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- 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 7, 2020 · Made in Senegal takes an in-depth look at the rise of Liverpool forward Sadio Mané, who is the current African player of the year. The documentary will be exclusively available across Europe on...
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Apr 8, 2020 · Made in Senegal: Directed by Mehdi Benhadj-Djilali, Peta Jenkin, Jermain Raffington. With Sadio Mane, Jürgen Klopp, Mohamed Salah, Aliou Cissé. Sadio's story is the classical heroes journey and and archetype for African football players. Blessed with exceptional talent, he sets out from his village to find his destiny in the world.
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Apr 7, 2020 · 2020 Apr 7. Trailer from the new Sadio Mane new documentary, Made in Senegal, that tells the story of the Liverpool striker's rise from humble beginnings to one of the best players in the world.
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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...
Apr 9, 2020 · ‘Sadio Mané: Made In Senegal’ – released earlier this week – tells that story too, but it does so in a very unique and interesting way.
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Apr 10, 2020 · There is a scene in Sadio Mane: Made in Senegal where the Liverpool forward is standing on the uppermost tier of a school he has spent £250,000 to build in his village of Bambali.
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