Ismaïla Sarr
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Personal information
Full name
Ismaïla Sarr
Date of birth
25 February 1998
Place of birth
Saint-Louis, Senegal
Height
1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position
Winger
Club information
Current team
Rennes
Number
N/A
Senegal
Stade Rennais Season 2017-
Article
Youth career
Génération Foot
2009-2016
Senior career
Metz
2016-2017
31x apps / 5x goals
Stade Rennais
2017-
0x apps / 0x goal
National team
Senegal U23
2015
3x apps / 0x goal
Senegal
2016-
6x apps / 1x goal
(Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 May 2017 - National team caps and goals correct as of 23 January 2017)
Ismaïla Sarr is a Senegalese football player who plays as Winger for French club Stade Rennais 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.
FC Metz
On 13 July 2016, Sarr signed his first professional contract with FC Metz for five years.
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.
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.
Stade Rennais
On 26 July 2017, Sarr signed a 4-year contract with Ligue 1 side Rennes, for a fee of around €17 million.
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.
At that time, his age was only 17.
He contributed that Senegal finished the competition in a fourth 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.
On 8 January 2017, Sarr scored his first international goal in a friendly match against Libya national football team in Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville.
The 45-year-old succeeds his compatriot Patrice Neveu, who was sacked in August after the team exited qualifying for the 2015 Africa Cup of Nations.
Frenchman Troussier, 59, is a former coach of the Japan and Ivory Coast national teams.
Ivory Coast international midfielder Max Gradel has signed a new contract with French club Saint Etienne.
Cameroon international Clinton N'Jie signed a contract extension with French Ligue 1 side Lyon and then scored his first goal for the club.
Barrada started his career at Paris Saint-Germain before making his name in Spain with Getafe. The 25-year-old scored 15 goals in 34 appearances for Al Jazira last season.
The 24-year-old Senegal international has moved to Upton Park after agreeing a four-year contract. His 43 goals over the last two seasons helped Metz win back-to-back promotions into France's Ligue 1.
Frenchman Herve Renard has been appointed coach of Ivory Coast. The 45-year-old had two spells as Zambia coach and led them to the Africa Cup of Nations title in 2012.
The 21-year-old right-back played in all of his country's matches at the World Cup in Brazil.
QUARTER-FINALS
4th July 2014
France vs Germany 0:1
He has been named French Player of the Year twice for his performances in 2011 and 2012. Benzema is a former French youth international and has represented his nation from under-17 level onwards.
Benzema has earned over 65 caps and represented France at three major international tournaments; the 2008 and 2012 editions of the UEFA European Football Championship and the 2014 FIFA World Cup.
