Mohamed Sakho

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Mohamed Sakho
Personal information
Full name Mohamed Sakho
Date of birth (1988-08-05) August 5, 1988 (age 35)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Olympique Safi
Number 13
Youth career
Lionceaux de Matam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Horoya AC 40 (10)
2006–2007 Hafia FC 17 (5)
2007–2009 ES Sahel 55 (13)
2009–2010 Olympique Béja 13 (0)
2010–2011 AS Gabès 24 (2)
2011–2013 Denizlispor 19 (0)
2013– Olympique Safi 16 (0)
International career
2007– Guinea 22 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 April 2014
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 31 October 2013

Mohamed Sakho (born 5 August 1988 in Conakry), is a Guinean footballer, who currently plays for the Moroccan side Olympique Safi.

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Career

At the end of 2007, Mohamed Sakho played for Étoile du Sahel at the World Club Championship in Japan, [1] having won the CAF Champions League and the Tunisian league title. Additionally, Sacko won the bronze medal at the World Club Championship in Japan and subsequently won the CAF Super Cup with Etoile Sportive du Sahel at the end of February 2008 and signed in July 2009 for Olympique Beja. [2]

International career

Sacko was one of the twenty-three players of the Syli National ("National Elephant") who participated at the 2008 26th African Nations Cup (CAN) tournament in Ghana, [3] West Africa, where the National Elephant reached the quarter-final for the third consecutive time in six years (2004 in Tunisia, 2006 in Egypt, and 2008 in Ghana). Along with Mohamed Dioulde Bah of Strasbourg football club (a French 1st Division team), Sacko was one of the young Syli National players that impressed at the 2008 CAN.

Sacko was one of several players who featured in all four matches played by the National Elephant at the 2008 CAN.

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