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Sadio Mane is one of the best wingers in the world right now.
However, from an early age his life was very hard, he was born in the village of Banbali in the south of Senegal, when he was 8 years old, he lived with his uncle because his mother was not able to provide for him and his siblings.
In 2002, inspired by the game at the World Cup of the Senegal national team, he decided that he would do anything to be a professional footballer.
He did not focus on the fact that there is no possibility of professional training, he just took the ball every day and trained all day playing with friends, but he also perfected his dribbling following Ronaldinho individual .
He trained in the club only twice a week, to get to training he had to run several kilometers without shoes.
At the age of 15, not even having the proper football uniform, he went to tests Senegal's finest football academy, 500 km from his home village of Generation Foot.
At first, he was ridiculed for the lack of a football uniform, but when everyone saw his skills, no one laughed anymore.
At the age of 19, he joined FC Metz and then he did not even have the money to notify his relatives in Africa that he was playing in France.
Everyone probably knows the rest of its history ...
The difficulties that Sadio Mane had until he was 19 before he joined FC Metz show that it is not really important how much money you have in the beginning, how hard your life is and what matters is how hard you train despite the difficulties and you believe. in yourself!
Remember, even if at the moment you have nothing but big dreams and willingness to work hard, just go every day and train as much as you can!
Show your matches, trainings on our portal and be persistent and your time will come!
