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Mani Sapol
Personal information
Full name	Mani Sapol
Date of birth	5 June 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth	Lomé, Togo
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Dynamic Togolais
Youth career
2004–2006	Maranatha FC
Senior career*
Years	Team
2007	Maranatha FC
2007–2011	Al-Ittihad SCSC
2012–2013	CA Batna
2015–2016	Dacia Chișinău
2017–	Dynamic Togolais
International career‡
2006–2007	Togo U-17
2008–2013	Togo
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 24 December 2016; ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 14 June 2013

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

Career

Club

In 2007 Sapol 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 Sapol 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 Sapol signed for Algerian club CA Batna. On 28 January 2012 he made his debut for the club as a starter in a league game against MC Saïda.^[5]

In April 2015, after nearly two years without a club, Sapol signed for FC Dacia Chișinău in the Moldovan National Division, on a two-year contract taking affect from May 2015.^[6]

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.^[7]

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.^[8]

Sapol 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. Sapol had a magnificent tournament. He has played his first game for the Les Eperviers on 11 October 2008 against Swaziland.^{[citation needed]}

Sapol was a victim of a serious car accident on 14 November 2009 in Togo. [1]

Personal life

Sapol is the brother of the footballer Mani Ougadja.^[9]

Career statistics

International

Togo
Year	Apps	Goals
2008	1	0
2009	1	0
2010	5	2
2011	1	0
2012	3	0
2013	2	0
Total	13	2

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

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	1 July 2010	Stade Omnisports Idriss Mahamat Ouya, N'Djamena, Chad	Chad	1-1	2-2	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2	10 October 2010	Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo	Tunisia	1-1	1-2	2012 Africa Cup of Nations qualification