From Magic System to Senegal: Pathé Mboup was already a star without anyone knowing

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The 23-year-old Stade Brest winger has earned his first Senegal call-up under Patrick Vieira for upcoming Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers against Sudan. Beyond football, Mboup is recognizable to many as the young star of Magic System's 2012 music video "Magic in the Air," one of the biggest French pop hits. At age 11, he played the lead role of a boy wearing the yellow jersey of ACFC (Armor FC), a youth football academy in Diamniadio, Senegal, launched in partnership with Stade Brest. The video has accumulated over 564 million views on YouTube.   submitted by   /u/Moug-10 [link]   [comments]