Senegal: Aliou Badara Faty - the Local Player Who Finds His Place Among Senegal's Best Players

An introvert standing almost two metres tall, the Casa Sports goalkeeper lived his dream a few months after his first call-up to the Senegal senior national team. The maiden call-up came in November last year for the matches against Togo and Congo in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers and this quickly transmuted into playing in the final of the 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations final which they won completed his uncalculated expectation.

The dream still lives on for Faty, the native of Ziguinchor (southern Senegal), as they face Egypt - the team they defeated in the AFCON final - in the 2022 World Cup playoff for a place in the tournament to be held in Qatar later this year.

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