Falaye Sacko
{{short description|Malian footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2022}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Falaye Sacko
| image = Sacko asse mhsc 2425.png
| caption = Sacko with Montpellier in 2024
| full_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|5|1|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Bamako, Mali
| height = 1.79 m
| position = Right-back
| currentclub = Montpellier
| clubnumber = 77
| years1 = 2014–2015
| clubs1 = Djoliba AC
| caps1 =
| goals1 =
| years2 = 2015–2016
| clubs2 = Újpest
| caps2 = 0
| goals2 = 0
| years3 = 2015–2016
| clubs3 = → Sint-Truiden (loan)
| caps3 = 0
| goals3 = 0
| years4 = 2016–2017
| clubs4 = Vitória de Guimarães B
| caps4 = 63
| goals4 = 0
| years5 = 2017–2023
| clubs5 = Vitória de Guimarães
| caps5 = 99
| goals5 = 1
| years6 = 2022
| clubs6 = → Saint-Étienne (loan)
| caps6 = 9
| goals6 = 0
| years7 = 2022–2023
| clubs7 = → Montpellier (loan)
| caps7 = 35
| goals7 = 1
| years8 = 2023–
| clubs8 = Montpellier
| caps8 = 35
| goals8 = 0
| nationalyears1 = 2018–
| nationalteam1 = Mali
| nationalcaps1 = 40
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| club-update = 25 May 2025
| nationalteam-update = 23:51, 6 June 2024 (UTC)
}}
Falaye Sacko (born 1 May 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for {{French football updater|Montpellier}} club Montpellier and the Mali national team.{{Soccerway|405522|falaye-sacko}}
Club career
Sacko made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Vitória de Guimarães B on 17 February 2016 in a game against Atlético CP.{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/02/17/portugal/liga-de-honra/atletico-clube-do-portugal/vitoria-guimaraes-ii/2068987/|title=Game Report by Soccerway|date=17 February 2016}}
On 31 January 2022, the last day of the Portuguese transfer window, Sacko was loaned to Saint-Étienne.{{Cite press release|title=Falaye Sacko rejoint les Verts|date=31 January 2022|publisher=Saint-Étienne|access-date=7 February 2022|url=https://www.asse.fr/fr/actualites/falaye-sacko-rejoint-les-verts-ac31702|language=fr}} On 1 July 2022, he joined Montpellier on loan for the season.{{Cite web |date=1 July 2022 |title=Falaye Sacko rejoint le MHSC |url=https://www.mhscfoot.com/articles/2022-2023/equipe-pro/falaye-sacko-rejoint-le-mhsc |access-date=1 July 2022 |publisher=Montpellier HSC |lang=fr}}
International career
Sacko made his international debut for the Mali national team in a 1–1 friendly tie with Japan on 23 March 2018.{{cite web|url=https://int.occerway.com/matches/2018/03/23/world/friendlies/japan/mali/2742394/?ICID=HP_MS_01_01|title=Japan vs. Mali - 23 March 2018|website=Soccerway}}{{Dead link|date=March 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
Career statistics
=Club=
{{updated|match played 27 April 2025}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition | ||||||||||||
| rowspan="2"|Club
!rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|National cup !colspan="2"|League cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Sint-Truiden
|0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Vitória B
|6 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 6 | 0 | |||||
| 2016–17
|LigaPro |35 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | |||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!41 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 41 | 0 | |||||
| rowspan="7"|Vitória de Guimarães
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2017–18
|Primeira Liga |6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2018–19
|Primeira Liga |28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2019–20
|Primeira Liga |22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8{{efn|Appearances in UEFA Europa League}} | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 32 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21
|Primeira Liga |28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 30 | 0 | |||
| 2021–22
|Primeira Liga |13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 17 | 0 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!78 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 96 | 0 | |
| Saint-Étienne
|9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 2{{efn|Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs}} | 0 | 11 | 0 | |||
| Montpellier (loan)
|Ligue 1 |35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 36 | 1 | ||||
| rowspan="3"|Montpellier
|Ligue 1 |19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 19 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25
|Ligue 1 |16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 16 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="2"|Total
!35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 35 | 0 | ||||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!218 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 240 | 1 |
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=International=
{{Updated|match played 6 June 2024}}{{NFT player|69294|accessdate=25 June 2019}}
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="8"|Mali
|2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2018 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 10 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| colspan="2"|Total | 40 | 1 |
:Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sacko goal.
| class="wikitable sortable" | ||||||
| scope="col"|No.
!scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| align="center"|1 | 16 June 2019 | Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar | {{fb|ALG}} | align="center"|2–1 | align="center"|2–3 | Friendly |
References
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External links
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{{Montpellier HSC squad}}
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