Abdoulaye Sané

Abdoulaye Sané
	Sané with Rennais in 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	15 October 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Diouloulou, Senegal
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	AS Douanes
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2011	AS Douanes
2011–2016	Rennes
2012–2016	→ Rennes II
2013	→ Laval (loan)
2013	→ Laval II (loan)
2016–2018	Red Star
2018–2020	Sochaux
2020–2021	Al-Taawoun
2022–2023	Churchill Brothers
2023–2024	Nîmes
International career‡
2011–	Senegal U23
2011–	Senegal
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:05, 15 April 2024 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 5 January 2012

Abdoulaye Sané (born 15 October 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward.

Career

Sané began his career with AS Douanes in the Senegal Premier League. In the summer of 2011, he moved to Rennes. After two years with Rennes, he was loaned to Laval to gain more playing time, in the French second tier.^[1]

After becoming out of contract with Rennes in 2016, he signed with Red Star FC.^[2]

After a successful 2017–18 season in the French third tier with Red Star FC in which he scored 15 goals, he signed with second-tier Sochaux on 1 June 2018.^[3]

On 9 August 2020, Sané signed a two-year deal with Al-Taawoun.^[4]

On 13 August 2022, Sané signed with I-League club Churchill Brothers on a one-year deal.^[5] He took part in the 2022 Baji Rout Cup, where Churchill Brothers finished runners-up. He scored three goals in two appearances.^[6] He made his league debut on 15 November against Rajasthan United in their 2–1 defeat.^[7]

Personal life

Sané holds Senegalese and French nationalities.^[8]^[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 17 January 2023^[10]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup^[a]		League Cup^[b]		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Rennes	2011–12	Ligue 1	0	0	1	0	0	0	—		1	0
	2012–13	Ligue 1	15	0	0	0	2	0	—		17	0
	Total		15	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	18	0
Rennes II	2012–13	CFA 2	9	3	—		—		—		9	3
	2014–15		4	2	—		—		—		4	2
	2015–16		21	15	—		—		—		21	15
	Total		34	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	34	20
Laval (loan)	2013–14	Ligue 2	4	0	0	0	0	0	—		4	0
Laval II (loan)	2013–14	CFA 2	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Red Star	2016–17	Ligue 2	34	4	0	0	1	0	—		35	4
	2017–18	Championnat National	29	13	0	0	3	0	—		32	13
	Total		63	17	0	0	4	0	0	0	67	17
Sochaux	2018–19	Ligue 2	33	4	2	1	1	0	—		36	5
	2019–20	Ligue 2	25	10	0	0	1	0	—		26	10
	Total		58	14	2	1	2	0	0	0	62	15
Al-Taawoun	2020–21	Saudi Professional League	27	3	3	0	—		—		30	3
Churchill Brothers	2022–23	I-League	10	6	0	0	2	3	—		12	9
Career total			216	60	6	1	10	3	0	0	232	64

^ Includes Coupe de France, King Cup
^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, Baji Rout Cup

Honours

Churchill Brothers

Baji Rout Cup runner-up: 2022^[11]

References

^ "A. Sané prêté à Laval" [A. Sané loaned to Laval] (in French). lequipe.fr. 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 27 August 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2013.
^ "Abdoulaye Sané, de Rennes au Red Star" [Abdoulaye Sané, from Rennes to Red Star] (in French). lequipe.fr. 27 July 2016. Archived from the original on 5 November 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
^ foot-national.com (1 June 2018). "Sochaux : Un buteur arrive de National (off)". Foot National (in French). Archived from the original on 2 February 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2018.
^ "رسمياً.. التعاون يعلن اتفاقه مع المهاجم السنغالي عبدالله ساني". arabic.sport360.com (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 1 February 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
^ "Churchill sign Senegalese forward Sane". timesofindia.indiatimes.com. 13 August 2022. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "Rajasthan United beat Churchill Brothers on penalties to lift Baji Rout Cup 2022". footballcounter.com. 8 November 2022. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 9 November 2022.
^ "Aizawl TRAU share spoils 10-man Rajasthan prevail over Churchill Brothers". theweek.in. The Week. Press Trust of India. 15 November 2022. Archived from the original on 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
^ "Joueur". Ligue1 (in French). Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ "Abdoulaye SANE -". www.unfp.org. Retrieved 5 March 2024.
^ Abdoulaye Sané at Soccerway
^ Sports Desk, The Bridge (8 November 2022). "Rajasthan United FC wins 2022 Baji Rout Cup". thebridge.in. The Bridge. Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.