Mamadou Sarr (footballer)
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| Full name | Mamadou Sarr | |||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 2005 | |||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Martigues, France | |||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Defender | |||||||||||||||
| Club information | ||||||||||||||||
Current team | Lyon | |||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | ESSLB | |||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Lens | |||||||||||||||
| 2018– | Lyon | |||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | Lyon B | 3 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| National team‡ | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U17 | 14 | (0) | |||||||||||||
| 2022– | France U18 | 1 | (0) | |||||||||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 June 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22 September 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
Mamadou Sarr (born 29 August 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 club Lyon.[1]
Early life
He is the son of former Senegalese International Pape Sarr. Mamadou was born in Martigues while his father was playing for Istres. Sarr spent most of his childhood living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, following his father who spent a large part of his career at Lens.[2]
Club career
Sarr began his football career at Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy, before joining Lens, where his father plays.[2]
Sarr then moved to Lyon in 2018.[2]
During the 2021-22 season, at only 16 years old, he established himself as a starter with the Rhone under-19 team. He thus plays a important role in Lyon's triumph in the Coupe Gambardella alongside players like Mathieu Patouillet, Hugo Vogel or Mohamed El Arouch. He scored in the quarter-final against Strasbourg[3] then in the semi-final against Troyes[4] [5] [6]
International career
Eligible to play with Senegal, Mamadou Sarr nevertheless chose France for his first selections for the youth team, even recovering the captain's armband on several occasions with the under-17s.[2] In April 2022, he was selected with the France team for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship organized in Israel.[7] He was a starter during the competition, where France was crowned as champions after a defeating Netherlands 2-1 in the final thanks to Saël Kumbedi's brace.[8]
Style of play
Trained as a central-back, Sarr also occasionally played as a defensive midfielder during at Lyon's youth teams.[2]
Honours
Lyon Youth
- Coupe Gambardella: 2022
U17 France
References
- ^ Mamadou Sarr at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d e "Scouting : Mamadou Sarr, la gloire de son père". RMC Sport (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Un bien beau dernier carré". FFF (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Gambardella : l'OL ira au Stade de France ! (3-1)". OL (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Edward Jay (7 May 2022). "Gambardella: El Arouch, Sarr, Patouillet... Les dernières pépites de l'OL, qui disputent la finale contre Caen". RMC Sport (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Aurélien Macedo (7 May 2022). "Revivez en live commenté la finale de la Coupe Gambardella entre l'OL et Caen !". Foot Mercato (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Richard Loyant. "Les vingt joueurs choisis pour l'Euro". FFF (in French).
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Ils sont champions d'Europe". FFF (in French).
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External links
- Mamadou Sarr at Soccerway
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- 2005 births
- Living people
- People from Martigues
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent