{"id":66711,"date":"2025-04-18T11:23:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T11:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/politique\/obafemi-martins-du-naufrage-au-succes"},"modified":"2025-05-07T03:57:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T03:57:17","slug":"obafemi-martins-du-naufrage-au-succes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/senegal\/sports\/obafemi-martins-du-naufrage-au-succes","title":{"rendered":"Obafemi Martins, du Naufrage au Succe\u0300S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Senegal. <\/strong><\/span>L\u2019histoire du Nige\u0301rian Obafemi Martins est un exemple vivant de volonte\u0301, de\u0301passant le cadre d\u2019un simple parcours de footballeur pour illustrer les hauts et les bas de la vie.<\/p>\n<p>Des rues anime\u0301es de Lagos aux projecteurs de la Ligue des champions, du sommet de la gloire au bord de la faillite, puis un retour remarque\u0301 dans le monde des affaires: tel fut le parcours de Martins.<\/p>\n<p>Ne\u0301 le vingt-huit octobre mille neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatre (malgre\u0301 la controverse autour de son a\u0302ge re\u0301el), il a commence\u0301 sa carrie\u0300re dans un club local, avant d\u2019e\u0302tre repe\u0301re\u0301 dans la troisie\u0300me division italienne, puis rejoint l\u2019acade\u0301mie de l\u2019Inter Milan en deux mille un.<\/p>\n<p>En deux mille trois, il s\u2019est illustre\u0301 avec l\u2019e\u0301quipe premie\u0300re de l\u2019Inter en marquant en Ligue des champions, devenant ce\u0301le\u0300bre pour ses ce\u0301le\u0301brations acrobatiques, devenues sa signature.<\/p>\n<p>La carrie\u0300re de la star nige\u0301riane l\u2019a mene\u0301 dans de grands clubs comme Newcastle en Angleterre et Wolfsburg en Allemagne, avec des passages varie\u0301s en Russie, en Espagne, aux E\u0301tats-Unis et en Chine.<\/p>\n<p>Avec la se\u0301lection nige\u0301riane, il a inscrit dix-huit buts et joue\u0301 un ro\u0302le cle\u0301 dans la qualification de son pays pour la Coupe du monde.<\/p>\n<p>Cependant, son succe\u0300s sportif n\u2019a pas dure\u0301: il a fait face a\u0300 une grave crise financie\u0300re apre\u0300s une se\u0301rie de contrats infructueux, notamment en Chine.<\/p>\n<p>Apre\u0300s avoir pris sa retraite, Martins a du\u0302 vendre ses biens, a perdu ses amitie\u0301s et vu sa fondation caritative cesser ses activite\u0301s, au point de presque disparai\u0302tre.<\/p>\n<p>Le ve\u0301ritable tournant est venu lorsqu\u2019il a pris la de\u0301cision inattendue d\u2019e\u0301tudier l\u2019entrepreneuriat a\u0300 travers un programme de formation a\u0300 la prestigieuse universite\u0301 de Harvard.<\/p>\n<p>Cette de\u0301cision a marque\u0301 un nouveau de\u0301part pour Martins. 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