Senegal talisman kuma dan wasan gaba Sadio Mane zai iya rasa aikin kwallon kafa mai kyalli da ya amince da fatan mahaifinsa marigayi.
Dan wasan mai shekaru 33 ya hana shi buga kwallon kafa tun yana yaro saboda mahaifinsa musulmi mai kishin addini ya so dansa ya maida hankali kan karatun addini.
Mane, wanda zai ci gaba da zama gwarzon dan wasan kwallon kafa na Afirka, ya bayyana hakan ne a lokacin da yake magana da wani babban jami’in hukumar kwallon kafar Afirka CAF.
Duk da bambancin ra’ayi game da kwallon kafa, dan wasan na Afirka sau biyu na shekara ya jaddada ƙaunarsa ga mahaifinsa da kuma yadda ya yi baƙin ciki a lokacin da yake da shekaru bakwai a lokacin da iyayensa suka rasu.
“Lokacin da nake matashi, mahaifina ya kasance yana fadin yadda yake alfahari da ni. Mutum ne mai girman kai. Mutuwar sa ta yi tasiri sosai a kaina da kuma sauran iyalina,” in ji Mane.
“Na ce wa kaina – yanzu dole ne in yi iya ƙoƙarina don taimaka wa mahaifiyata. Wannan abu ne mai wuyar sha’ani sa’ad da kuke ƙarami.”
Amma ya yi nasara inda ya ci gaba da buga wasa a kungiyoyi a Faransa da Ostiriya da Ingila da Jamus da kuma Saudi Arabiya, ya kuma taimaka wa kasarsa ta lashe gasar cin kofin nahiyar Afirka (AFCON) a karon farko a shekara ta 2002.
Bayan ya taka leda tare da Metz da Salzburg, Mane ya koma Southampton a 2014 kuma hat-tric dinsa na 176 na biyu a kan Aston Villa ya kasance mafi sauri a gasar Premier.
Bayan shekaru biyu da Saints, Mane ya koma Liverpool, ya yi aiki tare da tauraron Masar Mohamed Salah, kuma su biyun sun taimaka wajen kawo kofuna da dama a Anfield.
Kayayyakin azurfar sun hada da Gasar Zakarun Turai, UEFA Super Cup, Kofin Duniya na Duniya, Premier League, Kofin FA da kuma League Cup.
Bayan ya shafe shekaru shida tare da Reds, Mane ya shafe daya a Bayern Munich, sannan ya koma sauran tauraruwar Afirka da dama a gasar cin kofin Saudi Pro.
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Wasan karshe na AFCON na 2022 da babu ci a Masar a Yaounde ya nuna cewa an tashi bugun fenareti, kuma Mane ya ci kwallon da ta baiwa Senegal daukaka.
Nasarar ta yi matukar farin ciki, domin ita ma kungiyar Teranga Lions ta kai wasan karshe na gasar AFCON da ta gabata, shekaru uku da suka gabata a birnin Alkahira, amma bayan mintuna biyu kacal aka jefa kwallo a ragar Aljeriya da ci 1-0.
Senegal ta kasa samun nasarar cin kofin bayan gida a shekarar 2024, duk da haka, ta sha kashi a bugun fenariti a hannun mai masaukin baki da kuma zakarun Ivory Coast a wasan daf da na 16.
An hada su ne da Botswana da Jamhuriyar Dimokaradiyyar Kwango da kuma Benin a rukunin D a gasar AFCON ta 2025 a Morocco, wanda za a fara ranar Lahadi.
Fafatawar da takwararta ta Kongo za ta dawo da tunawa da ‘yan wasan na Senegal, wadanda suka tashi da ci 3-2 a Kinshasa a watan Oktoban da ya gabata, suka kuma samu gurbin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2026.
Mane bai zura kwallo a raga ba a babban birnin DR Congo, amma bayan wata guda ya zura kwallaye biyu a wasan da suka doke Mauritania da ci 4-0 a gida wanda hakan ya kawo karshen gasar cin kofin duniya.
Senegal ta ci kwallaye 22 a wasanni 10 na neman tikitin shiga gasar cin kofin duniya kuma Mane ya kasance kan gaba a zura kwallaye biyar, fiye da dan wasan tsakiya na Tottenham Pape Matar Sarr.
Kamar sauran masu fatan lashe gasar AFCON ta 2025, Senegal ta lalace saboda zabi lokacin da kocinta Pape Thiaw ya zabi ‘yan wasansa.
Mane of Al Nasr, Nicolas Jacksonaro daga Chelsea zuwa Bayern Munich, Iliman Ndiaye na Everton da Ismaila Sarr na Crystal Palace kadan ne daga cikin zabin.
Sai kuma Ibrahim Mbaye mai shekaru 17 daga kungiyar Paris Saint-Germain mai rike da kofin zakarun Turai, wanda ya fara buga wasansa na farko a wasan sada zumunta da Brazil ta doke su a watan jiya.
Kwanaki kadan ya zama dan wasa mafi karancin shekaru a Senegal inda ya zura kwallo a ragar Kenya da ci 8-0 a wani wasan neman tikitin shiga gasar AFCON.
Mane ya ci hat-trick a kan ‘yan Afirka ta Gabas, abin tunatarwa a kan lokaci ga abokan hamayyar AFCON cewa shekarun da suka gabata ba su rage tunanin sa ba.
Masu lura da al’amura da dama dai sun sanya Senegal a cikin kasashen da ake ganin za su sake zama zakara a Morocco, kuma idan har suka yi nasara, Mane zai taka muhimmiyar rawa.
“Muna cikin wadanda aka fi so kuma mun yarda da hakan. Ina son kungiyar da ta mamaye,” in ji Thiaw, wanda ke cikin tawagar Senegal da ta kai wasan daf da na kusa da na karshe a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2002.
