Touching Gesture as Sadio Mané Agrees to Place CAF Player of the Year Award at the Papa Bouba Diop Museum

• Sadio Mané will place his CAF Player of the Award in the Papa Bouba Dioup Museum in honour of the late Senegal star
• The Liverpool star accepted to keep the award in the museum just weeks after winning AFCON and emerging player of the tournament
• The Papa Bouba Diop museum was unveiled during the inauguration of the newly-built stadium in Senegal

Liverpool star Sadio Mané will place his 2019 Africa Player of the year Award in the Papa Bouba Diop museum at the newly-built Abdoulaye Wade stadium.

The Papa Bouba Diop museum was built in honour of the late Senegal star and it is located at the new stadium in Diamniadio.

President of Senegal Macky Sall during the inauguration of the ultra-modern facility disclosed Sadio Mané will place his award in the museum.

"Sadio Mané put his Ballon d'Or trophy in the Pape Bouba Diop museum," said Macky Sall.

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Sadio Mané was named Africa's best player in 2019 after an outstanding season with Liverpool and also led Senegal to the final of AFCON that same year.

Meanwhile, Papa Bouba Diof passed on in 2020 after a long battle with sickness. He was the first player to score a goal for Senegal at the World Cup.

His winner against France at the World Cup in 2002 remains a historic moment for Senegal's football.

Senegal name new stadium after late president

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that the government of Senegal has outdoored the country's newly-built state of the art stadium in Diamniadio in the presence of thousands of fans of the national team.

Having won the Africa Cup of Nations early this month, the West African football powerhouse followed their success with the completion of the stadium which will host all their international matches.

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At a ceremony in the country's capital Dakar, Senegal President Macky Sall revealed the stadium is named after the former head of state, Abdoulaye Wade.

Sadio Mané named best player at AFCON 2021

Senegal's penalty winning hero, Sadio Mane, has been crowned the best player at the just ended Africa Cup of Nations after leading the Teranga Lions to their first ever AFCON glory.

The Liverpool star was joined on the podium by goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, who was awarded the golden glove, with Cameroon's Vincent Aboubakar scooping the golden boot.

Mane starred at the tournament for Senegal, scoring three goals and providing two assists as they won the trophy for the first time in their history.