SADIO MANE STORY -DOWN TO THE THE TOP
Sadio Mane is a down-to-earth person and very humble in nature. Sadio Mane life is so expensive that it cannot be included in such a small Pages.
If something inspiring to the reader of such limited material, then all the credit goes to Sadio Mane.
Sadio Mané is a senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for premier League club Liverpool and the senegal national team. Known for his finishing, dribbling, and speed, Mane is considered one of the best players in the world.
Early Years
He was born 10 April 1992 in Sedhiou, Senegal. He grew up in the small village of Bambali, deep in the south of Senegal.. While growing up, he lived with his uncle as his parents had lots of children and could not meet up financially with his basic needs.
Sadio Mane's biggest inspiration to become a footballer came from the big excitement in the 2002 during the world cup where his country, Senegal got to the quarter- finals in their first appearance at the showpiece. Beating holders France in the opening match was a miracle he never forgot.
A lot changed for Mane after the 2002 World cup that saw his country performing at its peak. He was part of a group of small boys who started taking football seriously.
After the world cup, he and his friend started having tournaments in their village, he became more & more determined be the best and win every game. Everyone told him that he was the best in the village, but his family wasn't footballing one. He started to convince his uncle to let him off the village to a local town to learn more before go to the main Dakar City, his country's capital'' .
His uncle and parents sold all crops produce from their farms to raise money for Mane. His talent so obvious and inspiring ,even people who didn't know Mane pulled together to ensure he had the best possible shot at pursuing his only passion.
Being Disgraced
because he was poor
Sadio Mane upon arrival at Dakar's suburb made on the most popular football club in the town. He took the next day to visit them.
According to him, "When i arrived there on the next day, i saw lots of boys being tested for entry into the team. I will never forgot this, and it is funny now, but when i went to try out there was an older man that looked at me like i was in the wrong place. He asked me 'Are you here for the test ?'. I said i was. He asked me, 'With those boots ?. They were bad, really bad- torn and old. Then he said, ' and with those shorts?'' You don't even have proper football shorts?.
Mane continued.....
"I told him what i came with was the best i had, and i only wanted to play- to show myself. When i got on the pitch, you could see the surprise on his face. He came to me and said " i am picking you straight away. you'll play in my team." I went to the local team's academy."
The Secret career he
couldn't tell his mother
about.
Mane was far from even the top flight senegalese footballers. He was lucky. This miracle came when he was picked up by French Scouts on their mission to Senegal. Mane himself proved them right by delivering goals when he was told to first attend a twp season trial at the Senegalese football acedemy called ' GENERATION FOOT' by the same French scouts.
After exceeding expectation, he was sponsored to overseas. These scouts took Mane to the France and Made him join the French Club Metz.
Sadio Mane has revealed that he didn't even tell his parents he was leaving Senegal prior to launching his career in France. His mom Satou still thought that he was at the Generation Foot Academy in Dakar when he called to say he was in Europe in 2011.
Mane told that ' I remember the first day i got there, to France. I was supposed to train but the coach said ' stay at home' and i didn't have any credit on my phone card to call my mum. The next day I went with some of my friends who were already at Metz to buy some cards. i called her and said : Hello Mama, i'm in France,''
"Which France ?' she said. She couldn't believe it ! i said' France in Europe., ' What do you mean Europe? You live in Senegal. I said :' No i'm in Europe.' She was amazed, it was crazy! She was surprised and she'd call me every day to ask if it was true. she still didn't believe me until i told her to go watch me at the TV. She finally did and observed my Dream had come true.''
After the initial buzz of excitement, Mane endured a tough start to life in France as a Pelvic injury hampered his progress. Homesickness also took hold of him. The weather was tough, the culture was not same,'' he told Liverpoolfc.com
Premier League Record
Mane holds the records for the fastest Premier League hat-trick, scoring all three in just 176 seconds against Aston villa. Its a record for the fastest hat-trick in Premier League history.
Here is a video clip of sadio Mane holds the records for the Fastest Premier League hat- trick
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