public circles. It is known that the football player is a devout Muslim, does not drink alcohol and prays before every game.
