Idrissa Gana Gueye vs Sadio Mané
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.
Sadio Mané
Senegal · 2015–22 · CAM
- Almanac rating
- 91
- Rank in Senegal
- #1 of 33
- Caps
- 130 · 55 goals
- Clubs
- Southampton, Liverpool, Al-Nassr
Southampton were still goalless against Aston Villa on 16 May 2015 when Mané scored three times in two minutes and fifty-six seconds, and nobody has beaten that Premier League record since. His penalty settled the shootout that made Senegal African champions for the first time in Yaoundé in 2022; before that came the 2019 Champions League with Liverpool and the 2019-20 Premier League, plus African Footballer of the Year in 2019 and 2022. Career record: 130 caps and 55 goals for Senegal; club career at Southampton, Liverpool, Al-Nassr.
The verdict
The almanac puts Sadio Mané ahead by 6 rating points, 91 against 85.
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