Sadio Mane Wins Socrates Award For Charity Works

Senegal international and Bayern Munich Star, Sadio Mane has bagged the first ever Socrates Award for his humanitarian works.

The former Liverpool hitman won the prize at the 2022 Ballon d’Or award ceremony on Monday.

He has continued to grab the headlines beyond the pitch having built a hospital, and funded several schools and families in his Bambali hometown. He was also instrumental in the country’s fight against COVID-19.

“The Socrates Prize identifies the best social initiative by committed champions,” organisers of the award made this known.

The prize is named after the footballer Socrates who co-founded the Corinthians Democracy Movement in opposition to the ruling military government in the 1980s in Brazil.