Death of Salif Keita: “it was very powerful”… in 2009, Cergy inaugurated a stadium in the name of the footballer

2023-09-05 15:13:55

The Black Panther went away, but did not leave Cergy. Salif Keita, former Saint-Étienne and Marseille player, died on Saturday in Bamako (Mali). First winner of the African Ballon d’Or – created in 1970 – he gave his name to the new football stadium in Cergy (Val-d’Oise). And the sculpture of the Malian footballer still leaps at the entrance to the sports facility, where the memory of its inauguration in September 2009 has not faded.