Modibo Sagnan
.jpg) Sagnan in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Modibo Sagnan[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 14 April 1999 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Denis, France | ||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Montpellier | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2009–2012 | CS Villetaneuse | ||
| 2012–2017 | Lens | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2017–2019 | Lens II | 24 | (1) |
| 2018–2019 | Lens | 13 | (0) |
| 2019–2023 | Real Sociedad | 16 | (0) |
| 2019 | → Lens (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2020 | → Mirandés (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | → Tondela (loan) | 27 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Utrecht (loan) | 25 | (1) |
| 2023–2024 | Utrecht | 13 | (1) |
| 2024– | Montpellier | 22 | (3) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2021 | France Olympic | 3 | (0) |
| 2024– | Mali | 3 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
Modibo Sagnan (born 14 April 1999) is a professional Burkinabe footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier. Born in France, he represented its Olympic team, before switching allegiance to the Mali national team.
Club career
[edit]Lens
[edit]A youth product of RC Lens, Sagnan signed his first professional contract with them on 28 July 2017, tying him down to the club for three years.[2] Sagnan made his professional debut for Lens in a 1–0 Ligue 2 loss to FC Sochaux-Montbéliard on 30 January 2018.[3]
Real Sociedad
[edit]On 30 January 2019, Sagnan joined La Liga side Real Sociedad for an estimated fee of €5 million, and was immediately loaned back to Lens for the remainder of the season.[4] The following 31 January, after failing to make a first team appearance, he was loaned to Segunda División side CD Mirandés until June.[5]
Sagnan made his debut for the Txuri-urdin on 3 October 2020, replacing Andoni Gorosabel in a 3–0 home win over Getafe CF. On 31 August of the following year, after featuring sparingly, he moved to Portuguese Primeira Liga side C.D. Tondela on a one-year loan deal.[6]
Utrecht
[edit]On 11 July 2022, Sagnan was loaned to Utrecht in the Netherlands, with an option to buy.[7] On 2 June 2023, he signed a permanent three-year contract with the club.[8]
Montpellier
[edit]On 1 February 2024, Sagnan signed for Ligue 1 club Montpellier.[9]
International career
[edit]Sagnan made his debut for the senior Mali national team on 26 March 2024 in a friendly against Nigeria.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Sagnan was born in France to a Burkinabé father and a Malian mother. He was raised a Muslim.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 3 November 2024[12]
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lens | 2017–18 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 1 | |||
| Total | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | ||
| Real Sociedad | 2019–20 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 0 | 21 | 0 | |||
| Total | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | ||
| Lens (loan) | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| Mirandés (loan) | 2019–20 | Segunda División | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
| Tondela | 2021–22 | Primeira Liga | 27 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | |
| Utrecht | 2022–23 | Eredivisie | 25 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 28 | 1 | |
| 2023–24 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | |||
| Montpellier | 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 14 | 3 | ||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 1 | |||
| Total | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 23 | 4 | ||||
| Career total | 130 | 6 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 149 | 8 | ||
- ^ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
International
[edit]- As of matches played on 11 June 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2024 | 3 | 0 |
| Total | 3 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Real Sociedad
References
[edit]- ^ "Squad List: Men's Olympic Football Tournament Tokyo 2020: France (FRA)" (PDF). FIFA. 22 July 2021. p. 6. Retrieved 28 August 2021.
- ^ "Premier contrat pro pour Modibo Sagnan !". www.rclens.fr. Archived from the original on 31 January 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2018.
- ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2017/2018 - 21ème journée - RC Lens / FC Sochaux-Montbéliard". www.lfp.fr.
- ^ "Modibo Sagnan (Lens) part à la Real Sociedad". L'Équipe. 30 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ "Loan agreement with CD Mirandés". Real Sociedad. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ "Acuerdo para su cesión al CD Tondela" [Agreement for his loan to CD Tondela] (in Spanish). rReal Sociedad. 31 August 2021. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Franse aanwinst: FC Utrecht huurt Modibo Sagnan" (in Dutch). Utrecht. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 20 July 2022.
- ^ "FC Utrecht licht optie: Modibo Sagnan blijft in Domstad" [FC Utrecht exercise option: Modibo Sagnan stays in Domstad] (in Dutch). FC Utrecht. 2 June 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
- ^ "Modibo Sagnan, nouveau défenseur du MHSC" [Modibo Sagnan, new defender of the MHSC]. www.mhscfoot.com (in French). 1 February 2024. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
- ^ "Mali v Nigeria game report". ESPN. 26 March 2024.
- ^ "Modibo Sagnan". www.rclens.fr. 29 April 2019.
- ^ Modibo Sagnan at Soccerway. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Athletic Club 0–1 Real Sociedad: result, summary, goal". AS.com. 4 April 2021. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
- ^ Lowe, Sid (3 April 2021). "Real Sociedad beat Athletic to claim Copa del Rey and Basque glory". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 April 2021.
External links
[edit]
- Modibo Sagnan at BDFutbol
- Modibo Sagnan – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Modibo Sagnan at Soccerway
- Modibo Sagnan at L'Équipe Football (in French)
- 1999 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Saint-Denis, Seine-Saint-Denis
- French men's footballers
- Malian men's footballers
- Mali men's international footballers
- French Muslims
- Men's association football defenders
- Ligue 2 players
- RC Lens players
- La Liga players
- Segunda División players
- Primeira Liga players
- Eredivisie players
- Real Sociedad footballers
- CD Mirandés footballers
- C.D. Tondela players
- FC Utrecht players
- Montpellier HSC players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in the Netherlands
- French expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- French expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in the Netherlands
- Olympic footballers for France
- Footballers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- French sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- Sportspeople of Burkinabé descent
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- 21st-century French sportsmen