Bacary Sagna
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Bacary Sagna | ||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1983 | ||
| Place of birth | Sens, Bourgogne, France | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)[1] | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Arsenal | ||
| Number | 3 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2001 | Auxerre | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 2001–2004 | Auxerre B | 34 | (1) |
| 2004–2007 | Auxerre | 87 | (0) |
| 2007– | Arsenal | 101 | (1) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2004–2006 | France U-21 | 12[2] | (0) |
| 2007– | France | 23 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15:25, 22 August 2010 (UTC). † Appearances (Goals). |
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Bacary Sagna (French pronunciation: [bakaʁi saɲa]; born 14 February 1983 in Sens) is a French international football defender of Senegalese descent, who plays as a right-back for Premier League club Arsenal. His cousin Ibrahima Sonko also plays in England, for Portsmouth.[3] Sagna is called Bac by the majority of his teammates.[4]
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Club career
Auxerre
Sagna started his career at FC Sens. Sagna made 87 Ligue 1 appearances for Auxerre and was part of the squad that won the French Cup in 2005. He also played in the UEFA Cup in each of his three seasons with the club's first team, making a total of 17 appearances in the competition. He was also voted into the Ligue 1 team of the season for his outstanding displays at the right back position.
Arsenal
2007–08 season
On 12 July 2007, Sagna completed a move to Arsenal from Auxerre for an undisclosed fee, thought to have been an initial €9 million that could rise to €11 million.[5] He wears the number 3 shirt, most recently worn for Arsenal by former defender Ashley Cole.[6]
Sagna made his debut for Arsenal on 19 July 2007 as a starter in the squad that beat Turkish club Genclerbirligi 3–0 in a friendly at Austria's Bad Waltersdorf Stadion.[7]
On 13 February 2008, exactly one week before Arsenal were set to play the second leg of their 4th round encounter against AC Milan in the Champions League Sagna's older brother, Omar Sagna, died at the age of 28, the day before his birthday. He did however play the match after he was advised to by his father. Arsenal went on to win the second leg 0–2 with the same scoreline on aggregate.
On 23 March, Sagna tallied his first league goal off a header from a corner kick to give Arsenal a 1–0 lead against London rivals Chelsea, but later went off injured before Chelsea came back to win the game 2–1.[8] At the end of the season, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year.
2008–09 season
Sagna signed a new deal with Arsenal before the start of the 2008–09 season. Arsenal have signed him for a further two years, taking his contract up to 2014. Sagna stated. "I love Arsenal, it's a great club", and further added, "The manager is also very good and next season we will be fighting for all the trophies."[9]
2009–10 season
Sagna struggled to replicate his form from the previous two seasons as injuries also prevented him from contributing to the team in the same way. Despite this he has been still linked away from the club with various teams, most recently Inter Milan, seemingly interested in taking the defender away from London.[10]
2010-11 season
Sagna scored his first goal at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal against Celtic game in which Arsenal went on to win 3-2 and the Emirates Cup for the second consecutive year.
International career
U-21
Sagna has previously represented the French under-21 team, with whom he also participated at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship.
Senior
He received his first senior international cap for France on 22 August 2007 in a friendly match against Slovakia on the road, which they won 1–0, coming on as a substitute for François Clerc after one hour of play. He went on to make his competitive debut for France in their 6–0 away win at the Faroe Islands on 13 October 2007 in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, playing all 90 minutes. It was his only appearance in the Euro 2008 qualifying. He was not a candidate to join the French team at the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland as he was still recovering from the injury sustained in Arsenal's Premier League match at Chelsea in March 2008.
After recovering from the injury, Sagna returned to the French national team for their friendly match against Sweden in August 2008, playing all 90 minutes in a 3–2 away win for France. He went on to become a regular in the French team's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Club career statistics
- (correct as of 22 May 2010)
| Club | Season | League | Cup[11] | Europe | Total | ||||||||
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| Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | Apps | Goals | Assists | ||
| Auxerre | 2004–05 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005–06 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 7 | |
| 2006–07 | 38 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 5 | |
| Total | 87 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 107 | 0 | 12 | |
| Arsenal | 2007–08 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 40 | 1 | 6 |
| 2008–09 | 35 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2009–10 | 35 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 5 | |
| 2010–11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Total | 101 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 1 | 13 | |
| Career totals | 188 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 2 | 242 | 1 | 25 | |
Honours
Winner
- Coupe de France 2005
Runner-up
- Trophee des Champions 2005
Individual
- Auxerre's player of the season for the 2006–07 season
- Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2006–07
- Voted France's best right-sided defender in the 2006–07
- Member of PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08.
- Voted Premier League's best right-back in the 2007–08 season
References
- ↑ "Bacary Sagna Profile". bacarysagna.net. http://bacarysagna.net/stats.php. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
- ↑ "Bakari SAGNA". fff.fr. http://www.fff.fr/selections/espoirs/der_sel_esp/cvjoueurs/213140.shtml. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ↑ "Sonko reveals Arsenal family link". readingfc.co.uk. 2007-11-08. http://www.readingfc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10306~1162276,00.html. Retrieved 2007-11-08.
- ↑ (in Polish). 2009-03-09. http://www.kanonierzy.com/shownews_id-10735_Sagna-zostal-ojcem.shtml. Retrieved 2009-09-10.
- ↑ "Sagna signe jeudi à Arsenal" (in French). lequipe.fr. http://www.lequipe.fr/Football/breves2007/20070712_100450Dev.html. Retrieved July 13, 2007.
- ↑ "Auxerre's Sagna signs for Arsenal". BBC Sport. 2007-07-12. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/6895921.stm. Retrieved 2007-07-12.
- ↑ "Match Report". Arsenal Online. 2007-07-19. http://www.arsenal.com/matchreport.asp?thisNav=fixtures&fxid=319627. Retrieved 2007-07-19.
- ↑ "Chelsea 2–1 Arsenal". BBC. 23 March 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/eng_prem/7298246.stm. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
- ↑ "Sagna pens Gunners deal". Sky Sports. 2008-06-04. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11670_3647884,00.html. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
- ↑ "Sagna linked with Inter move". Sky Sports. 2010-04-12. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_6090477,00.html. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
- ↑ Includes FA Cup, League Cup and FA Community Shield.
External links
- Bacary Sagna Official Website
- Bacary Sagna at National-Football-Teams.com
- Arsenal.com profile
- Bacary Sagna career stats at Soccerbase
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