Senegalese football captain, Sadio Mane, has won the first Socrates Award at this year’s Ballon d’Or.
The Ballon d’Or organisers added a humanitarian prize to this year’s ceremony named for Socrates, the Brazil midfielder, who also held a medical degree.
“The Socrates Prize will identify the best social initiative by committed champions,” a statement from the France Football magazine said in September.
He was ranked at the 2nd place for the 2022 Ballon d’Or.
Sadio Mané is the first African player since 1995 Ballon D’or winner, George Weah to finish among the top 3.
Congratulations to him…