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Khalilou Fadiga ended his career in 2009. But five or six years earlier, following the discovery of the cardiac complication that ruined his transfer to Inter Milan, he was already thinking about After-football
"It was from that moment that I began to think about my conversion," he says in Jeune Afrique. What happened in Italy was a click. It was necessary to think of the following, because I then understood that everything could stop overnight.
At age 43, the former Lions captain exchanged shorts and crampons for suit and tie to lead his new life shared between his activities as Senegalese ambassador, business man, TV consultant and member.
Ambassador
Fadiga was appointed ambassador-at-large by Macky Sall the day after his election in 2012. "I consider it an honor. Thanks to my network and my address book, I facilitate the arrival of investors in the country, "he says.
Business man
Himself is in business. According to Jeune Afrique, he has "developed a lucrative business in the field of trading (sweet, wheat, rice, fertilizer) by working with countries like Poland or Brazil."
TV Consultant
Still, the number 10 did not break definitively with football. His passion, he exercises it differently. First as a consultant for "prestigious media, such as RTBF, Proximus TV in Belgium and BeInsport Qatar". He says, "It's an activity that I like, it allows me to talk about what I like.
Member of the Caf
Then, as a member of the Development and Technical Committee of the Confederation of African Football (CAF). "We are working on infrastructures, stadiums and pitches, we are talking about football, for the sole purpose of allowing African players to practice their profession in the best conditions", he explains in Jeune Afrique.
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