Pape Sané

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Pape Sané

| image = Pape Sané.jpg

| caption = Sané training with Caen in 2016

| full_name =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1990|12|30|df=y}}{{cite news|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Sport/Football/Regionaux/n/Contenus/Articles/2013/02/01/Un-attaquant-international-senegalais-aux-Chamois|title=Un attaquant international sénégalais aux Chamois|newspaper=La Nouvelle République|date=1 February 2013|accessdate=12 February 2013}}

| birth_place = Dakar, Senegal

| position = Forward

| height = 1.87 m

| currentclub = Stade Beaucairois

| clubnumber =

| years1 = 2009–2011 | clubs1 = ASC Diaraf | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 2011–2013 | clubs2 = Casa Sport | caps2 = | goals2 =

| years3 = 2013–2015 | clubs3 = Niort | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 0

| years4 = 2013–2014 | clubs4 = → Colmar (loan) | caps4 = 30 | goals4 = 5

| years5 = 2013–2014 | clubs5 = → Colmar II (loan) | caps5 = 3 | goals5 = 1

| years6 = 2014–2015 | clubs6 = → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | caps6 = 32 | goals6 = 21

| years7 = 2015–2016 | clubs7 = Bourg-Péronnas | caps7 = 22 | goals7 = 10

| years8 = 2016−2019 | clubs8 = Caen | caps8 = 13 | goals8 = 1

| years9 = 2016 | clubs9 = → Bourg-Péronnas (loan) | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 2

| years10 = 2017 | clubs10 = Caen II | caps10 = 4 | goals10 = 3

| years11 = 2017–2018 | clubs11 = → Auxerre (loan) | caps11 = 24 | goals11 = 5

| years12 = 2018–2019 | clubs12 = → Nancy (loan) | caps12 = 9 | goals12 = 1

| years13 = 2018–2019 | clubs13 = → Nancy II (loan) | caps13 = 10 | goals13 = 6

| years14 = 2019–2021 | clubs14 = Rodez | caps14 = 29 | goals14 = 5

| years15 = 2020 | clubs15 = Rodez II | caps15 = 1 | goals15 = 1

| years16 = 2022–2023 | clubs16 = Saint-Priest | caps16 = 29 | goals16 = 9

| years17 = 2023 | clubs17 = Hyères | caps17 = 5 | goals17 = 0

| years18 = 2023– | clubs18 = Stade Beaucairois | caps18 = 10 | goals18 = 2

| nationalyears1 = 2013 | nationalteam1 = Senegal | nationalcaps1 = 1 | nationalgoals1 = 0

| club-update = 17 February 2024

| nationalteam-update = 28 July 2019

}}

Pape Sané (born 30 December 1990) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for French Championnat National 3 club Stade Beaucairois.{{Soccerway|pape-sane/281517}} His earned one cap for the Senegal national team in 2013.

Club career

Sané began his senior career with Dakar-based club ASC Diaraf and was part of the side that won the Senegalese Cup in 2009.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} The following year, he helped the side to their tenth Senegal Premier League title, their first in six seasons.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}} Sané remained with Diaraf until the end of the 2011 campaign before transferring to Ziguinchor-based outfit Casa Sport. In 2012, he was the highest goalscorer in the Senegal Premier League,{{cite news|url=http://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/Deux-Sevres/Services/Toutes-les-DMAs/n/Contenus/DMAs/2013/01/31/FOOTBALL-Ligue-2-L-international-senegalais-Pape-Sane-signe-a-Niort|title=L'international sénégalais Pape Sane signe à Niort|newspaper=La Nouvelle République|date=31 January 2013|accessdate=12 February 2013}} as the team won the national championship for the first time in their history.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

In September 2012, Sané agreed a deal to join French Championnat National club Boulogne, but the transfer ultimately fell through. His move to France eventually materialised on 31 January 2013, when he signed for Ligue 2 side Chamois Niortais on the final day of the winter transfer window along with Benin international Djiman Koukou. He made seven league appearances for Niort, two of them starts, during the remainder of the 2012–13 campaign. On 8 August 2013, it was announced that Sané had agreed a season-long loan deal with Championnat National outfit Colmar.{{cite web|url=http://foot-national.com/foot-colmar-pape-sane-niort-debarque-en-pret-off-48631.html|title=Colmar : Pape Sané (Niort) débarque en prêt (off.)|publisher=Foot-National.com|author=Alexandre Chochois|date=8 August 2013|accessdate=22 August 2013}} He went on to score five goals in 30 league matches for the Alsatian club as they ended the campaign fourth in the standings, narrowly missing out on promotion to Ligue 2.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}

On 9 August 2014, he was again sent out on a season-long loan deal to a Championnat National side, this time joining FC Bourg-Péronnas.{{cite web|url=http://www.chamoisniortais.fr/actualites/2014/08/09/pape-sane-prete-bourg-peronnas/|title=Pape Sané prêté à Bourg-Péronnas|publisher=Chamois Niortais FC|date=9 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014}} He scored on his debut for the club the following week in the 1–2 home defeat to his former club Colmar.{{cite web|url=http://www.fcbourgperonnas.fr/pages/actualites.php?id_actu=1938|title=FCBP 1-2 Colmar|publisher=FC Bourg-Péronnas|date=15 August 2014|accessdate=17 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819103041/http://www.fcbourgperonnas.fr/pages/actualites.php?id_actu=1938|archive-date=19 August 2014|url-status=dead}} At the end of his loan spell at Bourg-Péronnas, during which he scored 21 goals and helped the club gain promotion to Ligue 2, it was announced that Sané would join the club on a permanent basis.{{cite web|url=http://www.foot-national.com/foot-bourg-peronnas-un-top-buteur-parti-pour-rester-off-71976.html|title=Source : Bourg-Péronnas : Un top buteur parti... pour rester (off.)|publisher=Foot-National.com|author=Alexandre Chochois|date=15 June 2015|accessdate=4 July 2015}}

On 1 February 2016, Bourg-Péronnas announced Ligue 1 team Stade Malherbe Caen had signed Sané. However, he would finish the current 2015–16 Ligue 2 season on loan.{{cite news|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Pape-sane-signe-a-caen-mais-reste-a-bourg-en-bresse-jusqu-a-la-fin-de-la-saison/630515|title=Pape Sané signe à Caen mais reste à Bourg-en-Bresse jusqu'à la fin de la saison|publisher=L'Équipe|date= 1 February 2016|accessdate= 6 February 2016}}

International career

After finishing the 2012 season as the top goalscorer in the Senegalese league, Sané was called up to the Senegal national team for the friendly against Chile on 15 January 2013. He made his international début in the match and scored the opening goal of the game in the tenth minute, before being substituted for fellow debutant Alphonse Ba midway through the second half. Chile went on to win the match 2–1.{{citation needed|date=January 2025}}