Sadio Mané

Sadio Mané

Mané with Red Bull Salzburg in 2012
Personal information
Full nameSadio Mané[1]
Date of birth10 April 1992
Place of birthSédhiou, Senegal
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Playing positionMidfielder
Club information
Current team
Southampton
Number10
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
2011–2012Metz22(2)
2012–2014Red Bull Salzburg63(31)
2014–Southampton26(6)
National team‡
2012Senegal Olympic4(0)
2012–Senegal22(6)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:09, 25 April 2015 (UTC).

† Appearances (Goals).

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 27 January 2015

Sadio Mané (born 10 April 1992) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a midfielder for English club Southampton and the Senegal national team.

Having begun his career with Metz in France, he transferred to Red Bull Salzburg at the end of his first season in 2012. After winning the Austrian Bundesliga and Austrian Cup in 2013–14, he was signed by Southampton.

Mané has earned over 20 caps for Senegal since his debut in 2012, and represented the nation at the 2012 Olympics and 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.

Club career

Metz

Mané made his professional debut for Metz on 14 January 2012, coming on as a substitute for Kévin Diaz in the 75th minute of a 0–1 home defeat against Bastia in Ligue 2.[3] He made 19 appearances in his first league season, 12 as a starter, and scored a solitary goal in a 2–5 loss to Guingamp at the Stade Saint-Symphorien on 4 May.[4] Metz were relegated to the Championnat National at the end of the season.

Red Bull Salzburg

Mané in action in a July 2013 friendly match against his former club, Metz

On 31 August 2012, Mané moved to Austrian Bundesliga side Red Bull Salzburg for the third biggest transfer fee that FC Metz had ever received.[5][6] The fee was believed to be €4 million.[7]

He scored his first hat-trick for the club on 31 October, in a 3–1 away win at Kalsdorf in the third round of the Austrian Cup.[8]

On 27 October 2013, he netted his first hat-trick in the Austrian Bundesliga, during a 3–0 win away to Grödig.[9] He scored another treble on 7 May 2014 as Salzburg won 7–0 at Horn in the cup semi-finals;[10] the season ended with the team winning a domestic double.

Southampton

On 1 September 2014, Mané transferred to Premier League side Southampton for £11.8 million, signing a four-year contract.[11][12] He made his debut on 23 September in a 2–1 League Cup victory over Arsenal, winning the penalty for Southampton's first goal.[13] He made his first league appearance for the club in another 2–1 victory over Queens Park Rangers four days later, starting and assisting Ryan Bertrand for the first goal of the game.[14]

He scored his first goal for the club in a 8–0 victory over Sunderland on 18 October 2014,[15] although this was subsequently credited as an own goal by Patrick van Aanholt.[16] He did, however, score his first goal in his very next game, a 1–0 win over Stoke City a week later.[17] In December/January he scored in three successive matches, against Crystal Palace,[18] Chelsea[19] and Arsenal.[20]

Mané was dropped from Southampton's starting line-up for their 0–2 home defeat to Liverpool on 22 February 2015 as a punishment for being late to the stadium.[21]

International career

Mané was part of the Senegal team at the 2012 Olympic tournament, and started every match as they advanced through Group A as runners-up to Great Britain before losing 4–2 after extra time in the quarter-finals to eventual champions Mexico.

Mané was ruled out of the Senegalese squad for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations after suffering a calf injury in Southampton's 2–0 win against Arsenal on 1 January 2015.[22] He later returned to the squad, and started in their final two group matches against South Africa and Algeria in a group stage exit.[23][24]

Style of play

When Mané signed for Southampton in 2014, Daily Mail columnist Ralph Ellis wrote that he could be a "significant replacement" for Rickie Lambert, a forward who left the club for Liverpool earlier that year.[25] Throughout the season, however, it turned out he wasn't just a "significant replacement", but performed better than his predecessor.

