french association football musician

Bacary Sagna ( hold 14 February 1983 ) is a french former master football player. Sagna ‘s erstwhile coach at Arsenal, Arsène Wenger, once described him as the best right-back in the Premier League. In summation to him regularly featuring as a wing-back, he played as a centre-back for Arsenal on several occasions. [ 4 ] [ 6 ]

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Sagna began his career at Auxerre, before transferring to Arsenal for £7 million in 2007. In 2014, curtly after winning the FA Cup, his first trophy at the club, he made a travel 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 .

Club career [edit ]

Sens [edit ]

Sagna started his career at FC Sens. He played for their youth team until 1998 .

Auxerre [edit ]

In 1998, he moved to AJ Auxerre ‘s youth team. finally, he was promoted to the inaugural team and he made 87 Ligue 1 appearances for them. He was share of the police squad that won the Coupe de France in 2005. He besides played in the UEFA Cup in each of his three seasons with the club ‘s first team, making a total of 17 appearances in the contest. He was besides voted into the Ligue 1 team of the season for his great displays at the proper second position. He played in the like Auxerre team as Abou Diaby, a future Arsenal teammate, and Watford centre-back Younès Kaboul. Sagna established himself as one of the best fully backs of the french acme tier and frankincense became dub “ Mr. authentic ” by the baseball club ‘s fans. He besides won Auxerre ‘s Player of the Year award for the 2006–07 season. [ 9 ]

armory [edit ]

2007–08 season [edit ]

On 12 July 2007, Sagna completed a act to Arsenal from Auxerre for an undisclosed fee, thought to have been an initial €9 million that could have risen to €11 million. [ 8 ] He was given the issue 3 shirt, previously worn by former defender Ashley Cole. [ 10 ] Sagna made his debut for Arsenal on 19 July 2007 as a crank in the police squad that beat turkish club Gençlerbirliği 3–0 in a friendly at Austria ‘s Bad Waltersdorf Stadion. [ 11 ] On 13 February 2008, precisely one week before Arsenal were set to play the moment leg of their polish of 16 meeting against Milan in the Champions League, Sagna ‘s older brother, Omar Sagna, died at the age of 28, one day before his birthday. He, however, did play the match after he was advised to by his founder. Arsenal went on to win the second leg 0–2 with the like scoreline on aggregate. On 23 March, Sagna tallied his first Premier League finish off a low header from a corner kick to give Arsenal a 1–0 lead against London rivals Chelsea at Stamford Bridge, but late went off hurt before Chelsea came back to win the game 2–1. [ 12 ] At the end of the season, he was named in the PFA Team of the Year. [ 13 ]

2008–09 season [edit ]

Sagna signed a newfangled deal with Arsenal before the starting signal of the 2008–09 season. Arsenal signed him for a far two years, taking his contract improving to 2014. Sagna stated, “ I love Arsenal, it ‘s a capital cabaret, ” and further added, “ The coach is besides very good and following temper we will be fighting for all the trophies. ” He spectacularly saved Arsenal in a 2–2 draw against Aston Villa when he jumped and kicked the ball aside then that Arsenal would go into half meter with the spark advance. [ 14 ]

2009–10 season [edit ]

Sagna struggled to replicate his mannequin from the previous two seasons as injuries besides prevented him from contributing to the team in the lapp way. He provided many assists though, his most crucial contribution arguably being the cross to striker Nicklas Bendtner, who gave Arsenal the 1–0 lead in the 94th hour against Wolverhampton Wanderers. Despite this, however, Sagna was linked away from the club with diverse teams, including Serie A ‘s Internazionale, apparently interest in taking the defender away from London. [ 15 ]

2010–11 season [edit ]

Sagna playing for Arsenal in 2010 Sagna scored his first gear goal at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal against Celtic, a game in which Arsenal went on to win 3–2 and win the Emirates Cup for the second consecutive year. He made his hundredth league beginning for Arsenal on 3 October 2010, a 2–0 kill against Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. On 14 November, he scored only his moment always official goal for Arsenal in a 2–1 away victory against Everton at Goodison Park, with a mighty scene from the near post. On 8 December 2010, Sagna picked up his first base bolshevik card in his Arsenal career in a 3–1 base victory against serbian golf club Partizan in Arsenal ‘s final examination Champions League group plot of the season. On 1 January 2011, in a pit with Birmingham City, he was involved in an incident where Lee Bowyer stamped on him after Sagna had gone in for a undertake. Bowyer was banned by the FA for three games for the stamp. On 5 January, Sagna picked up his moment crimson card of the season after he and Manchester City fullback Pablo Zabaleta headbutted each other in the concluding moments of Arsenal ‘s 0–0 draw with City at Emirates Stadium. On 19 January, Sagna scored his second goal of the season with Arsenal ‘s second base finish in their 3–1 victory over Leeds United at Elland Road in a third round replay. This was Sagna ‘s career best for goal-scoring, his previous best coming in the 2007–08 season where scored alone once. Sagna was included in the PFA Team of the year for his operation in the 2010–11 season. [ 16 ]

2011–12 season [edit ]

On 13 August 2011, Sagna started and played the full 90 minutes against Newcastle United at St James ‘ Park in a 0–0 attract on the open day of the 2011–12 Premier League season. On Saturday 20 August, he started at left-back and played the broad 90 minutes in a 2–0 frustration at the hands of a Liverpool side that picked up its first winnings over the Gunners away from family in 11 years. On 28 August, Sagna missed Arsenal ‘s game against Manchester United at Old Trafford due to illness. Sagna sustained a branch fracture during a match against North London rivals Tottenham Hotspur after a challenge by Benoît Assou-Ekotto forced him to land awkwardly. On 29 January 2012, Sagna came off the judiciary against Aston Villa as an 89th-minute alternate to mark his comeback. On 26 February 2012, he started in the North London bowler hat against Spurs, scoring a header from a Mikel Arteta crossbreed and inspiring Arsenal to come binding from being 2–0 down to go on and win 5–2. [ 17 ] He unfortunately sustained another peg break of the same leg in the final home catch of the season against Norwich City, which ruled him out of UEFA Euro 2012 in June 2012. [ 18 ]

