Sadio Mane is one of the best footballers to emerge from Africa in recent time. The Senegal football team captain is currently playing for Saudi Arabia team Al Nasssr. However, before that the winger played for team like Liverpool and Bayern Munich. He had a great impact in Liverpool, playing 196 matches for the Premier League giants scoring 90 goals. He formed an impactful attacking trio with Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino at Liverpool. He was crucial in the side helped the side reaching UEFA Champions League Finals in 2018 and 2019, winning the latter. Mane also helped end Liverpool’s 30-year Premier League title drought in 2019-20.
Recently, Sadio Mane got married to 18-year-old Aisha Tamba. Her father, Amadou, was quoted by goal.com as telling Univers info TV that the couple first met “more than two years ago”: “My wife and Aisha visited their (Mane’s) family one day, and this is where he met her for the first time. He probably saw something special in her and his parents appreciated her as well. They came to see me. We discussed as per the tradition, agreed on everything and waited for this day to happen. They were not dating because Aisha was still young. She is 18…. It (the first time Mane saw her) was more than two years ago.”
After the wedding Sadio Mane’s wife returned to school and got a hero’s welcome.
Sadio Mane’s wife went back to her school today after her wedding and evoked so much positive emotions from her former colleagues.
She is just as humble as the husband good pair
She has become an instant celebrity after the transitional tranquil wedding @soka25east… pic.twitter.com/JZdYQzKhTv
�” Collins Okinyo (@bedjosessien) January 11, 2024
Sadio Mane is busy preparing for the African Cup of Nations.
Senegal captain Sadio Mane predicts that “a really difficult group” lies ahead for the Africa Cup of Nations holders when they face Gambia, Cameroon and Guinea.
“The match against Cameroon is going to be very tough and we dare not underestimate our other opponents,” the two-time African Player of the Year told reporters.
“While accepting that none of these matches will be easy, we have the ability and determination to reach the knockout stage,” he said ahead of the tournament kick-off on Saturday.
Senegal defeated Cameroon 34 years ago in a group match in Algeria when they first met in the African football showpiece.
But Cameroon have had the upper hand since, winning a quarter-final, then the 2002 final and another quarter-final after penalty shootouts.
Senegal have beaten Guinea twice, but only drew 0-0 against them in the group stage two years ago en route to winning the Cup of Nations for the first time.
With AFP inputs
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