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Babacar Sarr

Babacar Sarr (born 15 February 1991) is a Senegalese former professional footballer, who is most known for the two separate rape accusations he has against him from two different women in Norway, for which he is wanted by Interpol due to the lack of presence in the trials.

Babacar Sarr
Sarr with Molde in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 33)
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Selfoss 38 (3)
2012 → Bastia (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 Start 36 (1)
2014–2016 Sogndal 55 (6)
2016–2019 Molde 65 (5)
2019 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 13 (1)
2019–2020 Damac 13 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career edit

Sarr started his professional career at Icelandic team Selfoss, before being loaned out to French side CA Bastia in 2012.

In December 2012, Sarr signed a four-year contract with Norwegian club Start.[1] He made his debut on 17 March 2013 against Hønefoss, helping his team to a 3–2 win.

On 13 July 2014, Sarr signed for Norwegian side Sogndal,[2] playing there for two seasons before signing for Molde.[3] He was released from his contract with Molde by mutual consent on 18 January 2019.[4]

On 5 February 2019, Sarr signed for Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[5] On 3 March 2019, in his Yenisey debut, he scored a late equalizer in a 1–1 game against FC Rostov.[6] Following Yenisey's relegation from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2018–19 season, Sarr was released by the club.[7]

Just hours after Norwegian police declared him internationally wanted,[8] Damac of the Saudi Professional League announced his signature on 11 June 2019.[9]

Rape Trial edit

As of 2023, he is an international fugitive wanted for failing to appear in appellate court in Norway, after he was acquitted in the lower court, regarding the rape charge.[10][11][12]

In August 2018 at Molde District Court, Sarr was acquitted of one case of rape whilst a player of Molde. In 2023 media quoted the court verdict: the accuser woke up, "wearing a top, a jacket and a handbag (shoulder bag). The strap of the handbag was over her one shoulder, on the outer surface of the jacket [...] The possibility of Sarr [... and her] having had intercourse [...] while Visnes [the accuser] was dressed like that, is quite unlikely".[13] He was then sentenced to pay reparation to the woman.[citation needed]

As of 2021, the case is under appeal.[14][15][16] He is wanted by Interpol as of 2023; the international arrest warrant, is scheduled to run until 2025.[17][18][19] In 2021, media wrote that Sarr no longer resides in Saudi Arabia.[20]

In March 2020, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal from Sarr, who was sentenced to pay 150.000 Kroner in compensation to the woman in this rape case.[21] The compensation judgement is thus final.

Accusation that did not make it to trial

In February 2020, Sarr was again accused of a rape; the allegation was that a crime took place in November 2018, after Molde played an away match against Sandefjord. This case was dropped at the end of February 2020 because the police had not informed Sarr that the investigation against him had resumed within the statutory deadline of three months.

Career statistics edit

As of match played 11 January 2020[22][23][24]
Club Season Division League Cup League Cup Europe Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Selfoss 2011 1. deild karla 17 2 2 0 3 0 — 22 2
2012 Úrvalsdeild 21 1 2 0 4 0 — 27 1
Total 38 3 4 0 7 0 — — 49 3
CA Bastia (loan) 2011-12 Championnat de France Amateur 3 0 0 0 0 0 — 3 0
Start 2013 Tippeligaen 23 0 5 0 — — 28 0
2014 13 1 4 0 — — 17 1
Total 36 1 9 0 — — — — 45 1
Sogndal 2014 Tippeligaen 11 0 0 0 — — 11 0
2015 OBOS-ligaen 29 4 3 0 — — 32 0
2016 Tippeligaen 15 2 3 1 — — 18 3
Total 55 6 6 1 — — — — 61 6
Molde 2016 Tippeligaen 13 0 0 0 — 0 0 13 0
2017 Eliteserien 25 1 5 0 — — 30 1
2018 27 4 2 0 — 7 1 36 5
Total 65 5 7 0 — — 7 1 79 6
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 2018–19 Russian Premier League 13 1 0 0 — — 13 1
Damac 2019–20 Saudi Professional League 13 0 0 0 — — 13 0
Career total 223 16 26 1 7 0 7 1 263 18

References edit

  1. ^ Sellevold, Terje (21 December 2012). "Babacar Sarr is the new Start Player". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Sarr: – Trist, men riktig å gå til Sogndal". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 13 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  3. ^ "Babacar Sarr klar for Molde FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  4. ^ "BABACAR SARR FRISTILLES FRA MOLDE FOTBALLKLUBB". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  5. ^ "БАБАКАР САРР — ИГРОК "ЕНИСЕЯ"!". фк-енисей.рф (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 5 February 2019. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Yenisey v Rostov game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 March 2019.
  7. ^ "ЕНИСЕЙ ПОКИНУЛИ ДЕСЯТЬ ИГРОКОВ". фк-енисей.рф (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Babacar Sarr er etterlyst internasjonalt" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  9. ^ "بابكر سار ضمكاوي" (in Arabic). Damac FC Official Twitter. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  10. ^ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/kamilla-visnes-var-offer-i-voldtektssak-na-har-hun-tilgitt-anklagede-babacar-sarr/s/5-95-760050. Nettavisen. Retrieved 2023-01-02
  11. ^ "Tidligere Molde-spiller på rømmen – tror Sarr har flyktet til Senegal".
  12. ^ Ighoubah, Farid (11 June 2019). "Babacar Sarr er etterlyst internasjonalt". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  13. ^ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/kamilla-visnes-var-offer-i-voldtektssak-na-har-hun-tilgitt-anklagede-babacar-sarr/s/5-95-760050. Nettavisen. Retrieved 2023-01-02
  14. ^ "Tidligere Molde-spiller på rømmen – tror Sarr har flyktet til Senegal".
  15. ^ "The B Sarr transfer to Siberia". josimarfootball.com/. Josimar Football. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  16. ^ "John Christian Elden raser etter at voldtektssak ble utsatt i nesten åtte måneder". nettavisen.no/ (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  17. ^ https://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/kamilla-visnes-var-offer-i-voldtektssak-na-har-hun-tilgitt-anklagede-babacar-sarr/s/5-95-760050. Nettavisen. Retrieved 2023-01-02
  18. ^ "Tidligere Molde-spiller på rømmen – tror Sarr har flyktet til Senegal".
  19. ^ Ighoubah, Farid (11 June 2019). "Babacar Sarr er etterlyst internasjonalt". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Tidligere Molde-spiller på rømmen – tror Sarr har flyktet til Senegal".
  21. ^ "Fotballspiller må betale erstatning i voldtektssak". 28 March 2020.
  22. ^ "B.Sarr". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  23. ^ "Babacar Sarr". nifs.no. NIFS. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  24. ^ "Babacar Sarr". ksi.is. ksi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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