Sidy Sarr
Senegalese footballer
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Sidy Sarr (born 5 June 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 club AS Soliman. He has played for the Senegal national team.
Date of birth
5 June 1996
Place of birth
Dakar, Senegal
Height
1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position
Defensive midfielder
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Sarr with Lorient in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 June 1996 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | AS Soliman | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2018 | KV Kortrijk | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Châteauroux (loan) | 31 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Châteauroux | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Lorient (loan) | 19 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2022 | Nîmes | 44 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Nîmes B | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Chaves | 5 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | SAS Épinal | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | AS Soliman | 19 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Senegal U20 | 12 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Senegal U23 | 4 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Senegal | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 22 July 2025 @ 15:34(AEST) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 22:03, 9 January 2023 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
In September 2018, Sarr joined Lorient on loan from Châteauroux for the 2018–19 season.[1]
In March 2024, Sarr joined Championnat National club SAS Épinal.[2]
Personal life
Sarr was taken into police custody in October 2021 on allegations that he had relations with underage prostitutes.[3] His lawyer denied the accusations, and claimed that Sarr had been a "victim of a manipulation".[4]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played on 1 July 2021[5]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Kortrijk | 2015–16 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 11 | 2 | |||
| 2016–17 | Belgian First Division A | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 1 | 31 | 1 | ||
| Total | 35 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 42 | 3 | ||
| Châteauroux (loan) | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 31 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 35 | 11 | |
| Châteauroux | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Lorient | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 20 | 0 | |
| Nîmes | 2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 25 | 0 | |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | |||
| Total | 31 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 0 | ||
| Nîmes B | 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | – | – | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 123 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 139 | 14 | ||
International goals
- Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sarr goal.[6]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 16 October 2018 | Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 2 | 13 November 2019 | Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |