Ismaïla Sarr

Ismaïla Sarr
Personal information
Full name Ismaïla Sarr
Date of birth (1998-02-25) 25 February 1998
Place of birth Saint-Louis , Senegal
Height 175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position Winger
Club information
Current team
Metz
Number 26
Youth career
2009-2016 Génération Foot
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016– Metz 5 (0)
National team
2015 Senegal U23 3 (0)
2016– Senegal 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13 September 2016.

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 13 September 2016

Ismaïla Sarr(born 25 February 1998) is a Senegalese football player who plays as Winger for French club Metz in Ligue 1[1] and Senegal national football team.

Club career

Early career

Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Sarr started his football career with Senegalese football club Génération Foot.[2]

FC Metz

On 13 July 2016, Sarr signed his first professional contract with FC Metz for five years.[3] He made his league debut on 13 August 2016 against Lille OSC at Stade Saint-Symphorien, the FC Metz's home ground, which Metz won by 3-2. In this match, he played 20 minutes, after he was substituted for Florent Mollet.[4] On 11 September 2016, Sarr played a league game against FC Nantes as a starter and he played a whole game and he was shown a yellow card.[5]

International career

Sarr has represented his country at Senegal national under-23 football team. In 2015, he played in 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations.[6] At that time, his age was only 17. He contributed that Senegal finished the competition as a forth place, playing 3 games.

He played for the first time with Senegal national football team for a match against Namibia in September 2016 in Dakar (2-0) for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, for which Senegal is already qualified. As a symbol, it comes into play in the 67th minute in place of the former resident of Génération Foot and Metz, Sadio Mané.[7]

Club career statistics

Club performance League Cup League Cup continental Total
Season Club League Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
France League Coupe de France Coupe de la Ligue Europe Total
2016-17MetzLigue 150000050
TotalFrance5000000050
Career total 5000000050

References

  1. "Senegal - I. Sarr - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  2. "Football : Ismaïla Sarr". footballdatebase.eu. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  3. "Ismaïla Sarr s'engage pour 5 ans !" [Ismaïla Sarr has signed for five seasons.] (in French). fcmetz.com. 2016-07-13.
  4. "Metz vs. Lille - 13 August 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  5. "Nantes vs. Metz - 11 September 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  6. "CAF - Competitions - U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Team Details - Player Details - Ismaïla Sarr". cafonline.com. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
  7. "Sénégal : première convocation pour le jeune attaquant de Metz Ismaïla Sarr". lequipe.fr. Retrieved August 17, 2016.


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