Lamine Sy

Lamine Sy

Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-08-10) 10 August 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth	Les Mureaux, France
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Right-back, Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Auxerre
Number	27
Youth career
0000–2014	OFC les Mureaux
2014–2021	Caen
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–2025	Caen II	28	(0)
2021–2025	Caen	23	(0)
2023–2024	→ Rouen (loan)	31	(3)
2025-	Auxerre	0	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 June 2025

Lamine Sy (born 10 August 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Auxerre.

Club career

Lamine Sy joined the Stade Malherbe de Caen academy in 2014 from the Olympique of les Mureaux, starting to play with the Norman team reserve in National 3 during the 2019–20 season. ^{[1] [2]}

Playing only one game that season and during the following one in National 2, he eventually established himself as a regular starter with the reserve in 2021–22 under Fabrice Vandeputte management, earning his first calls to the first team in February 2022. ^{[1] [3]}

He made his professional debut for SM Caen on the 5 February 2022, replacing the right-back Hugo Vandermersch during a 1–1 away Ligue 2 away draw against AS Nancy. ^{[4] [5]}

Style of play

First playing as a midfielder, Sy was moved to the right-back position by Vandeputte where he became a starter in the reserve and played in Caen first team. He is described as a fast, powerful and agile footballer, able to make good use of his technical abilities to be decisive in the attacking phases. ^[1]

Personal life

Having grown up in Île-de-France, Lamine Sy is the younger brother of Harouna Sy, who also plays professionally as a fullback, at Amiens. ^[1]

References

1. Chatel, Aline (5 February 2022). "SM Caen. Qui est Lamine Sy, le jeune joueur convoqué pour la première fois en Ligue 2 ?". actu.fr  [ fr ] (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
2. "Formation. Signature de Lamine Sy". Stade Malherbe Caen. 19 December 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
3. "Première pour Lamine Sy, retour de Benjamin Jeannot face à Nancy". Malherbe inside (in French). 5 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.
4. Letondeur, Boris; Duc, Olivier (5 February 2022). "Ligue 2 (J23) : Caen ne repart qu'avec un point de Nancy, la lanterne rouge". France Bleu (in French). Retrieved 8 February 2022.
5. Guyon, Pierre (5 February 2022). "Nancy – SM Caen : match nul assez logique entre les deux formations". Ouest-France . Retrieved 8 February 2022.

External links

• Lamine Sy at Soccerway
• SM Caen profile