Lamine Sy

Lamine Sy
Personal information
Date of birth (2002-08-10) 10 August 2002 (age 24)
Place of birth Les Mureaux, France
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Positions
Team information
Current team
 Auxerre
Number 27
Youth career
–2014 OFC les Mureaux
2014–2021 Caen
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2021–2025 Caen II 28 (0)
2021–2025 Caen 23 (0)
2023–2024 → Rouen (loan) 31 (3)
2025– Auxerre 24 (0)
International career‡
2026– Senegal 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026
‡ National team caps and goals as of 4 October 2026

Lamine Sy (born 10 August 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Auxerre. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team.

Club career

Lamine Sy joined the Stade Malherbe de Caen academy in 2014 from the Olympique of les Mureaux, starting to play with the Norman team reserve in National 3 during the 2019–20 season.

Playing only one game that season and during the following one in National 2, he eventually established himself as a regular starter with the reserve in 2021–22 under Fabrice Vandeputte management, earning his first calls to the first team in February 2022.

He made his professional debut for SM Caen on the 5 February 2022, replacing the right-back Hugo Vandermersch during a 1–1 away Ligue 2 away draw against AS Nancy.

International career

Sy was one of the players who were called up with the Senegal national team by head coach Patrick Vieira for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Mozambique and Ethiopia on 25 and 29 September 2026, respectively; and the friendly match against Comoros on 4 October 2026.

Style of play

First playing as a midfielder, Sy was moved to the right-back position by Vandeputte where he became a starter in the reserve and played in Caen first team. He is described as a fast, powerful and agile footballer, able to make good use of his technical abilities to be decisive in the attacking phases.

Personal life

Having grown up in Île-de-France, Lamine Sy is the younger brother of Harouna Sy, who also plays professionally as a fullback, at Amiens. He's of Senegalese descent.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Chatel, Aline (5 February 2022). "SM Caen. Qui est Lamine Sy, le jeune joueur convoqué pour la première fois en Ligue 2 ?". actu.fr (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Formation. Signature de Lamine Sy". Stade Malherbe Caen. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "Première pour Lamine Sy, retour de Benjamin Jeannot face à Nancy". Malherbe inside (in French). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  4. ↑ Letondeur, Boris; Duc, Olivier (5 February 2022). "Ligue 2 (J23) : Caen ne repart qu'avec un point de Nancy, la lanterne rouge". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Guyon, Pierre (5 February 2022). "Nancy – SM Caen : match nul assez logique entre les deux formations". Ouest-France. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
  6. ↑ "Patrick Vieira officiellement présenté au public sénégalais" [Patrick Vieira officially presented to the Senegalese public] (in French). Senegalese Football Federation. 18 September 2026.