Career statistics

Club

As of 25 April 2015[26][27]
Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2011–12MetzLigue 21910000-191
2012–13Championnat National310010-41
Metz Total 222001000232
Austria League Austrian Cup League Cup Europe Total
2012–13Red Bull SalzburgAustrian Bundesliga261633--2919
2013–14331345-1355023
2014–154211-3083
Red Bull Salzburg Total 633189001658745
England League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
2014–15SouthamptonPremier League2660020-286
Southampton Total 266002000286
Career Total 10939893016513653

    International

    As of match played 27 January 2015[28]
    Senegal
    YearAppsGoals
    201262
    201361
    201483
    201520
    Total226

    International goals

    Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[28]
    # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Reference
    1. 2 June 2012 Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Liberia 3–1 3–1 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [29]
    2. 14 November 2012 Stade Général Seyni Kountché, Niamey, Niger  Niger 1–1 1–1 Friendly [30]
    3. 7 September 2013 Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh, Morocco  Uganda 1–0 1–0 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification [31]
    4. 5 March 2014 Stade Municipal, Saint-Leu-la-Forêt, France  Mali 1–0 1–1 Friendly [32]
    5. 5 September 2014 Stade Leopold Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Egypt 1–0 2–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [33]
    6. 10 September 2014 Botswana National Stadium, Gaborone, Botswana  Botswana 1–0 2–0 2015 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [34]

    Honours

    Club

    Red Bull Salzburg

    References

    1. ↑ "Premier League Clubs submit Squad Lists" (PDF). Premier League. 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
    2. ↑ "Premier League Player Profile Sadio Mané". Premier League. Barclays Premier League. 2015. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
    3. ↑ "Metz 0-1 Bastia". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    4. ↑ "Metz 2-5 Guingamp". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    5. ↑ "Sadio Mané transféré au Red Bull Salzburg" [Sadio Mané transferred to Red Bull Salzburg]. www.fcmetz.com (in French). FC Metz. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
    6. ↑ "Die Bullen im Kaufrausch" [The Bulls on a spending spree]. www.news.at (in German). news.at. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
    7. ↑ "Salzburg: Wer Geld hat, kann groß einkaufen" [Salzburg: Who got money, can go on a shopping spree] (in German). Die Presse. 17 July 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
    8. ↑ "Kalsdorf 1-3 Salzburg". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    9. ↑ "Grödig 0-3 Salzburg". Goal.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    10. ↑ "Red Bulls in cup final after goal fest!". Red Bull. 7 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    11. ↑ Simon Jones (1 September 2014). "Southampton complete double swoop for Toby Alderweireld and £12m Sadio Mane". www.dailymail.co.uk. Daily Mail. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
    12. ↑ "Southampton sign £10m forward Sadio Mane & Toby Alderweireld". www.bbc.co.uk/sport. BBC Sport. 2 September 2014. Retrieved 3 September 2014.
    13. ↑ "Arsenal 1–2 Southampton". BBC Sport. 23 September 2014. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
    14. ↑ "Southampton 2–1 Queens Park Rangers". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
    15. ↑ Reddy, Luke (18 October 2014). "Southampton 8 – 0 Sunderland". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
    16. ↑ "Southampton 8 – 0 Sunderland". Premier League. 18 October 2014. Retrieved 24 October 2014.
    17. ↑ Canavan, Steve (25 October 2014). "Southampton 1 − 0 Stoke". BBC Sport. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
    18. ↑ "Crystal Palace 1–3 Southampton". BBC Sport. 26 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
    19. ↑ "Southampton 1–1 Chelsea". BBC Sport. 28 December 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
    20. ↑ "Southampton 2–0 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
    21. ↑ "Southampton: Sadio Mane dropped for being late - Koeman". BBC Sport. 22 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
    22. ↑ "Sadio Mane: Senegal midfielder to miss Africa Cup of Nations". BBC Sport. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
    23. ↑ Begley, Emlyn (23 January 2015). "South Africa 1-1 Senegal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    24. ↑ Hughes, Ian (27 January 2015). "Senegal 0-2 Algeria". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    25. ↑ Ellis, Ralph (7 September 2014). "Sadio Mane could prove an important buy for Southampton, Portugal continue poor form with defeat to Albania while Brazil set 'soccer' record". Daily Mail. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
    26. ↑ Sadio Mané profile at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 March 2015.
    27. ↑ "FIXTURES / RESULTS 2012–13". www.ligue1.com. Ligue 1. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
    28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Sadio Mané". National Football Teams. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
    29. ↑ "Senegal – Liberia". FIFA. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
    30. ↑ "Niger 1 Senegal 1". fussball-statistiken. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
    31. ↑ "Senegal – Uganda". FIFA. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
    32. ↑ "Senegal vs. Malia". Soccerway. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
    33. ↑ "Senegal 2 – Egypt 0". African Soccer. Retrieved 6 September 2014.
    34. ↑ "Botswana vs. Senegal". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2014.

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