Sadio Mane (born 10 April 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who is a winger at Premier League club Liverpool and the Senegal national team. Mane placed fourth in this year’s Ballon d’Or, and in the category of”The” Best FIFA Men’s Player, he placed fifth in 2019, as well as fourth in 2020.
Mane started his career at Ligue 2 club, Metz, at age 19. He left after just one campaign to move to Austrian Red Bull Salzburg. Red Bull Salzburg in 2012 for EUR4 million. He also won an international cup and league double during the 2013-2014 season. In the summer of 2013, Mane transferred to English club Southampton for a record club cost that was PS11.8 million. Mane made a record-breaking Premier League record for the fastest hat-trick in just 176 seconds during a 1-0 win against Aston Villa in 2015.
Mane was signed by the fellow Premier League side Liverpool in the year 2016 for a reported price that was PS34 million. Mane helped Liverpool get two consecutive UEFA Champions League Finals in 2019 and 2018 with the latter winning. Mane was also the joint top goalscorer of the league during the 2018-19 season, receiving the Premier League Golden Boot. Mane also helped Liverpool end their 30-year drought in the league when they won the 2018-19 Premier League. In the month of October 2021, he made it 100 Premier League goals, becoming the third African to achieve the milestone.
On the international stage, Mane has registered 29 goals in 89 games in the national team of Senegal from his first appearance in the 2012 season and is currently the country’s joint record goalscorer and is tied for third place in all-time appearances. Mane represented Senegal in the 2012 Olympics and also at in the 2017 and 2015 2021 and 2019 editions of the Africa Cup of Nations. Then, in the event of 2019, Mane helped Senegal to the runners-up spot and, one year later, he was awarded the title of African Footballer of the Year. In the final of 2021, Mane scored the winning kick in the penalty shoot-out , which helped award Senegal its debut Africa Cup of Nations title and also was named the player of the Tournament. Mane also represented Senegal in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, in their second appearance ever at the event. Mane was named one of the 100 influential Africans according to New African publication in the year 2020.
| Full name | Sadio Mane |
| Birth date | 10 April 1992 (age 29) |
| Birthplace of the child | Bambali, Sedhiou, Senegal |
| Height | 1.75 m (5 9 inches)) |
| Position(s) | Forward / Winger |
| Club information | |
| Current team | Liverpool |
| Number | 10 |
| Career opportunities for young people | |
| 2009-2011 | Generation Foot |
Personal life
Mane is currently living at Allerton, Liverpool and has been twice burgled two times, first in November 2017 and another time on February 19, 2019. Mane is a practicing Muslim and can be being seen performing du’a before the start of every match.
The style of the game
Mane in 2017 with Liverpool in 2017
Mane is described as a player with a full-time job who has ‘high levels of concentration and intensity as stated according to Liverpool teammates Fabinho. Former Liverpool player Jamie Carragher called Mane a “world-class winger”, comparing him to the former Liverpool players John Barnes. Mane was also similar to Cristiano Ronaldo, who was the former Ajax player Danny Blind, who praised Mane for his ability to score goals with either his feet or headers as well as his “astonishing” sprints.
A versatile forward Mane can be a prolific goal scorer who’s main attributes include his speed, finishing as well as his technique and skill in the possession area and his tactical awareness, decision-making and agility, creativity balance and control, as well as his ability to control the ball and dribbling abilities. Mane has received praise from newspapers for his smart playing, passing and ability to move into favorable places from which he could make goals or create opportunities for his teammates. The shy and quiet manner of speaking, his capacity to withstand pressure has also been noted among his major strengths. Beyond his technical, offensive and artistic abilities, his superior defense work-rate is also praised by pundits as has his proficiency to fly in the air despite his diminutive height of 1.75m (5 9″). Mane usually is a winger on the left side which lets him cut through the middle and strike on goals with his bigger, right foot.
