Ismaïla Sarr
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Full name | Ismaïla Sarr[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | 25 February 1998 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Saint-Louis, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Watford | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2000–2011 | Génération Foot | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2016–2017 | Metz | 31 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2019 | Rennes | 59 | (13) | ||||||||||||||
2019– | Watford | 20 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015 | Senegal U23 | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016– | Senegal | 26 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:41, 20 June 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:48, 27 July 2019 (UTC) |
Ismaïla Sarr (born 25 February 1998) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Watford and the Senegal national team.
Club career
Early career
Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Sarr started his football career with Senegalese football club Génération Foot.[3]
Metz
On 13 July 2016, Sarr signed his first professional contract with FC Metz for five years.[4] 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.[5]
Stade Rennais
On 26 July 2017, Sarr signed a four-year contract with Ligue 1 side Rennes. The transfer fee paid to Metz was reported as €17 or 20 million, depending on the source.[6][7] He picked the transfer to Rennes over a move to FC Barcelona.[8]
On 13 December 2018, Sarr scored twice in the second half (including a penalty), as Rennes clinched their place in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase with a (Group K, Matchday 6) 2–0 home win over FC Astana.[9]
Watford
On 8 August 2019, Sarr joined Premier League club Watford on a five-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rennes was a club record for Watford[10] and reported as "in the region of £30 million.[11] He scored his first goal for Watford in an EFL Cup tie against Coventry City on 27 August 2019.[12]
On 29 February 2020, Sarr picked up two goals and an assist in Watford's 3–0 victory over Liverpool, handing Liverpool its first defeat of the 2019–20 season and ending the club's 27-match unbeaten run.[13]
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.[14] At that time, his age was only 17. He contributed that Senegal finished the competition in a fourth place, playing three 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.[15] 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.
In May 2018, he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[16]
In 2019, Sarr was part of the Senegal squad that reached the final of the Africa Cup of Nations, for only the second time in the nation's history.[17] He played the full 90 minutes of the final on 19 July 2019, as they lost 0–1 to Algeria.[18]
In November 2019 he suffered an ankle injury whilst on international duty.[19]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 20 June 2020[20]
Club | Season | League | Cup1 | League Cup2 | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metz | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 33 | 5 | ||
Rennes | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | 27 | 5 | ||
2018–19 | 35 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9[a] | 4 | — | 50 | 13 | |||
Total | 59 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 77 | 18 | ||
Watford | 2019–20 | Premier League | 20 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 6 | ||
Career total | 110 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 132 | 29 |
1 Includes Coupe de France and FA Cup matches.
2 Includes Coupe de la Ligue and EFL Cup matches.
- ^ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 27 July 2019[21]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
---|---|---|---|
Senegal | 2016 | 1 | 0 |
2017 | 8 | 2 | |
2018 | 10 | 1 | |
2019 | 7 | 1 | |
Total | 26 | 4 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[21]
No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 8 January 2017 | Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville, Congo | ![]() |
2–1 | 2–1 | Friendly |
2. | 5 September 2017 | Stade du 4 Août, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso | ![]() |
1–1 | 2–2 | 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 8 June 2018 | Stadion Gradski vrt, Osijek, Croatia | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 | Friendly |
4. | 1 July 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
Honours
Club
Rennes
Individual
- UEFA Europa League Goal of the Season: 2018–19[23]
References
- ^ "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – List of Players" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 4 June 2018. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ "RASHY". BARCELONA F.C. 30 July 2017.
- ^ "Football : Ismaïla Sarr". footballdatebase.eu. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Ismaïla Sarr s'engage pour 5 ans !" [Ismaïla Sarr has signed for five seasons.] (in French). fcmetz.com. 13 July 2016.
- ^ "Metz vs. Lille - 13 August 2016 - Soccerway". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Transferts : Ismaïla Sarr s'engage officiellement avec Rennes". L'Équipe (in French). 26 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Okeleji, Oluwashina (27 July 2017). "Senegal's Ismaila Sarr 'rejects Barcelona' for Rennes move". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ "Senegal's Ismaila Sarr 'rejects Barcelona' for Rennes move". BBC Sport. 27 July 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
- ^ "Rennes beat Astana to go through, Bordeaux out". www.ligue1.com. 13 December 2018.
- ^ Sansom, Dan (8 August 2019). "Watford sign Rennes winger Ismaila Sarr for club-record fee". Sky Sports. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ Gray, Ryan (8 August 2019). "Watford have announced the signing of Ismaila Sarr from Rennes". Watford Observer. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
- ^ "Watford 3-0 Coventry". BBC. 27 August 2019. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Mott, Ryan. "Watford beat Liverpool to end 27-match unbeaten run". OneFootball. Retrieved 29 February 2020.
- ^ "CAF - Competitions - U-23 Africa Cup of Nations - Team Details - Player Details - Ismaïla Sarr". cafonline.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ "Sénégal : première convocation pour le jeune attaquant de Metz Ismaïla Sarr". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 17 August 2016.
- ^ Crawford, Stephen (4 June 2018). "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - Final 23-man lists". Goal. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
- ^ "Senegal, Algeria set for rematch in Afcon final". eNCA. Retrieved 20 July 2019.
- ^ "Algeria claim second Afcon title after Bounedjah's lucky strike sinks Senegal". theguardian.com. Guardian News & Media Limited. 19 July 2019. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
- ^ "2021 Africa Cup of Nations: Senegal await Ismaila Sarr injury verdict". 16 November 2019 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
- ^ Ismaïla Sarr at Soccerway
- ^ a b "Sarr, Ismaïla". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
- ^ "Rennes 2 PSG 2 (6-5 on penalties)". BBC Sport. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
- ^ "Top Ten Goals of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
External links
- Ismaïla Sarr at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- LFP profile
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Saint-Louis, Senegal
- Senegalese footballers
- Association football midfielders
- Génération Foot players
- FC Metz players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Watford F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Premier League players
- Senegal international footballers
- 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Senegalese expatriate footballers
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in England