Emmanuel mammon footballer instagram. Defender of the future. Who is Mammana, who buys "Zenith". Moving to Turkey

He flew to St. Petersburg, where on Monday he must undergo a medical examination before signing a contract with blue-white-blue. According to French media, the transfer of the 21-year-old Argentine will cost the Russian club about 15 million euros.

HORRIBLE CHILDHOOD

Mammana was born on February 10, 1996 in the city of Merlo, a suburb of Buenos Aires. At the age of six he lost his mother. The family was deeply affected by the tragedy. It seemed that the worst was over when 8-year-old Emanuel was noticed and invited to the academy by scouts " River Plate".

However, at the age of 15 he lost his father. One can only guess what it cost the guy to cope with such an early death of his parents. Another could easily break. But the remaining relatives, teammates, and then the girl who appeared did not allow Mammane quit football. Moreover, he did not stop progressing. And every success to this day devotes to mom and dad.

KING AMONG YOUTH

Showing a mature game in defense beyond his years, Emanuel rightfully became a key performer in the youth Argentina national team. As part of the national team, he became third in the U15 South American Championship, and then won the same tournament for U17 players. Even more attention to your person Mammana attracted by his performance at the Youth World Championships in the UAE in 2013. The Argentines reached the semi-finals, and the scouts of European clubs noted in their reports the chic choice of position, the confidence and tenacity of the young star from " River Plate".

AT " Rivera"There was also order with victories: again, in 2013, he won the U-17 Club World Cup, which was held in Madrid. It is curious that the top scorer of the tournament and the author of the winning goal in the final with" Atlético" became… Sebastian Driussi. Now old friends will play together again. But for the red-and-white Buenos Aires, and for the blue-white-and-blue St. Petersburg.

SMART AS A MASCHERANO

The successes of the young defender were so impressive that already in 2014 he received a call to the first team. Shortly before the World Cup, due to injuries, the team could not help in friendly matches Demichelis and Garay. To the vacant seat head coach Alejandro Sabella invited the young Mamman. And even released it on the field in a meeting with Slovenia. With 15 minutes left, Emanuel came on as a substitute for Mascherano.

Paradox, but by that time Mammana not yet debuted as a mainstay" River Plate"! Before him, this happened only once. In 2003. With a young Mascherano.

BREAKED "RIVER"

First Team Debut" Rivera"happened in 2014. Everything happened for Mammany more than successful. The coaching staff gradually trusted the defender more and more playing time, first in the matches of the Argentine Cup, then the national championship, and then he was released at the start in the return final match of the Copa Sudamericana (similar to the Europa League). " river"drawn with Colombian" Atlético Nacional"1:1 and won the trophy on aggregate. For the legendary club, this was the first international success in 17 years.

Further more. At the South American U20 Championship in 2015 Mammana was already the undisputed leader of the Argentines. In the company again with driussi they became the winners of this tournament. In the final stage, Argentina did not leave the opponents a chance. In particular, did not miss from the Brazilians.

"LYON" AS A TRANSIT STOP

A full-fledged player in the starting line-up in " Rivera" Mammana was only a year old. But numerous regalia at the level of the national team did their job: last summer, proposals from Europe fell down one after another. Particular interest was shown from Italy. The defender was matched in " Napoli" and " Milan". There were rumors about " Atlético" and " Tottenham". But in the end the guy ended up in " Lyon The French paid 7.5 million euros for it.

And now, after only a year, the club is preparing to sell the player twice as much. Successful investment!

Moreover, in France, he did not succeed. In the national championship, the defender entered the field only in 17 rounds.

"I want to quickly learn French and integrate into a new culture for myself," said Mammana immediately after the transfer. But in practice, there seem to be problems. And there were more injuries. In fact, he started playing regularly only after the new year. And I didn’t have time to really become my own. Perhaps because " Lyon"And I'm ready to part with him now, while they offer good money and until the expiration of the contract for four whole years.

WHY IS HE SO GOOD

Mamman called the model "defender of the future." His trump cards are not only skills traditional for defense players in choosing a position, tenacity in tackle, selfless tackles, but also a very decent technique that allows you not only to take the ball out of your zone, but also to start attacks, thereby replacing the functions of a point guard. At the same time, he insures partners who have run ahead, meeting an opponent like a breakwater.

Mammana does not have a huge growth, not "jock". But he reads the game amazingly clearly. It is for this quality that the Argentine is included among the most promising defenders in the world. And the fact that such a player goes not just anywhere, but to " Zenith", once again proves that in St. Petersburg they are really building a top team. Perhaps even on a larger scale than under Hulk With Witsel.

The football player, which will be discussed in this article, played in Russia for only two years, but is remembered as one of the best strikers in the history of our championship. Emenike Emmanuel scored 21 goals in 42 matches for Spartak Moscow, which is quite good by the standards of the Russian Premier League.

The powerful, assertive striker from Nigeria fell in love with the red and white fans, at least for his first goal for Spartak in the Moscow derby against CSKA, when Emenike scored just five minutes after coming on as a substitute. How did this footballer end up in Russia and where is he now?

First steps in football

Emmanuel Chinenye Emenike was born on May 10, 1987 in Otuocha, Nigeria. In his first club, Delta Force, the football player was not paid a salary, and he went to training on foot - an hour and a half way there and back.

Emenike began to receive his first money in South Africa in the Black Aces team, which at that time played in the second division of South Africa. Emenike signed a contract with the new club in January 2008, and scored his first goal in his debut match against Dynamo in February. Emenike's salary in the Black Aces was 350 euros.