| Girlfriends/Affairs | |
| Affairs/Girlfriends | Melissa Reddy (Rumored) Sadio Mane With His Girlfriend |
| Marital Status, Wife and Children | |
| Wife/Spouse | Unmarried |
| Children | Daughters- None Sons- None |
| Education | |
| School | Not Available |
| College/University | Not Available |
| Educational Qualification | Not Available |
| Profession | Professional Footballer |
| Brands Endorsed | * New Balance * Western Union * Indonesia Tourism |
| Career Manager | Jurgen Klopp |
| Football Career | |
| Debut Club | * Sadio made his debut for Metz the 14th of January, 2012., in the 0-1 defeat to Bastia. * On the 23rd of September 2014 Mane made his debut for Southampton. * On the 14th of August on the 14th of August in 2016, Sadio made his debut for Liverpool FC. |
| Debut International | He made his debut for the Senegalese national team in the year 2012. |
| Current Team(s) | Liverpool F.C. |
| Jersey Number | * 10 (Liverpool F.C.) |
| Position | Forward / Winger |
| Coach/Mentor | Jurgen Klopp |
| Accomplishments (main ones) | Not Available |
| Strengths | * Movement * Dribbling * Speed * Creativity * Energy |
| Weaknesses | Aerial duels |
| Height, Weight, and Figure Measurements | |
| Height (Approx.) | in centimeters- 175 cm in metersto 1.75 in meters- 1.75 in feet inches- 5’9″ |
| Weight (Approx.) | in kilograms- 76 kg in pounds- 168 lbs |
| Figure Measurements | |
| Chest Size | 40 inches |
| Biceps Size | 14.5 inches |
| Waist Size | 30 inches |
| Extra Ordinary Features | |
| Race / Ethnicity | Black |
| Hair Color | Black |
| Eye Color | Dark Brown |
| S*xual Orientation | Straight |
| Distinctive Features | Large lips, nose and big mouths * Muscular body |
| Dress Size | Not Available |
| Shoe Size | Not Available |
| Favourite Things | |
| Favorite Playing Position | Forward / Winger |
| Favorite Car | Audi RS7 |
| Favorite Footballers | Diego Maradona, Ronaldinho, and Ronaldo |
| Controversies | None |
Life Journey
Sadio Mane is a native of Sedhiou, Senegal. In the southern part of Senegal Mane was raised in Bambali which was a tiny village. Because the parents of his were already having plenty of children but were not able to provide for him financially and he was living with the family of his uncle. Although he was a poor growing up, he had huge hopes for the future.
After watching his national team do well in the 2002 World Cup, he decided to explore a career in football. He is a committed Muslim.
There isn’t much information available about Sadio Mane’s girlfriend, and also his romantic relationships, but there are reports of him having one. The rumored girlfriend of Senegalese internationally renowned player Melissa Reddy. The player isn’t said to have had a relationship with any famous people before.
Sadio Mane has been recognized for his modest gestures and his work in the field of development during his time in Senegal. Due to these reasons, there is a chance that he’s single.
Sadio Mane Net Worth
Sadio Mane has an estimated net worth of $20million.
| Estimated Net Worth in 2022 (Approx) | $20 Million |
| Estimated Net Worth in 2021 (Approx) | $16 Million |
| Annual Salary | $7.2 Million |
| Endorsements | $1-5 Million |
| Income Source | Professional Footballer |
| Cars Collection | * The Mercedes G63 AMG valued at $200,000 * Bentley Continental GT worth $200,00 * Audi RS7 $120,000 * The Range Rover Evoque valued at $45,000 |
| Football Market Value | $93.50 Million |
Sadio Mane moved to Liverpool from Liverpool to Southampton for the club’s record price in the amount of 11.8 million pounds. He established the Premier League record for fastest to complete a hat-trick in only 176 seconds. Liverpool signed Mane at a cost of 34 million pounds. He helped the club to finals in the UEFA Champions League Finals in 2018 and in 2019.
