Sadio Mane is a professional football player from Senegal. Mane plays for the English premier league club, Liverpool, and the Senegalese national team. He has been an instrumental player for Liverpool after joining the club in 2016 from Southampton.
Sadio Mane was born on 10th April 1992 in Bambali, Sedhiou, in Senegal. Mane was originally prevented from playing football by his father who was an Islamic imam. However, the youngster moved from his village of Bambali and settled in Dakar when he was just 15 years old to pursue his football ambitions. After being spotted by football scouts in Senegal, Mane was taken to France where he joined Ligue 2 side, FC Metz in 2011. The next year, he made his first professional appearance for the team as a 75th-minute substitute in a loss to Bastia.
Mane was transferred to Red Bull Salzburg the following year where he scored the first hat trick of his storied career. He then scored another hat trick the following year. The team finished the season by winning the double in their league. However, Mane wanted to leave and tried forcing a transfer from the club by missing out on training.
In 2014, he was finally allowed to join English premier league side Southampton on a four-year deal. His first match for Southampton resulted in a win over Arsenal in a league cup match while his premier league debut came against QPR. Sadio Mane set a record for the fastest hat trick in the English premier league when he scored three times under three minutes in the final home match of the season for Southampton.
In 2015, the Senegalese player had a rocky start and was even dropped from the starting lineup. However, he later recovered his form with two goals against his future club, Liverpool, and five more goals over the next five matches. He was able to finish the season as the top scorer within the Southampton team with 15 goals in all competitions.
Mane then joined Liverpool in 2016 on a five-year contract. His debut for Liverpool came against Arsenal where he scored the fourth goal of the match. That season, he finished with a total of 13 goals for Liverpool and was named part of the PFA Team of the Year. His first hat trick for Liverpool came in the UEFA Champions League match against FC Porto. The next season saw him becoming the highest Senegalese goal scorer in the English premier league after scoring 17 times. That same year, he helped Liverpool win the UEFA Champions League trophy after they beat Tottenham Hotspurs by two goals in the final.
On the international side, Sadio Mane pays for the Senegalese national team. He represented Senegal at the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament and was part of the Senegalese team that won the recent African Cup of Nations tournament. Mane scored the goal that won the team the trophy against teammate, Mohammed Salah’s Egypt.
Sadio Mane is now 29 years old.
- Net worth
Through his talent and skills, Sadio Mane has become one of the highest-paid players on the Liverpool team after he signed another 5-year contract with Liverpool in 2018. Mane has an estimated net worth of $25 million. He earns around $6 million a year at Liverpool. His weekly wages are pegged at around $130,000.
- Endorsements
Mane had an endorsement deal with shoe giant, New Balance. After Liverpool won a case against New Balance, the player was expected to switch to another sponsor and Nike was thought to be the likely destination. Puma was also expected to sign him to an endorsement deal.
Mane also has endorsement deals with Western Union and Indonesia Tourism. It is not known the total amount he makes from his endorsement deals at the moment.
- Luxury
Sadio Mane is known as a humble player when it comes to splashing his hard-earned millions. The player was once spotted with an iPhone that had a cracked screen. People wondered why he was not getting a new phone when he was worth millions of dollars. However, the player still owns some luxury cars even though he is fine with an iPhone with a cracked screen. Mane owns the following vehicles.
- Mercedes G63 AMG
- Bentley Continental GT
- Range Rover
- Audi RS7
His car collection is worth over $800,000. He also lives in a mansion in Liverpool thought that is worth over $2 million. Sadio Mane is not known to wear any expensive earrings or expensive chains.
Sadio Mane is also known to be very charitable in his home village of Bambali. The player donated over $300,000 to build a school in the village in 2019. He later made another donation of over $550,000 to build a hospital in the village two years later.
- Family
Sadio Mane is not married at the moment. However, the player is known to have a girlfriend known as Melissa Reddy. She is said to be a sports journalist who was once based in Africa and now works for the Independent.
