Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Martigues, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | RWD Molenbeek (on loan from Lyon) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | ESSLB | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | Lens | ||||||||||||||||
2018– | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Lyon B | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Lyon | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | France U17 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | France U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023 |
Mamadou Sarr (born 29 August 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club RWD Molenbeek on loan from Lyon. [1]
He is the son of former Senegalese International Pape Sarr. Mamadou was born in Martigues while his father was playing for Istres. Sarr spent most of his childhood living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, following his father who spent a large part of his career at Lens. [2]
Sarr began his football career at Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy, before joining Lens, where his father plays. [2]
Sarr then moved to Lyon in 2018. [2]
During the 2021-22 season, at only 16 years old, he established himself as a starter with the Rhone under-19 team. He thus plays an important role in Lyon's triumph in the Coupe Gambardella alongside players like Hugo Vogel and Mohamed El Arouch. He scored in the quarter-final against Strasbourg, [3] then in the semi-final against Troyes. [4] [5] [6]
On 27 May 2023, Sarr made his professional debut in Lyon's 3–0 Ligue 1 victory against Reims as a substitute, replacing Maxence Caqueret in the 83rd minute. [7]
On 18 January 2024, Sarr moved on loan to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium until the end of the 2023–24 season. [8]
Eligible to play with Senegal, Sarr chose France for his first selections for the youth team, even recovering the captain's armband on several occasions with the under-17s. [2] In April 2022, he was selected with the France team for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship organized in Israel. [9] He was a starter during the competition, where France was crowned as champions after a defeating Netherlands 2–1 in the final thanks to Saël Kumbedi's brace. [10]
Trained as a centre-back, Sarr also occasionally played as a defensive midfielder during at Lyon's youth teams. [2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon II | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
Total | 22 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Career total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Lyon Youth
U17 France
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 29 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Martigues, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | RWD Molenbeek (on loan from Lyon) | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 29 | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
2011–2012 | ESSLB | ||||||||||||||||
2012–2018 | Lens | ||||||||||||||||
2018– | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2022– | Lyon B | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Lyon | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2021–2022 | France U17 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2022–2023 | France U18 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 28 May 2023 |
Mamadou Sarr (born 29 August 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club RWD Molenbeek on loan from Lyon. [1]
He is the son of former Senegalese International Pape Sarr. Mamadou was born in Martigues while his father was playing for Istres. Sarr spent most of his childhood living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, following his father who spent a large part of his career at Lens. [2]
Sarr began his football career at Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy, before joining Lens, where his father plays. [2]
Sarr then moved to Lyon in 2018. [2]
During the 2021-22 season, at only 16 years old, he established himself as a starter with the Rhone under-19 team. He thus plays an important role in Lyon's triumph in the Coupe Gambardella alongside players like Hugo Vogel and Mohamed El Arouch. He scored in the quarter-final against Strasbourg, [3] then in the semi-final against Troyes. [4] [5] [6]
On 27 May 2023, Sarr made his professional debut in Lyon's 3–0 Ligue 1 victory against Reims as a substitute, replacing Maxence Caqueret in the 83rd minute. [7]
On 18 January 2024, Sarr moved on loan to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium until the end of the 2023–24 season. [8]
Eligible to play with Senegal, Sarr chose France for his first selections for the youth team, even recovering the captain's armband on several occasions with the under-17s. [2] In April 2022, he was selected with the France team for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship organized in Israel. [9] He was a starter during the competition, where France was crowned as champions after a defeating Netherlands 2–1 in the final thanks to Saël Kumbedi's brace. [10]
Trained as a centre-back, Sarr also occasionally played as a defensive midfielder during at Lyon's youth teams. [2]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lyon II | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 18 | 0 | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||
2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||
Total | 22 | 1 | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||
Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
Career total | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 |
Lyon Youth
U17 France