The Bayern Munich forward, who is the reigning African Footballer of the Year, has built a public hospital and funded schools and families in his home village of Bambali in recent years, and also donated to the Senegalese National Committee to help fight the Covid-19 pandemic in his country.
"I'm really happy to be a guest tonight," Mane said. "Sometimes I'm a bit shy, but I'm really happy to do what I can do for my people to make things better."
The Socrates Prize is a humanitarian award and acts as a reminder to the players that they are in a privileged position to help do good in the world.
The accolade is named after the late footballer Socrates, who co-founded the Corinthians Democracy movement, in opposition to the ruling military government in 1980s Brazil.
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