33·Legends

Aliou Cissé vs Khalilou Fadiga

Senegal against Senegal. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.

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Aliou Cissé

Senegal · 2002–22 · CB

Almanac rating
83
Rank in Senegal
#10 of 33
Caps
33 · 0 goals
Clubs
Paris Saint-Germain, Birmingham City, Portsmouth

Bamako, 10 February 2002: he walked up for Senegal's fifth penalty in the Africa Cup of Nations final, Alioum Boukar saved it, and Cameroon took the trophy. Twenty years later he was the coach in Yaoundé when Senegal took that title for the first time, in 2021; as a player he captained the side to the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals, and he was named CAF Coach of the Year in 2022. Career record: 33 caps and 0 goals for Senegal; club career at Paris Saint-Germain, Birmingham City, Portsmouth.

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Khalilou Fadiga

Senegal · 1998–2005 · CM

Almanac rating
84
Rank in Senegal
#7 of 33
Caps
37 · 4 goals
Clubs
Lommel SK, Club Brugge K.V., AJ Auxerre

Inter's doctors found the heart defect in 2003, and a year later he collapsed at the Reebok before a Carling Cup tie with Tottenham, took an implanted defibrillator and played again by 2005. Runner-up at the 2002 Africa Cup of Nations and a World Cup quarter-finalist that summer, he won the Belgian double with Club Brugge in 1998, the 2003 Coupe de France with Auxerre, and a place in the 2000 AFCON Team of the Tournament. Career record: 37 caps and 4 goals for Senegal; club career at Lommel SK, Club Brugge K.V., AJ Auxerre.

The verdict

The almanac puts Khalilou Fadiga ahead by 1 rating point, 84 against 83.

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