2012–13 season

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In October 2012, Sagna marked his recurrence to the first team by starting in Arsenal ‘s 1–0 victory over Queens Park Rangers. [ 19 ] On 3 November, he started and played the wax 90 minutes at right-back against Manchester United at Old Trafford, a 2–1 league frustration. [ 20 ] In his absence with a break leg, Carl Jenkinson started for Arsenal and earned rave reviews, but Sagna continued to be Arsenal ‘s first-choice right back upon his return. On 9 February 2013, due to an injury to centre-back Laurent Koscielny during warm-ups, Sagna was forced to fill in as a central defender against Sunderland. [ 21 ] He helped a ten-man Arsenal gain 1–0. [ 22 ] On 28 April 2013, Sagna committed a mistime harness inside the penalty box on Robin vanguard Persie in a 1–1 home draw against Manchester United, conceding a penalty to bring the score level after a second-minute Arsenal goal from Theo Walcott .

2013–14 season [edit ]

Sagna during unfold top bus parade after winning the FA Cup Sagna remained Arsenal ‘s first base choice right-back at the originate of the season, fighting off competition from Carl Jenkinson. [ 23 ] He scored his beginning finish of the season, his fifth in Arsenal color, against Stoke City on 22 September, heading in Mesut Özil ‘s free-kick, securing a 3–1 win for the Gunners. [ 24 ] On 17 May, Sagna started in the 2014 FA Cup Final as Arsenal beat Hull City 3–2 at Wembley Stadium, his first trophy at the club. [ 25 ] It was announced on 27 May that Sagna would not extend his contract with the Gunners, which was set to expire at the end of the season. Although Arsenal offered him a biennial extension, Sagna was believed to be “ 90 per cent certain ” of leaving the Emirates, thus rejecting the narrow reference. extra sources understand that Manchester City and a number of lead clubs in Europe had expressed an interest in signing him. [ 26 ] Sagna said he did not sign a new deal with Arsenal because “ the discussions did not go in the direction that he wanted ”. [ 27 ]

Manchester City [edit ]

It was announced on 13 June 2014 that Sagna had agreed to a hand with Manchester City to join the reigning Premier League champions after his sign with Arsenal was set to expire on 30 June. He was City ‘s first sign of the summer and signed a three-year conduct, taking the number 3 shirt. [ 28 ] He left the club at the end of his narrow in June 2017 .

Benevento [edit ]

On 3 February 2018, Sagna signed with Serie A slope Benevento Calcio for six months and a year in option. [ 29 ]

Montreal Impact [edit ]

On 8 August 2018, Sagna signed with Montreal Impact in Major League Soccer for the remainder of the 2018 season, with an option for 2019. [ 30 ] Although the option was not taken up, [ 31 ] Sagna subsequently signed a annual abridge to stay with the club for the 2019 season. [ 32 ]

International career [edit ]

youth [edit ]

Sagna has previously represented the french under-21 team, with whom he besides participated at the 2006 european Under-21 Championship. At age 17 Sagna wished to join up with the Senegalese national team, stating, “ I wanted to play for Senegal when I was 17, but they did n’t reply. So I was a act disappoint. But when I started playing for Auxerre for the beginning team, they contacted me and I had a game on the lapp day with the french national team under 21s so I had to make a option. ”

senior [edit ]

Sagna received his first senior international crown for France on 22 August 2007 in a friendly match against Slovakia on the road, which they won 1–0, coming on as a substitute for François Clerc after one hour of play. He went on to make his competitive debut for France in their 6–0 aside win at the Faroe Islands on 13 October 2007 in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, playing all 90 minutes. It was his only appearance in the Euro 2008 modify. He was not a campaigner to join the french team at the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland as he was still recovering from the wound sustained in Arsenal ‘s Premier League match at Chelsea in March 2008. After recovering from the injury, Sagna returned to the french team for their friendly peer against Sweden in August 2008, playing all 90 minutes in a 3–2 away gain. He went on to become a regular in the french team ‘s qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was besides a separate of the black french World Cup political campaign when the team crashed out at the group stage after losing 2–1 against hosts South Africa. Sagna missed out on UEFA Euro 2012 with a break leg. [ 18 ]

personal life [edit ]

Bacary Sagna was born in Sens, France to Senegalese immigrant parents. [ 33 ] He is a Muslim. [ 34 ] In 2010, he married French-Algerian exemplar and diarist Ludivine Kadri with whom he already had a son named Elias ( born in 2009 ). In 2013, Kadri gave birth to the couple ‘s second son Kais. [ 35 ] His cousin Ibrahima Sonko played in England for Reading and in Turkey for Akhisar Belediyespor. [ 36 ] On 31 March 2011, Sagna became an ambassador for Grassroot Soccer, an external non-profit that uses the ability of football to educate, cheer, and mobilise communities to stop the spread of HIV. [ 37 ] Sagna is called “ Bac ” by the majority of his teammates. [ 38 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

International [edit ]

beginning : [ 41 ]

National team
Year
Apps
Goals

France

2007
2
0

2008
4
0

2009
10
0

2010
10
0

2011
6
0

2013
6
0

2014
7
0

2015
9
0

2016
11
0

Total
65
0

Honours [edit ]

Auxerre
Arsenal
Manchester City
Montreal Impact
Individual

References [edit ]