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 | Centre-back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
| Number | 23 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2005–2016 | Nice | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Nice II | 12 | (0) |
| 2016– | Nice | 29 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | France U16 | 9 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U17 | 11 | (0) |
| 2016–2017 | France U18 | 4 | (0) |
| 2017– | France U21 | 2 | (0) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 August 2017. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14:00, 10 June 2017 (UTC) | |||
Malang Sarr (born 23 January 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 side Nice and captains the France national under-18 football team.
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. 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 Nigerian international Bartholomew Ogbeche.[4] After the match, Sarr dedicated his goal to the victims of the 2016 Nice terror attack.[3] Prior to kick-off a minute's silence was observed in memory of the victims with both Nice and Rennes wearing unique commemorative shirts bearing the names of those who had died.[5] On 7 November 2016, Sarr signed his first professional contract with Nice.[6]
International career
France national youth teams
In September 2016, Sarr was named in the 20-man France U18 squad by manager Bernard Diomède for the 2016 Limogese Tournament.[7]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 11 August 2017 [8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup | Europe3 | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| League | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Nice | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 29 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
1 Includes Coupe de France matches.
3 Includes UEFA Europa League and UEFA Champions League matches.
Personal life
Sarr was born in the neighbourhood of des Moulins in Nice. He is of Senegalese descent through his parents who immigrated to France prior to his birth.[9]
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.
- ↑ "Official: Malang Sarr signs OGC Nice pro deal". Get Football News France. 7 November 2016. Retrieved 7 December 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.
- ↑ "M. Sarr". 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