Modibo Maïga

Maïga impresses me less for any single goal than for sheer staying power. Born in Bamako, he carried Mali's number nine through four Africa Cup of Nations campaigns and helped them to third place twice, in 2012 and 2013. Strikers live and die on confidence, and shouldering a nation's expectations tournament after tournament demands real mental toughness. Plenty of forwards flare up and fade; he kept turning up on the continent's biggest stage. I respect that consistency enormously, and I think the bare fact of repeatedly representing Mali at that level tells you most of what you need to know about the man.

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Name (English)

Modibo Maïga

Name (Japanese)

モディボ・マイガ

Reading

もでぃぼ・まいが

Born

September 3, 1987 (age 39)

Origin

Bamako, Mali

Height

185 cm

Occupation

association football player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modibo%20Ma%C3%AFga
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%A4%E3%82%AC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q650638

Tags

• association football player

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.