Bacary Sagna
French footballer (born 1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Bacary Sagna (born 14 February 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Bacary Sagna[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | (1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 (age 41)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Sens, France | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
1992–1997 | Sens | ||||||||||||||||
1997–2002 | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2002–2004 | Auxerre B | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
2004–2007 | Auxerre | 87 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2014 | Arsenal | 213 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Manchester City | 54 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2018 | Benevento | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2018–2019 | Montreal Impact | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
Total | 439 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
International career | |||||||||||||||||
2004–2006 | France U21 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
2007–2016 | France | 65 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Sagna's former manager at Arsenal, Arsène Wenger, once described him as the best right-back in the Premier League. In addition to him regularly featuring as a wing-back, he played as a centre-back for Arsenal on several occasions.[4][5][6]
Sagna began his career at Auxerre, before being transferred to Arsenal for £7 million in 2007. In 2014, shortly after winning the FA Cup, his first trophy at the club, he made a move to Manchester City.[7][8]
A full international from 2007 to 2016, he was selected by France for two FIFA World Cup tournaments and one UEFA European Championship.