Amadou Sagna

Amadou Sagna (born 10 June 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for French Championnat National club Niort.

Amadou Sagna
Personal information
Full name Amadou Sagna[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Niort
Number 20
Youth career
Cayor Foot
2019–2020 Club Brugge
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Club Brugge 0 (0)
2020 → Oostende (loan) 0 (0)
2020–2021 Club NXT 15 (0)
2021–2022 → Stade Briochin (loan) 23 (3)
2021–2022 → Stade Briochin II (loan) 1 (2)
2022– Niort 37 (4)
International career‡
2019 Senegal U20 8 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 June 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 8 June 2019

Club career

On 9 July 2019, Sagna signed with Belgian First Division A side Club Brugge.[2] On 3 January 2020, Sagna signed with Oostende on loan for the rest of the 2019–20 season.[3]

On 22 August 2020, Sagna made his professional debut for Club NXT, Brugge's reserve side in the Belgian First Division B. He started and played 85 minutes against RWDM47 as NXT were defeated 0–2.[4]

On 26 May 2022, Club Brugge announced that Sagna had signed a permanent contract with Ligue 2 side Niort.[5]

International career

On 13 May 2019, it was announced that Sagna would be part of the final Senegal squad for the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[6] In the opening match against Tahiti, he scored after 9.6 seconds, the fastest ever goal in the competition's history.[7] He ended the tournament with four goals, tied for second in the tournament, and won the Bronze Boot.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 16 October 2020[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Club NXT 2020–21 Belgian First Division B60————60
Career total 60000060

Honours

International

Individual

References
  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Senegal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Adewoye, Gbenga (9 July 2019). "Senegal's Amadou Sagna joins Club Brugge". Goal.com. Retrieved 18 October 2020.
  3. "Sagna joins Oostende on loan". Club Brugge (Twitter).
  4. "RWDM 2–0 Club NXT". Soccerway.
  5. "AMADOU SAGNA JOINS CHAMOIS NIORTAIS". clubbrugge.be. 26 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  6. "Liste des 21 Joueurs retenus pour le Mondial U20". fsfoot.sn (in French). Fédération Sénégalaise de Football. 13 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  7. "Record-setting Sagna fires Senegal past Tahiti". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 May 2019. Archived from the original on 23 May 2019. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  8. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019 - Statistics - Players - Top goals - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on 16 June 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
  9. Amadou Sagna at Soccerway. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
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