Sékou Junior Sanogo (born 5 May 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Swiss club Schaffhausen.
 Sanogo with Young Boys in 2017 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sékou Junior Sanogo | ||
| Date of birth | 5 May 1989 | ||
| Place of birth | Abidjan, Ivory Coast | ||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Schaffhausen | ||
| Number | 35 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2008–2010 | Africa Sports | 60 | (8) |
| 2011–2014 | Thun | 48 | (4) |
| 2012 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | → Lausanne-Sport (loan) | 31 | (2) |
| 2014–2019 | Young Boys | 99 | (11) |
| 2019 | Al-Ittihad | 11 | (1) |
| 2020–2023 | Red Star Belgrade | 60 | (4) |
| 2023 | → Paris FC (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2024– | Schaffhausen | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Ivory Coast | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 February 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2020 | |||
Club career edit
Sanogo was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[2]
On 21 January 2020, Sanogo signed a one-year loan with Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.[3]
Sanogo completed his move to the Serbian heavy weights Red Star Belgrade FC on 27 January 2021 from Saudi club Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) on a two-year deal with his contract expiring in 2023.[4]
On 31 January 2023, Sanogo joined Paris FC in the French Ligue 2 on loan until the end of the season.[5]
On 15 January 2024, Sanogo returned to Switzerland and signed with Schaffhausen.[6]
International career edit
An Ivory Coast international, Sanogo made his international debut for ”Les Éléphants” in a friendly match which resulted in a 1–1 tie with Senegal on 27 March 2017.[7][8]
Honours edit
Africa Sports
- Ligue 1: 2008[8]
- Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire (2): 2009, 2010[8]
Young Boys
Red Star Belgrade
- Serbian SuperLiga (3): 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22
- Serbian Cup (2): 2020–21, 2021–22
Individual
- Swiss Super League Team of the Year: 2017–18,[9] 2018–19[10]
References edit
- ^ "Sékou Sanogo". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
- ^ Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ Zvezda potvrdila: Seku Sanogo došao na pozajmicu (VIDEO) at Sportski žurnal, 21 February 2020 (in Serbian)
- ^ "Саного Звездин до 2023" (in Serbian). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Sekou Sanogo prêté au Paris FC" (in French). Paris FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
- ^ "Sékou Sanogo unterschreibt beim FCS" [Sékou Sanogo signs with FCS] (in German). Schaffhausen. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
- ^ "Ivory Coast v Senegal". BBC Sport. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
- ^ a b c d Sékou Sanogo at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
- ^ "Super League: Kevin Mbabu élu joueur de l'année". RTSSport.ch (in French). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
External links edit
- Sékou Sanogo at WorldFootball.net
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