Sadio Mane's Life and Career Journey in Football " the son of the mosque priest who rarely bathed"

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A true Muslim came from Senegal and is currently defending the Liverpool Club. Yupz, footballovers must have guessed right? That's right, he is Sadio Mane. A footballer who when scoring goals often makes a prostration of gratitude.

Now on this occasion we will review the life journey of Sadio Mane, the Footballer who began his career at Academie Generation Foot, a Senegalese soccer academy. Curious Footballovers? see the story below.

Sadio Mane, was born in Sedhiou, Senegal on April 10, 1992. Mane was born into a very religious Muslim family. He grew up in the area of ??Bambali, a small village in southern Senegal. The village where Mane lives only has a population of no more than 25 thousand people.

Little Mane grew up with his uncle because his parents could not afford all his needs and desires. Little Mane grew up to be a boy who loved to play ball. He remembers if he used to play with people about him in the dusty streets. all his life and development is greatly influenced by the uncle.

Mane's love for football is arguably more than anything in the world. To a childhood friend, the 175 cm tall man once said that he didn't have time to take a shower because of football.

"He said that only football attracted him and when he had money he would have time to take a shower," his unnamed little colleague told British media, the Daily Mail.

Mane's inspiration to seriously play soccer came when he saw his country become one of the contestants at the 2002 World Cup grand event held in Korea-Japan. At that time, Senegal managed to advance to the quarter-final phase. They also managed to defeat defending champions France who have greater power.

After seeing Senegal's extraordinary struggle, Mane held a small tournament near where he lived. Mane became the most superior player and got a lot of flattery from the people around.

While trying to be serious about playing football, Mane got a rejection from his family. His family wants Mane to pursue religious teachings more. But after getting persuasion from the neighbors and the uncle, his parents are willing to support Mane in developing his football talent.

The uncle and his parents also sold all of their agricultural crops to finance Mane's soccer education. After that, Mane was escorted by his uncle to attend a local soccer training in the Dakar area.

However, Mane had an experience he will never forget. When he was about to start the selection, Mane saw many children wearing good shoes. While he only wore shabby shoes to participate in the selection.

A talent scout there even insulted Mane who did not seem to have any preparation to take part in the selection. He was insulted because of his worn shoes. He was also insulted for wearing inappropriate pants. However, Mane continued to be confident and only focused on the selection.

Sure enough, Mane managed to prove its quality and surprised many people. He even passed to the team.

The most interesting thing here is Mane again surprised many after he collected 130 goals in just 90 matches. Achievements that he did in two seasons.

Because his talent was considered special, Mane attracted the interest of a French talent guide. This is a start for Mane to climb his professional career. The talent scout was shocked by Mane's talent. He also mentioned that Mane was the poorest player in the team, but also the most talented player.

Mane also got several facilities to fly to France. At that time, Mane joined the Metz academy.

Please note that Mane did not tell his parents when he decided to pursue a career in France. This he did because his family still had not given him 100% permission to go to a higher level.

Mane only thinks about playing and wants to surprise his parents.

Mane made his professional debut with Metz on January 14, 2012. At that time Metz appeared in French ligue 2. In his first season, he played 19 times. In August 2012, he decided to move to the Austrian club, Red Bull Salzburg. At that time, he was paid around 4 million euros, equivalent to Rp64 billion.

On October 31, 2012, Mane scored his first hat trick for his team. Mane continued to play nicely and managed to bring Red Bull Salzburg won the Austrian League.

2014/15 season, Mane attracted the interest of Premier League club, Southampton. At a cost of around 11.8 million euros or equivalent to Rp 188.8 billion, Mane officially became a team player based in St. Mary On his first debut, Mane immediately offered a victory. At that time his team won with a score of 2-1 over Arsenal in the league cup on September 23, 2014. While his debut in the primary league he did 4 days after, when his team won 2-1 over QPR.

His growing game brought him to the top position in Southampton's top scorer.

In May 2015, Mane scored three goals in Southampton's 6-1 win against Aston Villa. His hat trick became one of the fastest hat tricks he only printed in 176 seconds.

Despite playing nicely, Mane has a problem with his club. He often arrives late and is considered an undisciplined player. He then released Southampton to Liverpool. Two seasons with Southampton, Mane successfully recorded appearances 67 times with incised 21 goals in the domestic league.

At that time Liverpool were willing to spend up to 34 million pounds or around Rp 618 billion. With the dowry, Mane officially became a player of the Reds starting June 28, 2016. The first person he invited when he officially became a Liverpool player was his mother.

With Liverpool, Mane made his debut in the Premier League against Arsenal. He successfully scored the fourth goal in a 4-3 team victory nicknamed The Kop. For continuing to play brilliantly, Mane was awarded as Liverpool's best player on 9 May 2017.

2017 also gave Mane a little dark story. During the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations tournament with Senegal, Mane had a bad experience. Himself who failed to execute the penalty kick was considered as the cause of Senegal's failure in the tournament. Worse yet, he also received some terrible threats at his home.

Some Senegalese fans give terror to his home. Feeling threatened, Mane then asked the police to guard his house for 24 hours straight.

After returning to Liverpool, Mane's potential grew rapidly. He admitted if Juergen Klopp changed it a lot. He became a formidable player and turned into a much better person. His debut in the champions league took place on 23 September 2017 when the reds were against Sevilla. He also successfully delivered liverpool to the finals in 2018, but unfortunately, despite scoring 1 goal in the final he failed to bring the big ear trophy to Anfield because the Reds were defeated 3-1 from El Real.

Until now, Mane is still a mainstay of Liverpool's attack line. Together with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino, he successfully formed a deadly trio known as the trio 'Firmansyah'. Mane helped Liverpool win the European Champions League trophy in the 2018/19 season. In the final the Reds conquered the country team, Totenham Hotspurs.

His career with the national team is also fairly good. He made his debut on May 25, 2012 in a test match vs. Morocco. So far it has been recorded that the man in uniform with the team nicknamed the African lions in the 2015 Africa Cup, the 2017 Africa Cup and the 2018 World Cup. At the 2018 World Cup he scored 1 goal against Japan. Until now the incense caps Mane with the national team has 60 times and scored 16 goals.

Thanks to his sharpness, he has always been a mainstay of the national team senegal in various matches both in the nature of trials and in prestigious events.

Mane is a religious figure. In an interview, Mane said that he would never touch alcohol which is forbidden by Islam. He also claimed to continue to pray five times a day. For him, Islam is something important. On the same occasion, Mane also mentioned that differences in beliefs would not be difficult for his career.

In his hometown in Senegal there, Mane was the son of a mosque imam in Bambali. Apparently his father had never had a problem with Mane's career choice as a footballer. He only disputed if Mane followed the luxurious lifestyle and spree in the style of world soccer stars. Mane's father was strongly opposed when his son chose to dye his hair.

Mane even gave large funds to carry out repairs and construction for the mosque where his father was an imam. Mane also contributed funds with a large nominal for infrastructure development in his hometown, Bambali.

That is the story of Sadio Mane's life journey.