Étoile Lusitana Club () is a
Senegal
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ese youth
football
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academy based in
Dakar
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.
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
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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 (
Avellino
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...
)
*
Casimiro (
Sport Bissau e Benfica)
*
Luciano Teixeira (
Benfica)
;
* Hugo Eugenio Da Silva (
Sporting Braga
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)
;
*
Bakary Badji (
FC Lorient
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)
*
Pape Abdou Camara (
Valenciennes
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It lies on the Scheldt () river. Although the city and region experienced ...
)
*
Pape Demba Camara (
Sochaux
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Geography
Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris.
Population
Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''.
Economy
...
)
* Alioune Badara Cissè (
Espoir de Saint-Louis)
*
Souleymane Diagne (
Benfica)
* Mamadou Djamil Diatta (
ASC Cambérène)
;
* Mame N'dongo Diaw (
CIS Marigona)
* Charles Fall
* Pape Abdou Fall (
Espoir Dakar)
* Mafall Leye (
Thiès F.C.)
*
Ibrahima Mbaye (
Inter Milan
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)
* Moustapha Bara Ndione (
ASC Niary Tally)
* Pape Demba Ndour
* Amadou Samba Wane (
ASC Linguère)
* Alioune Badara Samb (
Recreativo da Caála)
;
* Ameth Lô (
A.C. Milan
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)
Achievements
*
Milk Cup (Premier): 2010
Notable coaches
* Luis Norton De Matos (2008–2010)
* Oumar Diatta (2010–2011)
References
External links
Official site
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Football clubs in Senegal
2008 establishments in Senegal