Étoile Lusitana Club ( en,
Lusitania
Lusitania (; ) was an ancient Iberian Roman province located where modern Portugal (south of the Douro river) and
a portion of western Spain (the present Extremadura and the province of Salamanca) lie. It was named after the Lusitani or Lusita ...
n Star) is a
Senegalese youth
football
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academy based in
Dakar.
History
Lusitania was founded on 20 April 2008 by
LuÃs Norton de Matos, who holds 80% on the rights of the club, the other 20% holds a Senegalese company.
The team's academy made international headlines when it won the premier section of the Northern Ireland
Milk Cup competition in 2010. The club's name is taken from the ancient name of the
Roman Province in Portugal.
In the 2009 season, the team finished in sixth position in the Senegalese Second Division and te 2010 season on place six.
Current squad
Staff
Sports
;Head coach:
* Babacar Fall
;Goalkeeper coach:
* Serigne Mactar Dia
;Fitness coach:
* Souleymane Diallo
* Elder Fontes
Management
;Business manager:
* Samba Sow
;Technical director:
* Moussa Gueye
;Financial director:
* Mountakha Ndao
Reserve Squad
Notable players
;
*
Idrissa Camará
Idrissa Camará (born 20 July 1993) is a Guinea-Bissauan international footballer who plays for Italian club Mazara, as a winger.
Club career
Born in Bissau, Camará has played club football for Étoile Lusitana, Chaves, Visé and Correggese. ...
(
Avellino
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)
*
Casimiro (
Sport Bissau e Benfica
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Benfica Bissau is considered to the to ...
)
*
Luciano Teixeira (
Benfica)
;
* Hugo Eugenio Da Silva (
Sporting Braga)
;
*
Bakary Badji (
FC Lorient)
*
Pape Abdou Camara
Pape Abdou Camara (born 24 September 1991) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
Career
Camara began his career in the Academy of Étoile Lusitana. On 17 January 2010, Standard Liège signed the Senegalese midfielder ...
(
Valenciennes)
*
Pape Demba Camara (
Sochaux)
* Alioune Badara Cissè (
Espoir de Saint-Louis)
*
Souleymane Diagne (
Benfica)
* Mamadou Djamil Diatta (
ASC Cambérène ASC may refer to:
Educational institutions
* Anglican Schools Commission, Australia
* Andres Soriano Colleges of Bislig, located in Surigao del Sur, Philippines
* Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia
Organizations Australia
* Australian Singing ...
)
;
* Mame N'dongo Diaw (
CIS Marigona)
* Charles Fall
* Pape Abdou Fall (
Espoir Dakar)
* Mafall Leye (
Thiès F.C.)
*
Ibrahima Mbaye
Ibrahima Mbaye (born 19 November 1994) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Liga III club CFR II Cluj.
Club career
Mbaye was born in Guédiawaye, a suburb of Dakar, Senegal. He joined youth football academy à ...
(
Inter Milan)
* Moustapha Bara Ndione (
ASC Niary Tally)
* Pape Demba Ndour
* Amadou Samba Wane (
ASC Linguère
ASC Linguère is a Senegalese football club based in Saint-Louis. It plays in the second division in Senegalese football. Its home stadium is Stade de Linguère.
Linguère is joint eighth in the number of major honours won in Senegal (five) w ...
)
* Alioune Badara Samb (
Recreativo da Caála)
;
* Ameth Lô (
A.C. Milan)
Achievements
*
Milk Cup (Premier): 2010
Notable coaches
* Luis Norton De Matos (2008-2010)
* Oumar Diatta (2010-2011)
References
External links
Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Etoile Lusitana
Football clubs in Senegal
2008 establishments in Senegal