Sadio Mane happens to be a huge lover of luxurious cars. despite his humble appearance in public often the Senegalese star has a chic garage filled with vehicles valued at more than $665,000. The Liverpool star owns among other things among them a Mercedes G63 AMG worth $200,000, Bentley Continental GT worth $200,00, Audi RS7 worth $120,000 as well as a Range Rover Evoque worth $45,000.
Football Career
- In the year 2011, Mane joined Metz, which was in partnership with Generation Foot. He was 24 years old when he joined Metz Mane made his debut for Metz on the 14th of January, 2012, taking over Kevin Diaz in the 75th minute of a 1-0 home defeat to Bastia at Ligue 2. The player made 19 appearances during his debut season in the league with 12 starting and scored a single goal in a 2-5 defeat against Guingamp in Guingamp’s Stade Saint-Symphorien on the 4th of May. Metz was dropped into his place in the Championnat National at the end of the season.
- On the 31st of August 2012, Mane made the move from the club to Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg for the third-highest price that has ever been paid by FC Metz. The cost was estimated to be EUR4 million. The third game of the Austrian Cup on 31 October the Austrian Cup, he scored his debut hat-trick with this club, scoring a comfortable 3-1 win away against SC Kalsdorf.
- He had his first hat-trick win in the Austrian Bundesliga on 27 October 2013, scoring an 3-0 win against Grodig. Another treble came on May 7, 2014, when Salzburg defeated 7-0 in Horn in the semi-finals of the cup The season concluded by winning an international double. In the month of August, Mane required a move out of the club for not showing in for training or the most important game of the season for Salzburg in order to make it to qualifying for the Champions League.
- Mane made the move from Monaco to Southampton at the end of 2014 from Monaco on the 1st of September, 2014 for PS11.8 million, which was a four-year deal. Southampton’s first goal came off an injury-time penalty that he scored in the 2 – 1 League Cup victory over Arsenal 22 days after.
- On the 27th of September, he made his debut and helped Ryan Bertrand for the first league goal of the season, in a 1-1 win over Queens Park Rangers. In a 8-0 win against Sunderland on October 18 the following day, he got his goal in the first game for his club even though it was later acknowledged as an individual score by Patrick van Anholt. However, he scored the first time in his subsequent game, a 1-0 victory against Stoke City a week later.
- Mane scored three goals during three consecutive games in January and December in matches against Crystal Palace, Chelsea, and Arsenal. Mane scored two late-winning goals in the 1-0 win with Queens Park Rangers on 7 February, 2015 and in a 1-0 win against Crystal Palace on 3 March. Mane was removed from Southampton’s starting lineup in their 0-2 defeat to Liverpool on 22 February , as punishment for arriving not on time to get to the pitch.
- A hat trick that was the fastest of Premier League history was achieved by Mane on the 16th of May during Southampton’s 6-1 victory over Aston Villa during Southampton’s final home game in the league. Robbie Fowler had held the record since 1994, when Mane was able to score three goals at Arsenal in just 4 minutes, 33 seconds. Mane finished the season scoring 10 goals in 32 games throughout all matches.
- Saints’ Mohamed Mane opened the 2015-16 season by helping two times in the UEFA Europa League third qualifying round match, the first leg at Home against Vitesse Arnhem. He scored in the second leg to make them to 5-0 an aggregate. Mane took just 39 seconds to start scores with Liverpool in the quarter-finals in the League Cup on 2 December however, the Saints ended up losing to Liverpool 6-1 in their home.
- He was removed from the starting squad in the hands of Ronald Koeman for a match against Norwich City on 2 January 2016. He was late to an early meeting prior to the match. In the event of a collision with Erik Pieters on 12 March during a 2-1 victory against Stoke City, he received a straight red card however, this was later reversed after a appeal.
- In a time when he had not scored during the season for more than the past four months Mane made it two goals in the 3-2 win over Liverpool in March of 2016. and then scored five goals in the following five matches which included three in a 4-2 victory over Manchester City. Mane was Southampton’s top scorer at the end of the year with 15 goals across all matches.
