Meet SADIO MANE: The Seeker Who Refused to Fail. Poverty oppressed him, Football changed his life.
Africa is a continent gifted by God, even famous people who shake the world, most of them are of African origin.
So among those stars, is Sadio Mane, the Seeker who refused to fail.
He went through Torture, Harassment and loneliness that resulted from socialism. Soccer changed his life and surprised the world. Now he is one of the most expensive players in the world. People wonder who Sadio Mane is? And what kind of human?
Today, I bring you an exciting story about his life and football. Let's move together.
I think you remember the famous people who did great things in the world, Barack Obama, who was the 44th President of the United States. Michael Jackson who was the favorite Artist of all time who earns a lot of income even after he died.
Mike Tyson, the greatest boxer of all time. Hussain Bolt The best athlete in the world.
Edson Arantes do Nascimento Pele, the king of football who changed the game of football into the most popular sport in the world. They are all stars of African origin, that is, they are black people who made it big in the world.
After Pele, a black man, made great strides in football, we began to see black players from Africa start to emerge and make great strides in the world.
Here I am talking about Kina Geoge Weah, Samuel Etoo Didie Drogba and many others. So those stars are the mirror of Sadio Mane from Senegal, who is the most sung African player in the world at the moment.
Sadio Mane, Now a regular player for Bayern Munich and the Senegal national team, He is considered one of the best players in the world and among the greatest African players of all time, He is known for his power, dribbling and speed, Who has played matches 477 has 203 goals and 96 assists since he officially started his professional soccer career.
His history.
Sadio Mane was born on April 10, 1992 in Sedhiou, Senegal. Mane grew up in the small village of Bambali, in the southernmost part of Senegal. A village with a population of only 24,213 people.
In his development since childhood, Mane loved the game of football and his dream was to one day become a great player in the world. But due to his father's religious beliefs, his dreams wanted to hit the rock.
Because his father was a strong believer with imaan and the positions of the Islamic religion, so he forbade Mane to get involved in the game and believed that he would waste time without success and instead asked him to attend the Madrasa all the time in order to study the knowledge of knowing his God.
Mane carried out his father's wishes while in his heart he remained hurt by the act of being prevented from getting involved with Mpira. Sometimes he used to steal and go to play with his fellow children without his father knowing because he believed that success in life comes from Soccer.
When Mane reached the age of 7, his father died, leaving him and his other siblings orphans.
The life of Kina Mane's family changed completely from a little poverty to a very bad situation to the point of not being sure of even one meal a day, comparing him and all his siblings remained dependent on their mother who did not have a meaningful job.
The thing that led to the lack of basic needs in school. Not only the school uniforms, even the clothes he wore were worn out and torn to such an extent that his fellow children isolated him, laughed at him, and pointed fingers at him.
Mane believed that giving up is the same as dying, the heart is still alive, despite his young age, he still did not give up, he continued to fight for what he believed in.
So due to the difficult situation of his family's life, Mane did not see his place in educational matters, he devoted himself to football, so he spent most of his time playing with other children in the street instead of going to school. It came to a time when Mane attended school during school games and competitions.
A lot changed for Mane after the 2002 World Cup, where he witnessed his country Senegal doing well after they eliminated defending champions France and reached the quarter-finals for the first time before being kicked out of the tournament.
Mane, was part of a group of young boys who started taking football very seriously in their hearts.
That's when they started a street league competition where he showed his talent even though his family didn't like football, but many people in his village loved him and predicted big things for him.
Later, Mane decided to drop out of school to focus on his football dreams. Many people said that Education is the key to life, but in his heart he saw football as the key to his life and nothing else. His friends advised him a lot at school but Mane flatly refused because he personally did not believe in what others believed.
After Mane showed great talent in his childhood, his family led by his uncle, were convinced and decided to sell the produce in the farm and then gave Mane a little Kias to help him in making sure he fulfills his dreams.
When he turned 15, he left their village and went to Dakar, the capital of Senegal, where he found a football academy to get training that will enable him to achieve his dreams of becoming a great player in the world.
So when he arrived in Dakar, he managed to pay the small amount of money given to him by his family and joined the academy of one of the clubs in the neighborhood. But he met the great challenge of not being trusted and given a chance.
Mane had no football uniforms from jersey to shoes. More than his ragged clothes were torn with worn rubbers. Thus it led to contempt and not being given a chance.
One day Mane attended training at the club, but he found himself left outside and watched his teammates play. Mane was very eager to be given a chance to show his talent, so he followed an old man who was one of the local leaders, and asked him to be given a chance. But the old man looked at Mane and then answered him with contempt.
"Do you want to dance in those clothes? How are you going to play with those boots of yours? look at how nice your colleagues are with their jerseys, you don't have one"
Despite all the discouraging words, Mane still asked to be given just one chance, without looking at his appearance, and when he was given a chance, he was able to show wonders that surprised the leaders and included him directly in the Academy's squad.