In May of the same year, the Nigerian football player moved to Cape Town, where he scored 14 goals over the next season and got the opportunity to show himself in Europe.

Moving to Turkey

Emenike's path in Europe began with the Turkish First League (the second strongest division). In 2009, the player was rented by Karabukspor. The lease turns out to be very successful for the Turkish club: Emenike scored 16 goals in 28 meetings during the season, which helped Karabukspor to break into the Super League. The Turkish club signed the striker, who became the best foreign player in the league, on an ongoing basis.

The 2010/11 season was even more successful for Emenike, because now Emmanuel scored goals in the strongest division in Turkey. He did not break last year's bar of 16 goals, scoring 14, but this time he took part in fewer matches - in twenty-three.

In May 2011, the Nigerian striker won a legal case against a local newspaper. The newspaper "Haber Turk" published an article that said that the Nigerian striker hid his age, and in fact he is seven years older. In the same year, the striker received his first call-up to the Nigerian first team. At the moment, the player has 37 matches and 9 goals for the national team.

At the end of the 2010/11 season, Emmanuel moved to Fenerbahce, one of the leading clubs in Turkey that became champions that year.

Turkish Super League scandal and Emenike's arrest

Emenike's debut for Fenerbahce took place only two years later. The fact is that soon after the Nigerian signed a contract with a new club, information appeared according to which the “yellow canaries” could be deprived of the championship and exiled to the First League for participating in contractual matches. Emenike Emmanuel decided not to wait for the outcome of the proceedings and hastened to declare his intention to leave the club. He wanted to leave, however, not so much the club as the country, because in Turkey he was threatened with a prison term. The Nigerian came under suspicion because in the championship match between his former club and Fenerbahce, Emenike, being completely healthy, did not enter the field, although he was at the same time the top scorer of his team. The footballer even spent four days in jail. As a result of the investigation, the Nigerian striker was formally charged, but by that time Emenike had already moved to Russia to Spartak Moscow.

"Spartak Moscow)

Spartak had been following Emmanuel for a long time, and the club's management worked quickly, outstripping Rubin Kazan and Atlético Madrid in the fight for the player. In August 2011, three months after moving to Fenerbahce, the Nigerian striker signed a contract with Spartak. The deal amounted to about nine million euros.

Emenike scored his first goal for the red and whites in the Moscow derby against CSKA. At the 70th minute, five minutes after coming on as a substitute, it was Emenike Emmanuel who equalized the score in the match. "Spartak" played in that meeting tied - 2:2. Emenike spent 2011 at a high level, scoring 8 goals in 11 meetings.

Emenike did not achieve team achievements in Spartak, but he repeated the record of Nikita Simonyan: the Nigerian striker managed to score five goals against Lokomotiv in two matches of one season. And in the first round of the 2012/13 season, Emenike scored one of the best in the history of the Russian championship, hitting the gates of Alania already in the tenth second.

Not without scandals associated with Emenike. On May 6, 2012, the Nigerian striker scored against Zenit and celebrated the goal by hitting his right forearm with his left hand, for which he unexpectedly received a red card. "I just wanted to copy Samuel Eto'o's gesture of gratitude to the ancestors," Emenike Emmanuel explained his celebration of the goal scored. The football player eventually missed the next match, although the Ethics Committee did not find anything offensive in the actions of the Nigerian.

Career after Spartak

In August 2013, Emenike returned to Fenerbahce. According to the football player, he always dreamed of playing for Fenerbahce and was very excited about the transition. This time there were no excesses, and the attacker finally made his debut for the Istanbulites.

After returning, Emmanuel stayed at Fenerbahce for two years, during which he managed to play 55 matches and score 16 goals. Then, in the summer of 2015, he was loaned to Al Ain, a UAE club.

For a year and a half in the Emirates, the striker scored 7 goals in 11 meetings, followed by a new lease. The player went back to Europe. Now Emenike plays on loan at the English West Ham. As of March 2016, the Hammers are fighting for a place in the top four, giving the right to get into the Champions League, and the Nigerian striker is gradually getting used to the new championship for himself.

At the age of six, little Emanuel lost his mother, and in 2011, when he was 15, the talented student of the River Plate Academy was left without a father. Against the background of such mental trauma, the child could lose interest in everything for a long time, including football. Perhaps the world would not have known about the footballer by the name of Mamman if it were not for his character and strong support from relatives, girlfriends and friends. Well, he devotes his successes on the field only to his parents.

Mammana progressed at a crazy pace. Together with current Zenit striker Sebastian Driussi, he looked great in the River Plate youth team. In 2013, he won the U17 South American Championship with the Argentina national team, one of the top scorers of which, by the way, was Driussi. In the same year, the Argentines with Emanuel reached the semi-finals of the World Championship of this age.

The River Plate defender impressed Argentine first team head coach Alejandro Sabella so much that he invited Mammana to train with the national team for the 2014 World Cup. Moreover, before the friendly match with Slovenia, the defenders were injured Ezequiel Garay and Martin Demichelis, so Sabella decided to use Mammana in this game. Emanuel came on as a substitute in the 77th minute instead of Javier Mascherano, eventually becoming the second player in the history of the Argentina national team to play for the national team before the club at the professional level. The first such unique player was another River Plate player named ... Mascherano. An incredible set of circumstances! It is not surprising that Mammana was nicknamed "the heir to Mascherano", especially since they are united by another fact: both in their physical data are not at all like a classic central defender.

“Coming on as a substitute instead of Mascherano is something amazing,” Mammana shared his emotions in an interview. - Even getting one minute or just taking a place on the bench in the Argentina national team was a big event for me. Today my dream came true to play with Leo Messi.”