Lamine Sy

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Lamine Sy
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-10) 10 August 2002 (age 21)
Place of birth Les Mureaux, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Right-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Rouen
Number 2
Youth career
0000–2014 OFC les Mureaux
2014–2021 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021– Caen II 28 (0)
2021– Caen 8 (0)
2023–Rouen (loan) 16 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 January 2024

Lamine Sy (born 10 August 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for FC Rouen on loan from Stade Malherbe Caen.

Club career[edit]

Lamine Sy joined the Stade Malherbe de Caen academy in 2014 from the Olympique of les Mureaux, starting to play with the Norman team reserve in National 3 during the 2019–20 season.[1][2]

Playing only one game that season and during the following one in National 2, he eventually established himself as a regular starter with the reserve in 2021–22 under Fabrice Vandeputte management, earning his first calls to the first team in February 2022.[1][3]

He made his professional debut for SM Caen on the 5 February 2022, replacing the right-back Hugo Vandermersch during a 1–1 away Ligue 2 away draw against AS Nancy.[4][5]

Style of play[edit]

First playing as a midfielder, Sy was moved to the right-back position by Vandeputte where he became a starter in the reserve and played in Caen first team. He is described as a fast, powerful and agile footballer, able to make good use of his technical abilities to be decisive in the attacking phases.[1]

Personal life[edit]

Having grew up in Île-de-France, Lamine Sy is the younger brother of Harouna Sy, who also plays professionally as a fullback, at Amiens.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Chatel, Aline (5 February 2022). "SM Caen. Qui est Lamine Sy, le jeune joueur convoqué pour la première fois en Ligue 2 ?". actu.fr [fr] (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Formation. Signature de Lamine Sy". Stade Malherbe Caen. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Première pour Lamine Sy, retour de Benjamin Jeannot face à Nancy". Malherbe inside (in French). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ^ Letondeur, Boris; Duc, Olivier (5 February 2022). "Ligue 2 (J23) : Caen ne repart qu'avec un point de Nancy, la lanterne rouge". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ^ Guyon, Pierre (5 February 2022). "Nancy – SM Caen : match nul assez logique entre les deux formations". Ouest-France. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

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