Mamadou Sarr
{{Short description|French footballer (born 2005)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
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{{Infobox football biography
|name = Mamadou Sarr
|fullname =
|image = File:Sarr asse rcsa 2425.jpg
|caption = Mamadou Sarr with Strasbourg in 2024.
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|2005|08|29|df=y}}
|birth_place = Martigues, France
|height = 1.94 m
|position = Centre-back
|currentclub = Strasbourg
|clubnumber = 23
|youthyears1 = 2011–2012
|youthclubs1 = ESSLB
|youthyears2 = 2012–2018
|youthclubs2 = Lens
|youthyears3 = 2018–2024
|youthclubs3 = Lyon
|years1 = 2022–2023
|clubs1 = Lyon B
|caps1 = 22
|goals1 = 1
|years2 = 2023–2024
|clubs2 = Lyon
|caps2 = 2
|goals2 = 0
|years3 = 2024
|clubs3 = → RWD Molenbeek (loan)
|caps3 = 10
|goals3 = 0
|years4 = 2024–
|clubs4 = Strasbourg
|caps4 = 23
|goals4 = 0
|nationalyears1 = 2021–2022
|nationalteam1 = France U17
|nationalcaps1 = 14
|nationalgoals1 = 0
|nationalyears2 = 2022–2023
|nationalteam2 = France U18
|nationalcaps2 = 10
|nationalgoals2 = 1
|nationalyears3 = 2023–
|nationalteam3 = France U19
|nationalcaps3 = 4
|nationalgoals3 = 0
|medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's football}}
{{Medal|Country|{{fb|FRA}}}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-19 Championship}}
{{Medal|RU|2024 Northern Ireland|}}
{{Medal|Comp|UEFA European Under-17 Championship}}
{{Medal|W|2022 Israel|}}
|club-update = 3 May 2025
|nationalteam-update = 12 July 2024
}}
Mamadou Sarr (born 29 August 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg.{{Soccerway|mamadou-sarr/665592|accessdate=}}
Early life
He is the son of former Senegalese International Pape Sarr. Mamadou was born in Martigues while his father was playing for Istres. Sarr spent most of his childhood living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, following his father who spent a large part of his career at Lens.{{Cite web|title=Scouting : Mamadou Sarr, la gloire de son père|url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/scouting-mamadou-sarr-ol-la-gloire-de-son-pere_AV-202205040513.html|access-date=|website=RMC Sport|language=fr-FR}}
Early career
Sarr began his football career at Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy, before joining Lens, where his father plays. He then moved to Lyon in 2018.
During the 2021–22 season, at only 16 years old, he established himself as a starter with Les Gones under-19 team. He thus plays an important role in Lyon's triumph in the Coupe Gambardella alongside players like Hugo Vogel and Mohamed El Arouch. He scored in the quarter-final against Strasbourg,{{Cite web|title=Un bien beau dernier carré |url=https://www.fff.fr/article/6995-un-bien-beau-dernier-carre.html |website=FFF|language=fr-FR}} then in the semi-final against Troyes.{{Cite web|title=Gambardella : l'OL ira au Stade de France ! (3-1) |url=https://www.ol.fr/fr-fr/contenus/articles/2022/04/10/gambardella-compte-rendu-face-a-troyes |website=OL |language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web |author=Edward Jay |title=Gambardella: El Arouch, Sarr, Patouillet... Les dernières pépites de l'OL, qui disputent la finale contre Caen |url=https://rmcsport.bfmtv.com/football/gambardella-el-arouch-fuhrer-patouillet-les-dernieres-pepites-de-l-ol-qui-disputent-la-finale-contre-caen_AV-202205070092.html |website=RMC Sport|date=7 May 2022|language=fr-FR}}{{Cite web|author=Aurélien Macedo |title=Revivez en live commenté la finale de la Coupe Gambardella entre l'OL et Caen ! |url=https://www.footmercato.net/a502706540574200877-suivez-la-rencontre-olympique-lyonnais-u19-caen-u19-en-direct-commente |website=Foot Mercato |date=7 May 2022|language=fr-FR}}
Club career
On 27 May 2023, Sarr made his professional debut in Lyon's 3–0 Ligue 1 victory against Reims as a substitute, replacing Maxence Caqueret in the 83rd minute.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ol.fr/en/news/ol-reims-a-spectacular-victory-and-tribute-3-0|title=OL - Reims: A spectacular victory and tribute! (3-0)|publisher=Olympique Lyonnais|date=27 May 2023}}
On 18 January 2024, Sarr moved on loan to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium until the end of the 2023–24 season.{{cite web|publisher=RWD Molenbeek|url=https://www.rwdm.be/fr/mamadou-sarr-nouveau-joueur-du-rwdm/|title=MAMADOU SARR NOUVEAU JOUEUR DU RWDM!|trans-title=MAMADOU SARR IS A NEW RWDM PLAYER!|date=18 January 2024|access-date=18 January 2024|language=fr}}
On 22 August 2024, Sarr joined Ligue 1 fellow Strasbourg for a transfer fee of €10M and signed a five-year contract with the team.{{cite web|url=https://www.ol.fr/fr/actualites/transfert-de-mamadou-sarr-au-rc-strasbourg|title=Transfert de Mamadou Sarr au RC Strasbourg|date=21 August 2024|publisher=Olympique Lyonnais|language=fr}}
International career
Eligible to play with Senegal, Sarr chose France for his first selections for the youth team, even recovering the captain's armband on several occasions with the under-17s. In April 2022, he was selected with the France team for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship organized in Israel.{{Cite web|author=Richard Loyant|title=Les vingt joueurs choisis pour l'Euro |url=https://www.fff.fr/article/7346-les-vingt-joueurs-choisis-pour-l-euro.html|website=FFF|language=fr-FR}} He was a starter during the competition, where France was crowned as champions after a defeating Netherlands 2–1 in the final thanks to Saël Kumbedi's brace.{{Cite web|title=Ils sont champions d'Europe|url=https://www.fff.fr/article/7549-ils-sont-champions-d-europe.html|website=FFF|language=fr-FR}}
Style of play
Trained as a centre-back, Sarr occasionally played as a defensive midfielder as part of Lyon's youth teams.
Career statistics
{{updated|match played 3 May 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"|Cup !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| rowspan="3"|Lyon B
|18 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 18 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24
|4 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 4 | 1 | |||
| colspan="2"|Total
!22 | 1 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 22 | 1 | |||
| rowspan="3"|Lyon
|1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24
|Ligue 1 |1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 2 | 0 | ||
| colspan="2"|Total
!2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 3 | 0 | ||
| RWD Molenbeek (loan)
|10 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | colspan="2"|— | 10 | 0 | |||
| Strasbourg
|Ligue 1 |23 | 0 | 1 | 0 | colspan="2"|— | 24 | 0 | ||
| colspan="3"|Career total
!57 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0 |
Honours
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Soccerway|mamadou-sarr/665592}}
{{RC Strasbourg Alsace squad}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sarr, Mamadou}}
Category:Footballers from Martigues
Category:French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
Category:French men's footballers
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:France men's youth international footballers
Category:Olympique Lyonnais players
Category:RC Strasbourg Alsace players
Category:R.W.D. Molenbeek (2015) players
Category:Belgian Pro League players
Category:Championnat National 2 players
Category:French expatriate men's footballers
Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium