Younousse Sankharé

Younousse Sankharé (born 10 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder. Born in France, he is a former Senegal international.

Younousse Sankharé
Sankharé in 2020
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-09-10) 10 September 1989
Place of birth Sarcelles, France
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
1998–2001 AS Pierrefitte
2001–2007 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2011 Paris Saint-Germain 33 (1)
2007–2011 Paris Saint-Germain II 3 (0)
2009Reims (loan) 17 (0)
2010–2011Dijon (loan) 27 (6)
2011–2013 Dijon 40 (4)
2013Valenciennes (loan) 13 (0)
2013Valenciennes II (loan) 1 (0)
2013–2016 Guingamp 98 (9)
2016–2017 Lille 21 (2)
2017–2019 Bordeaux 67 (12)
2020–2021 CSKA Sofia 12 (3)
2021 Panathinaikos 10 (3)
2021–2022 Giresunspor 8 (0)
International career
2008–2010 France U21 16 (3)
2015–2017 Senegal 7 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:33, 6 December 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 09:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Sankharé grew up in the northern suburbs of Paris in Val-d'Oise and joined his hometown club in 2001 arriving at the Camp des Loges as a youth player. After spending nearly six years in the club's youth system and the reserves, Younousse signed his first professional contract, in June 2007, agreeing to a three-year deal.[1]

Younousse participated in the club's pre-season earning appearances in the 2007 edition of the Emirates Cup where Paris Saint-Germain finished second. He made his league debut on 6 October 2007 in a match against Rennes appearing as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat.[2] He earned consecutive starts the following match days playing the full 90 minutes in both a 0–0 draw against Valenciennes[3] and a 3–2 loss to Lyon.[4] After those appearances, he regularly appeared as a substitute throughout the league season, but made impressive starts in the 2007–08 edition of the Coupe de France. In the Round of 16, he assisted on the opening goal scored by Loris Arnaud in a 2–1 victory over SC Bastia.[5] He also played the full 90 minutes in 1–0 victories over amateur side Carquefou[6] and Amiens SC.[7]

The next season, Younousse's play was limited appearing in only two league matches. This was primarily due to the club's impressive start in league play, where they reached as high as 2nd position. He did make four appearances in the UEFA Cup earning starts against Turkish club Kayserispor,[8] German club Schalke 04,[9] and Spanish club Racing Santander.[10]

Due to the club's positive form in league play and also playing well in Europe, on 26 January 2009, Sankharé was sent on loan by manager Paul Le Guen to Ligue 2 club Stade de Reims in order to increase the player's playing time.[11] He made his debut just four days later playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw with Guingamp.[12] He appeared in every following league match scoring no goals gaining experience in the process, despite Reims suffering relegation to the third-tier National. He returned to Paris on 1 July. He subsequently had spells with Dijon, Valenciennes and Guingamp.

On 26 July 2016, Sankharé joined fellow Ligue 1 side Lille on a four-year deal.[13] However, after six months and twenty-three appearances in all competitions for Lille, Sankharé left to join Bordeaux on 30 January 2017.[14]

For Les Girondins stayed three seasons playing for 67 games scoring 12 goals with his second season in the team to be his career highlight been the most scoring productive as he scored 7 goals in 29 games in Ligue 1 Conforama. He eventually left Bordeaux on 20 November 19 with his team terminating his contract.

On 21 June and after being without a club for six months Sankharé joins Bulgarian Group A champions CSKA Sofia. For Armeytsite he played for 12 league games while scoring 3 goals, he also started in all 10 games for his team's European campaign being one the key players.

Sankharé's career in the Bulgarian capital was brief as Greek club Panathinaikos showed interest and therefore signed him on 31 January 2021, the last day of winter transfer window. He scored the winning goal in his Greek Super League debut for "Trifili" against Atromitos coming from the bench in the 61st minute. On 14 February 2021, in a 2–1 win over the rivals Olympiacos as he assisted the first goal of his team scored by Maurício and scored his second goal for the club in the 73rd minute.

Sankharé joined Giresunspor in Turkey for the 2021–22 season. His contract was terminated on 15 February 2022 by mutual consent.[15]

International career

In March 2013, it was announced that Sankharé had rejected the chance to play for Mauritania and would like to play for Senegal at international level.[16] He declared his international future with Senegal in December 2014.[17] He got his first callup for a friendly against Algeria in October 2015.[18][19]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18:08, 16 May 2021 (UTC)..[20]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup[lower-alpha 1] League Cup[lower-alpha 2] Continental[lower-alpha 3] Other[lower-alpha 4] Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 2007–08 Ligue 1 900000000090
2008–09 2000004[lower-alpha 5]00060
2009–10 22110200000251
Total 33110204000401
Paris Saint-Germain II 2010–11 CFA 300030
Reims (loan) 2008–09 Ligue 2 17000170
Dijon (loan) 2010–11 Ligue 2 276000000276
Dijon 2011–12 Ligue 1 334203100385
2012–13 Ligue 2 7000000070
Total 40420310000455
Valenciennes (loan) 2012–13 Ligue 1 1300000130
Valenciennes II (loan) 2012–13 CFA 100010
Guingamp 2013–14 Ligue 1 363301000403
2014–15 29050106[lower-alpha 6]000410
2015–16 336102000366
Total 989904060001179
Guingamp II 2014–15 CFA 2 100010
Lille 2016–17 Ligue 1 21200101[lower-alpha 7]000232
Bordeaux 2016–17 Ligue 1 16421185
2017–18 2971110223310
2018–19 2210011102334
2019–20 00000000
Total 67123221124008419
CSKA Sofia 2020–21 First League 1231010[lower-alpha 8]0233
Panathinaikos 2020–21 Super League Greece 10310113
Career total 343401721223160040548
  1. Includes the Coupe de France.
  2. Includes the Coupe de la Ligue.
  3. Includes the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
  4. Includes the Trophée des Champions.
  5. Four appearances in 2008–09 UEFA Cup
  6. Six appearances in 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
  7. One appearance in 2016–17 UEFA Europa League
  8. One appearance in 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

International

As of 3 June 2019.[21][20]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 201520
201641
201710
Total71
As of match played 3 June 2019[20][21]
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sankharé goal.
List of international goals scored by Younousse Sankharé
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 28 May 2016Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda4 Rwanda2–02–0Friendly

Honours

Club

Paris Saint-Germain

Guingamp

References

  1. Younousse Sankharé signe pro
  2. PSG v. Rennes Match Report Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Valenciennes v. PSG Match Report Archived 24 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  4. PSG v. Lyon Match Report Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  5. PSG v. Bastia Match Report
  6. Carquefou v. PSG Match Report[
  7. Amiens v. PSG Match Report
  8. Kayserispor 1 – 2 PSG
  9. PSG crack under pressure at Schalke
  10. Quick-finishing Racing rein in PSG
  11. Younousse Sankhare au Stade de Reims
  12. Reims v. Guingamp Match Report
  13. "Mercato : Younousse Sankharé (Guingamp) à Lille (officiel)" [Younousse Sankharé (Guingamp) joined Lille (official)]. L'Equipe (in French). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  14. "Younousse Sankharé est bordelais !" [Younousse Sankharé is from Bordeaux!]. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  15. "BİLGİLENDİRME" (Press release) (in Turkish). Giresunspor. 15 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  16. "Younousse Sankharé dit non aux Mourabitounes pour le Sénégal" (in French). galsenfoot.com. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  17. "Sankhare opts to play for Senegal". BBC Sport.
  18. "FIFA". Archived from the original on 9 November 2015.
  19. "Amical Sénégal - Algérie Liste des Lions: Aliou Cissé rappelle Mohamed Diamé et offre ses premiéres sélections à Issa Sarr et Younouss Sankhare". Galsenfoot. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  20. Younousse Sankharé at Soccerway
  21. Younousse Sankharé at National-Football-Teams.com
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