Leroy Sané

Leroy Sané

Sané with Schalke 04 in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996
Place of birth Essen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)[1]
Playing position Attacking midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Schalke 04
Number 19
Youth career
2001–2005 SG Wattenscheid 09
2005–2008 Schalke 04
2008–2011 Bayer Leverkusen
2011–2014 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
2014– Schalke 04 34 (8)
National team‡
2014–2015 Germany U19 11 (8)
2015– Germany U21 4 (7)
2015– Germany 1 (0)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 30 January 2016.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 18:56, 17 November 2015 (UTC)

Leroy Sané (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛ.ʀɔʏ ˈza.nɛː], French pronunciation: ​[lə.ʁwa sa.ne]; born 11 January 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Schalke 04 and the Germany national football team.[2]

Club career

Leroy Sané began playing football in 2001 in the youth-team of SG Wattenscheid 09, for which his father had played earlier. In 2005 he joined Schalke 04. Three years later he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. In 2011 Sané returned to the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Schalke 04.

On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional contract with Schalke 04 running until 30 June 2017.[3] Sané made his Bundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 in a match against VfB Stuttgart.[4] He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 1-3 away defeat.[4]

International career

On 28 August 2015, Sané was first appointed by Horst Hrubesch in the German U-21 team, when he was nominated for the friendly against Denmark and for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan.[5] On 3 September 2015, Leroy Sané made his debut in the U-21 of Germany, when at 2-1 win in the friendly in the Lohmühle in Lübeck against Denmark he was substituted after 73 minutes for Julian Brandt.[6]

Sané received his first call up to the senior Germany team on 6 November 2015 for friendly against France.[7] On November 13, 2015 Sané was 0-2 defeat in said friendly match against France in Saint-Denis substituted in the 61st minute for Julian Draxler.[8]

Personal life

Sané is the son of former German rhythmic gymnast champion Regina Weber and former footballer and Senegalese international Souleyman Sané.[3][9] Souleyman Sané was raised in France; he came to Germany via his service in the French army. Leroy Sané born in Essen and raised near the Lohrheidestadion in Wattenscheid.[10] Leroy has dual German and French citizenship.[11]

Career statistics

Club performance League Cup Continental Other Total Ref.
Club League Season App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals App. Goals
Germany League DFB-Pokal Europe Other Total
Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2013–14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [2]
2014–15 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 4
2015–16 20 5 2 0 5 1 0 0 27 6
Total3482062004210
Last updated: 30 January 2016

References

  1. ↑ "Leroy Sane". FC Schalke 04 (in German). Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 Leroy Sané profile at Soccerway
  3. 1 2 "Sane commits to Schalke". Schalke 04. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Stuttgart vs. Schalke 04 3 - 1". Soccerway. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Brandt & Co.: Hrubesch holt 17 Neue". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  6. ↑ "Sieg trotz Rückstand: DFB-Elf zeigt Moral". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  7. ↑ "Gomez returns, Trapp and Sané selected". dw.com. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Frankreichs Sieg verkommt zur Fußnote". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  9. ↑ Zocher, Thomas (25 March 2014). "Schalke reward academy star Leroy Sane with two-year deal". SkySports.com. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  10. ↑ Philipp Rentsch (2015-05-26). "Leroy Sane: Nicht einfach zwischen den Welten zu switchen". westline (in German). westline GbR: Aschendorff Medien GmbH & Co. KG und WestOnline GmbH & Co. KG in Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts. Retrieved 2015-08-26.
  11. ↑ Fabian Kunze (2015-11-11). "Senkrechtstarter Leroy Sané: Eine Chance in der deutschen Nationalmannschaft". EUROSPORT (in German). Retrieved 2015-11-14.

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