- Mane was signed by Liverpool on June 28, 2016. He signed a contract worth PS 34 million for five years. The time was when Mane’s transfer fee was one of the highest-priced African player of all time. Mane was the player to score the 4th goal of Liverpool Reds in the match against Arsenal in the 4-3 win at home on the 14th of August. Because of a minor injuries to his shoulder, Mane was unable to play in Liverpool’s defeat at Burnley however, he played in the match against Burton Albion in the League Cup and scored two assists in the 5-0 victory.
- Mane scored the sole goal in the second Merseyside derby in Goodison Park on 19 December. On February 11, 2017 Mane struck twice in just two minutes against Tottenham Hotspur at Anfield, which gave Liverpool their league debut win of the year. Mane was the Liverpool forward was selected to the PFA Player of the Year for 2017 after scoring 13 league goals during his debut season in the club. the Reds. Mane was named with the Liverpool player of the Season award on the 9th of May 2017, despite missing the final portion of the season because of injuries.
- In Liverpool’s debut game of the season on August 12, 2017 The team played 3-3 against Watford. Mane scored the team’s debut goal for the campaign. He scored during every match of Liverpool during August helped him earn the honor to be the Premier League Player of the Month. Straight red cards were handed out to him during the first second half of a 5-0 defeat against Manchester City for a high kick against goalkeeper Ederson that was followed by a three-match ban.
- Mane has scored the first of his hat-tricks with Liverpool during the opening match of round 16 in the 2017-18 UEFA Champions League on 14 February, 2018. In the process, he became the only Liverpool player to get a hat-trick away from home.
- Mane played Liverpool’s goal to equalize during the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final against Real Madrid on 26 May. Mane made history as the only Senegalese footballer to be a scorer in the tournament’s final.
- In November of 2018, Mane was signed on a contract for a long-term agreement with Liverpool. Mane scored twice in Liverpool’s win by 4-2 against Burnley on March 10, 2019 The second goal was his 50th goal for Liverpool. Salah was the only Liverpool striker to have scored six goals in a row during in home Premier League matches, after Michael Owen, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez, and Salah.
- In the 17th minute, Ba scored his first goal of the season in a 2-1 win against Fulham, Ba broke another record for Ba by becoming the Senegalese player who scored more Premier League goals in a season. Ba was one of six players who were nominated for the PFA Players Player of the Year award along with teammates Virgil van Dijk on 20 April.
- Mane scored two goals in a 2-0 win against Wolverhampton Wanderers on the final day of the campaign in the country. The brace helped bring his total at the end of season up to 22, and placed Mane to Salah as well as Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang for the Premier League Golden Boot award.
- Mane was able to earn Liverpool an earlier penalty during the 2019 UEFA Champions League Final against Tottenham just 24 seconds before the start of the match. After having missed the shootout, Salah converted from the spot to score and Liverpool beat Tottenham 2 -0 to win the competition.
- Mane scored two goals at the time of the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final against Chelsea in which Liverpool took 5-4 on penalties following the game ending with a score of 2-2 at the end of 120 minutes. Mane was named the man of the match.
- The following month Mane scored two goals in a 3-1 win over Newcastle United, extending his record streak of games without losing at Anfield for Liverpool on the pitch at Anfield to 50, which is a record for any player in any stadium. When he made Mane’s 100th Premier League appearance for Liverpool on the 5th of October, Mane scored his 50th league goal.
- He was on the shortlist of 30 players of the 2019 Ballon d’Or on October 21. He placed fourth in the award on December 2 following Lionel Messi, Liverpool teammate Virgil van Dijk and Cristiano Ronaldo. Liverpool defeated Everton by 5-2 at the Merseyside derby the next day, and extended their streak of unbeaten soccer league to 32 matches, which is a new record for the club.
- The month of January, 2020 was the time that Mane has been selected as the Africa Footballer from CAF of the Year for the year. Following El Hadji Diouf, he is the only Senegalese to be awarded this prize.
