Dame Sarr

Dame Sarr

Sarr with Italy in 2025
No. 2–FC Barcelona
Position	Shooting guard / Small forward
League	Liga ACB EuroLeague
Personal information
Born	(2006-06-04) 4 June 2006 (age 18) Oderzo, Italy
Listed height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Listed weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Career information
Playing career	2023–present
Career history
2023–present	FC Barcelona

Elhadji Dame Sarr (born 4 June 2006) is an Italian professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also has represented the Italian national team. Standing at 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m), Sarr plays in the shooting guard position.

Early life and youth career

Dame Sarr started playing basketball in the youth ranks of his local team Basket Oderzo, which he joined in 2012 at only 6 years old. He would join Orange1 Basket Bassano in 2019. ^[1] FC Barcelona noticed him while playing for the local team at a tournament held in Bassano del Grappa in 2022. Sarr would sign for the Catalans in the summer of 2022. ^[1] During the 2022-23 season, Sarr would play both for the FC Barcelona Junior team and the FC Barcelona B team in the Liga EBA. ^[1]

Professional career

While still being a FC Barcelona B player, Sarr would make his professional debut for the FC Barcelona first team in January 2023. Playing the last seconds of a 2022-23 Liga ACB win against Bilbao Basket, he became the second youngest player to play an official game for the Catalans. ^[2]

Continuing to play for FC Barcelona B during the 2023-24 season, Sarr would occasionally be called up to the first team, making his Euroleague debut in a win against Panathinaikos in November 2023. ^[3]

Sarr joined the FC Barcelona first team roster for the 2024-25 season. ^[4]

National team career

Sarr has represented Italy in several youth-level competitions, most notably the 2022 U16 European Chamionship, the 2023 U18 European Championship and the 2024 U18 EuroBasket. ^[5]

On 25 November 2024 Sarr made his debut for the Italian national team in a EuroBasket 2025 qualifier game against the Icelandic national team. ^{[6] [7]}

Career statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game	PIR	Performance Index Rating
Bold	Career high

EuroLeague

Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG	PIR
2023–24	Barcelona	2	0	1.5	.000	.000	—	—	—	—	—	—	-1.5
2024–25		8	0	4.1	.666	.333	.000	.5	.3	.3	.1	1.3	1.2
Career		10	0	3.3	.571	.200	.000	.4	.3	.3	.1	1.1	0.7

Domestic leagues

Year	Team	League	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
2022–23	Barcelona	ACB	3	2.3	.800	.000	—	.3	—	—	—	2.6
2023–24	Barcelona	ACB	2	2.0	1.000	.333	—	—	—	—	—	2.5
2024–25	Barcelona	ACB	6	8.5	.000	.167	.500	.6	—	—	—	1.1

References

1. "Dame Sarr Bio". fcbarcelona.com. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
2. "Dame Sarr, el segon debutant més jove de la historia". fcbarcelona.cat (in Catalan). 22 January 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
3. "Dame Sarr, la gran esperanza del Barça, debuta en la Euroliga". Sport (in Spanish). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
4. "Dame Sarr, en dinàmica del primer equip". fcbarcelona.cat (in Catalan). 14 August 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
5. "Barcelona keeps draft prospect Dame Sarr for the next season". Eurohoops. 14 August 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
6. "Italy v Iceland". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
7. "Dame Sarr en su primer baile con los grandes: ¿Quién es la perla del Barcelona y de Italia?". olympics.com (in Spanish). 25 November 2024. Retrieved 23 January 2025.

External links

• Dame Sarr Profile at ACB.com (in Spanish)
• Dame Sarr Profile at euroleaguebasketball.net
• Dame Sarr at FIBA
• Dame Sarr Profile at fcbarcelona.com