Sidy Sarr

Sidy Sarr
Sarr with Lorient in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1996-06-05) 5 June 1996 (age 30)
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
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
African U-20 Championship
Runner-up2015 Senegal
* 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)

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.

Club career

In September 2018, Sarr joined Lorient on loan from Châteauroux for the 2018–19 season.

In March 2024, Sarr joined Championnat National club SAS Épinal.

Personal life

Sarr was taken into police custody in October 2021 on allegations that he had relations with underage prostitutes. His lawyer denied the accusations, and claimed that Sarr had been a "victim of a manipulation".

Career statistics

Club

As of match played on 1 July 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Kortrijk 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 10210—112
2016–17 Belgian First Division A 25010—51311
Total 352200051423
Châteauroux (loan)2017–18 Ligue 2 31113010—3511
Châteauroux 2018–19 Ligue 2 400010—50
2019–20 Ligue 2 200000—20
Total 6000100070
Lorient 2018–19 Ligue 2 1900010—200
Nîmes 2019–20 Ligue 1 2202010—250
2020–21 Ligue 1 9000——90
Total 310201000340
Nîmes B 2019–20 Championnat National 2 10––—10
Career total 1231370405113914

International goals

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sarr goal.
List of international goals scored by Sidy Sarr
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
116 October 2018Khartoum Stadium, Khartoum, Sudan Sudan1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
213 November 2019Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal Congo1–02–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

References

  1. ↑ "Sidy Sarr (Châteauroux) prêté à Lorient". lequipe.fr. 4 September 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  2. ↑ @SAS_EPINAl (20 March 2024). "✍️ [#Mercato] 🚨OFFICIEL!!🚨 ▶️▶️▶️ SIDY SARR EST SPINALIEN ! Passé notamment par Nîmes en Ligue 2 et même Lorient en Ligue 1, cet international sénégalais de 27 ans, mesurant 1 m 96, arrive en terre spinalienne afin d'aider le collectif 💪 👉 Bienvenue à toi Sidy ' ! 🙏💛💙" [✍️ [ #Mercato ] 🚨 OFFICIAL!! 🚨 ▶️▶️▶️ SIDY SARR IS SPINALIAN! Having passed through Nîmes in Ligue 2 and even Lorient in Ligue 1, this 27-year-old Senegalese international, measuring 1.96 m, arrives in Spinal land in order to help the collective 💪 👉 Welcome to you Sidy'! 🙏💛💙] (Tweet). Retrieved 21 March 2024 – via X (formerly Twitter).
  3. ↑ "Sidy Sarr (Nîmes) en garde à vue pour " recours à la prostitution de mineures "". L'Équipe (in French). 20 October 2021. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Nîmes- Sidy Sarr: " Ce sont de fausses accusations "" [Nîmes- Sidy Sarr: ” They are false accusations “]. Galsenfoot (in French). 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  5. ↑ Sidy Sarr at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
  6. ↑ "Sidy Sarr". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 22 October 2018.