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The former defender of "Lions" Senegal, Mamadou Teuw died Saturday, August 31 in Dakar at the age of 59 years. He was part of the same generation as Jules Bocandé, who died in 2012 and reached the semifinals of the 1990 African Cup of Nations.
"Cairo 1986" . This generation will remain forever etched in the history of Senegalese football. Mamadou Teuw was one of them. With Jules Bocandé, they allowed Senegal's national team to participate in the 1986 African Cup of Nations in Cairo, after 18 years of absence. In Egypt, the " Lions " of Teuw did not extract chickens. They managed four years later in Algeria, eliminated in the semifinals by the host country, before the disappointment of Dakar 1992 and elimination in the quarterfinals, at home.
Tributes in Senegal and Belgium
Born in Yarakh on November 27, 1959, Mamadou Tew died on Saturday, August 31, at home in Dakar, following a long illness according to local media. An emblematic figure in Ziguinchor's Casa Sports from 1979 to 1984, the former right-back continued his career in Belgium and mainly at Club Brugge, where he played a hundred matches between 1984 and 1990 before wearing the Sporting colors. of Charleroi.
Before the Belgian league match against Genk, Brugge supporters paid tribute to their former defender with a minute of applause on Sunday 1 September. Casa Sports, through its president Seydou Sané, also wished to present its "condolences to all his family, his family and the sports world" .
It is with great sadness that I announce the reminder to God of one of the greatest legends of Casa Sports, Mamadou Teuw, also a former Senegalese international and former defender of Club Bruges. https://t.co/VgQFVvUGa6
© Seydou Sané pic.twitter.com/DbHDAX26Ur