Idrissa Gana Gueye vs Khalilou Fadiga
Senegal against Senegal. The almanac states its case, the crowd votes, you decide.
Idrissa Gana Gueye
Senegal · 2020–23 · CDM
- Almanac rating
- 85
- Rank in Senegal
- #5 of 33
- Caps
- 122 · 7 goals
- Clubs
- Lille OSC, Everton, Paris Saint-Germain
Neymar's scuffed shot dropped to him inside eight minutes at the Parc des Princes on 28 September 2021, and he thumped it into the top corner to open a 2-0 win over Manchester City. He won the Africa Cup of Nations with Senegal in 2022, two Ligue 1 titles and two Coupes de France with Paris Saint-Germain, reached the 2020 Champions League final, and in March 2023 became the first Senegalese to reach a hundred caps. Career record: 122 caps and 7 goals for Senegal; club career at Lille OSC, Everton, Paris Saint-Germain.
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 Idrissa Gana Gueye ahead by 1 rating point, 85 against 84.
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