- A 3-2 victory at home against West Ham United on 24 February saw Liverpool an all-time record of 21 consecutive home wins which was shared with the Bill Shankly’s Liverpool team of 1972. Also, it was an official Premier League record 18 wins in consecutive games.
- A 2-1 victory against Bournemouth in Anfield on 7 March set Liverpool the record for 22 , consecutive English top-flight victories. Mane scored the winner. The next year, Liverpool won the Premier League title.
- The 2020-21 Premier League, Mane scored both Liverpool goals in a 2-0 victory away against Chelsea on the 20th September of 2020. On the 2nd of October, 2020 Mane confirmed his COVID-19. The Liverpool team’s slump in form resulted in Mane to say that the season of 2020-21 was his worst period of his life. When the season was coming to close, Mane scored a brace during Liverpool’s 2-0 win against Crystal Palace, securing third spot for the club as well as qualified for the upcoming Champions League season.
- Mane has scored 100th Liverpool goal in the 3-1 Premier League win against Crystal Palace on the 18th of September, 2021. In the goal he scored at Crystal Palace, Mane set the new Premier League record by becoming the first player to score nine consecutive games in the league with the exact same team.
- The striker made it to the milestone and became the 3rd African to do so after Didier Drogba as well as Mo Salah – on 16 October, after Liverpool beat Watford 5-0. Watford.
Facts About Sadio Mane
- Mane’s home at the Senegalese soccer school Academie Generation Foot is where Mane began his professional career.
- Mane moved into Red Bull Salzburg for a transfer fee of approximately EUR4 million on August 31, 2012.
- Since September 1st, 2014 Sadio was a member of the Premier League team Southampton. He signed a contract for four years valued at EUR13.5 million.
- Liverpool signed Mane on June 28, 2016. The cost of Mane’s five year deal is 34 millions British pounds.
- In the 2012 Olympic games at the 2012 Olympics, he was a representative of Senegal.
- Sadio Mane’s home in Liverpool has been broken into twice. Liverpool took part in Maribor at the Champions League in November of 2017 for the first time.
- His family wasn’t enthusiastic about his goal that he would be a footballer in the professional league. He fled to Dakar at the age of fifteen years old. Despite his ripped boots, he was able to participate in a trial for football. The state of his boots was such that people thought that he was in a wrong spot. Then, Mane passed the trials.
- Liverpool have signed Sadio Mane of Southampton in 2016 and he became only the third member of Senegal to join the club.
- One of the first contracts professional Sadio Mane signed came for French club Metz in 2012.
- Sadio Mane has been named the 2nd-highest African scoring player for Liverpool having scored 48 goals across 108 matches. The only player to score greater goals scored in a game than Mane has to be Mohamed Salah.
- Southampton took on Aston Villa at St. Mary’s Stadium on the 16th of May the 16th of May, 2015. Mane made three strikes in just two hours and 55 seconds breaking a mark for the most rapid hat-trick of the Premier League.
FAQs
What country is Sadio Mane Where is Sadio Mane
Sedhiou, Senegal
who is Sadio Mane with?
Sadio Mane’s partner Melissa Reddy is a journalist who has lived in Africa. She is currently working as an editor for the sports section of Independent.
Does Sadio Mane speak Wolof?
Sadio Mane, who is currently considered to be Africa’s top player, is fluent in a variety of languages, including Wolof. It is believed that the Senegalese group in UK is expanding and growing.
What do Sadio Mane’s vehicle look like?
Then, at Liverpool, Sadio Mane often uses an Audi RS7, which seems to be his vehicle of preference.
Are you sure that Sadio Mane humble?
Mane’s humility Mane is the result of years of his experience. Mane’s professional career Mane could have been a disaster with ease. As a young man playing in the streets of Bambali and it was obvious Mane had a talent and Mane’s parents wanted him become an educator. It was never feasible for a child from Bambali to play professional football.