In 2009. He got a chance to play for the M'Bour team, where he made a big impact and was noticed by scouts. He later joined the Génération Foot club, Mane helped the club rise to the second division in the 2010-11 season. Then his star started to shine and different teams started counting on him.
Baaye got a chance to enter Europe. He called to inform his family, his mother didn't really believe it because she thought it was just a dream but her son had already started his journey to enter the world's radars.
His mother ended up crying after realizing that it is true now that Sadio Mane has entered the Europe of the Diaspora and not as she used to think that he might go to Africa, there is a place called Europe and that is the Europe where his son is.
That's when you will believe that when God's time comes, even if all the magicians in the world gather together, they will still not be able to prevent your success.
If there are people who hinder you every time you try to take one step, they take you two steps back, your time is still to continue fighting, and once you arrive then no one will stop you. Magicians may call you a witch after they fail to prevent your success.
Football success.
So Sadio Mané, officially started his professional football career in Ligue 2 club Metz Club Academy at the age of 19, where he played only one season, then he left to join the Austrian club, Red Bull Salzburg in 2012 for a fee of 4 million Euros, where he won the league and the domestic cup twice.
Later in the summer, Mané secured a move to English club Southampton for a club record fee of £11.8 million.
There, he set a new Premier League record for the fastest hat-trick, scoring within 176 seconds in a 6–1 win over Aston Villa in 2015.
After setting fire to the Southampton Club, Mané was signed by the Premier League club Liverpool in 2016, for a fee of £34 million.
That's when he surprised the world by setting various football records in the world, because he helped the team to reach the consecutive UEFA Champions League Finals in 2018 and 2019, when it won the title. He also finished as the league's joint top scorer in the 2018–19 season, winning the Premier League Golden Boot.
Mané then helped end a 30-year drought for Liverpool to win the Premier League in the 2019-20 season. in the FIFA Men's Player of the Year he was fifth in 2019 and fourth in 2020
And in October 2021, he scored his 100th Premier League goal, becoming the third African to reach the mark. Mané finished fourth and second in the 2019 and 2022 editions of the Ballon d'Or.
On June 22, 2022, Mané joined Bundesliga club Bayern Munich on a 3-year contract. For a hefty transfer fee of Emilion 35.
International Level.
At the international level, Mane has scored 34 goals in 93 matches he played for Senegal, since he started playing in 2012, and he currently ranks as his country's all-time top scorer, and third in all-time matches.
He led Senegal to the 2012 Olympics, as well as the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 African Cup of Nations.
And in the 2019 tournament, Mané helped Senegal finish in second place, which led to the award of the Best African Footballer of the Year.
In the 2021 final, Mané scored the winning goal in the penalty shootout against the Egyptian national team led by Mo Salaha to give Senegal their first African Cup of Nations title and was also announced as the Best Player of the tournament.
On the World Cup side, Sadio Mané managed to play twice in 2014 and 2018, although the 2022 phase could not represent his country due to the injuries he suffered in his club Bayern Munich.
In the year 2022, he was announced as the African Player of the Year for the second time.
Sadio Mane is currently worth 25 million US dollars. And all his wealth has come from football. Because he receives E250000 per week.
Relationships
Sadio Mane is one of the people who like to keep his personal life a secret. he once said himself that he is not yet married, he has no wife or child.
Although there are some sources that say that he has had a relationship with Mrs. Melisa Medy, but it still remains only people's rumours.
Among his close people, they say that Sadio Mane is a man who follows his Islamic religion. So he has been good, from inspiration to help to people.
Also Mane in addition to being a very successful person but he has still been showing great love to his family and all the villagers.
As a result, even during Uviko 19, he gave millions of money to help his country Senegal.
Mane has built schools, mosques, and various hospitals in their village. He has sponsored a playground for all people, especially those who dream of following in his footsteps.
Mane also donates £70 every month to poor families as well as providing free equipment to centers for needy children in their home. Until now Bambali is popular with the name of Sadio Mane Everyone benefits from his presence.
The history of Sadio Mane is enough education, you don't have to sit in the classroom and learn the meaning of life. There is a personal period when I sit and think, like this, what do the calculations and formulas we used to memorize in school mean, why in life I have never used them.
That's when I realized that education is the ability to use your mind in everyday life. And that's why we have a great need to change our thinking to bring better results because even today if you meet a student and ask him who he dreams of becoming? Many of them do not know at all and even those who know will eventually study and work differently from their dreams.
Do you think if we manage our dreams and fight for them, how many Manes do you think we can find in Africa? It is time to wake up and believe in air conditioners and education and not only education as is believed by many Africans.
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