Malang Sarr
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Malang Sarr | ||
| Date of birth | 23 January 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Nice, France[1] | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (5 ft 11 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
| Number | 32 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2016 | Nice | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016– | Nice | 15 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | France U16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2016– | France U18 | 2 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 November 2016. | |||
Malang Sarr (born 23 January 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a defender for Ligue 1 side Nice.
Club career
Nice
Born in Nice, Sarr joined local side OGC Nice at the age of five.[2] He spent the next 12 years in the club's academy before making his Ligue 1 debut for the club on 14 August 2016 against Rennes, aged 17. It was a dream debut for Sarr as he scored the winning goal for his team in the 60th minute, heading home from a Jean-Michaël Seri free-kick.[3] In doing so, he became the second youngest player to ever score on debut in Ligue 1, behind Bartholomew Ogbeche.[4] After the match, Sarr dedicated his goal to the victims of the 2016 Nice terror attack.[3] Prior to kick-off the sides observed a minute's silence in memory of the victims and both Nice and Rennes wore unique commemorative shirts bearing the names of those who had died.[5]
International career
France national youth teams
In September 2016, Sarr was named in the 20-man France U18 squad by manager Bernard Diomede for the 2016 Limogese Tournament.[6]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 30 November 2016 [7]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 |
| Career total | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | ||
Personal life
Sarr was born in the neighbourhood of des Moulins in Nice. He is of Senegalese descent through his parents who migrated to France prior to his birth.[8]
References
- 1 2 "Malang Sarr". OGC Nice (in French). Retrieved 5 September 2016.
- ↑ "Malang Sarr: "Ce but, je le dédie aux victimes"". Nice-Matin (in French). 14 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- 1 2 Rodden, Mark (14 August 2016). "Nice's Malang Sarr dedicates debut goal to victims of terrorist attack". ESPN. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Nizza, alla scoperta di Malang Sarr: il baby talento "senza nome"". La Gazzetta dello Sport (in Italian). 14 October 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ↑ "17-year old Sarr sees off Rennes". Ligue 1. 14 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
- ↑ "Équipe de France, Alban Lafont et Malang Sarr avec les U18 pour le Tournoi de Limoges". Goal (in French). 28 September 2016. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
- ↑ "Malang Sarr Socceway Profile". Retrieved 1 September 2016.
- ↑ Aguilar, Francesc (24 October 2016). "Malang Sarr, el espectacular 'baby' central del Niza". Mundo Deportivo (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 November 2016.
External links
- France profile at FFF