Sapol Mani

Sapol Mani (Arabic: سابول ماني‎; born 5 June 1991) is a Togolese football midfielder currently playing for Dynamic Togolais.

Sapol Mani
Personal information
Full name Sapol Mani
Date of birth (1991-06-05) 5 June 1991
Place of birth Lomé, Togo
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Dynamic Togolais
Youth career
2004–2006 Maranatha FC
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007 Maranatha FC
2007–2011 Al-Ittihad SCSC
2012–2013 CA Batna 32 (1)
2015–2016 Dacia Chișinău 26 (0)
2017– Dynamic Togolais
National team‡
2006–2007 Togo U-17 6 (1)
2008–2013 Togo 13 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 24 December 2016
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2013

Career

Club

In 2007 Mani was voted by the English magazine World Soccer as the 30th "Most Exciting Teen Footballer" in 2007.[1]

Sapol began his career in the youth from Maranatha FC,[2] before in 2007 transferred to Maranatha F.C., a Fiokpo based club, there he played for two years before being sold to Al-Ittihad from Tripoli.[3] The Togolese young prodigy is currently overseen by PSG and Monaco, the club Ittihad have already rejected initials offers from both French teams.

On 3 January 2010 Mani scored the winner in a 1-0 victory over Al-Ahli Tripoli, Al-Ittihad's major rivals in the Libyan Premier League.[4] On 2 January 2012 Mani signed for Algerian club CA Batna.[5] On 28 January 2012 he made his debut for the club as a starter in a league game against MC Saïda, .[6]

In April 2015, after nearly two years without a club, Mani signed for FC Dacia Chișinău in the Moldovan National Division, on a two-year contract taking affect from May 2015.[7]

He returned to Togo in the summer 2017, signing for Dynamic Togolais. He was selected as player of the month of the Togolese Championnat National in December 2017.[8]

International

International A at only 16 years, he participated in a tournament with players such Adébayor, Essien and Muntari. He is a genius of dribbling and passing. He played FIFA U17 Worldcup in Korea in 2007.[9]

Mani announced his arrival in Korea with a sharp turn and stunning drive into the bottom corner in Togo’s opener against Costa Rica. This industrious midfielder can make as well as score goals; he gets from box to box, and is as happy breaking up play as he is good at initiating it. Mani had a magnificent tournament. He has played his first game for the Les Eperviers on 11 October 2008 against Swaziland.

Mani was a victim of a serious car accident on 14 November 2009 in Togo.

Background

His agent is the Togolese, Orobiyi Hugues Rhodes.

Career statistics

International
Togo
YearAppsGoals
200810
200910
201052
201110
201230
201320
Total132

Statistics accurate as of match played 14 June 2013[10]

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
11 July 2010Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad Chad1-12-22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
210 October 2010Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Tunisia1-11-22012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Honours

Club
Al-Ittihad SCSC

Individual
  • Togolese Young Player of the Year 2007
  • Libyan Premier League Young Player of The Year 2007-08

References
  1. "Top 50 Most Exciting Teen Footballers (2007)". http://soccerlens.com/. Soccerlens. 29 November 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2015. External link in |website= (help)
  3. "Mani Sapol". National-Football-Teams.com.
  4. http://www.tripolipost.com/articledetail.asp?c=3&i=5279
  7. "Afrique Le Togolais Sapol Mani rejoint le FC Dacia en Moldavie". www.africatopsports.com/ (in French). Africatopsports. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
  8. "D1 : Mani Sapol meilleur joueur du mois de décembre" (in French). TogoFoot. 7 January 2018.
  9. Togo U-17 Squad (Player No. 5) - Fifa.com
  10. "Sapol Mani". National-Football-Teams.com. Retrieved 24 June 2015.
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