Moussa Sao

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Moussa Sao
Personal information
Date of birth (1989-10-17) 17 October 1989 (age 34)
Place of birth Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Striker, winger
Team information
Current team
 Toulon
Number 22
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013–2015 Le Havre 36 (6)
2015–2018 Sochaux 85 (9)
2018–2020 Red Star 44 (3)
2020–2021 Laval 21 (1)
2021– Toulon 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 November 2021

Moussa Sao (born 17 October 1989) is a French-Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker or as a winger for Toulon. Sao is a two-footed player and is a former Futsal player who played at international level for France in his youth. [1] He has made himself available for the Senegal national football team. [2]

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Career

Sao played both football and futsal as a youth, but broke through in futsal when spotted by Cannes Bocca. A good season where he was top scorer with 53 goals saw him called up to the France national futsal team, for whom he was selected ten times and scored 14 goals. His success brought attention from professional football clubs, and after a number of trials he signed a two-year deal with Le Havre. [3] [4]

Sao made his senior football debut for Le Havre on 2 August 2013, as a second half substitute in a 2–0 Ligue 2 defeat at AC Arles-Avignon. [5]

In February 2015 Sao joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard from Le Havre. [4] After three and a half seasons with Sochaux, he signed for Red Star in Ligue 2 in July 2018. [6] In July 2020 he signed with Laval. [7] On 3 September 2021, he moved to Toulon. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ "Entretien | Red Star Football Club". www.redstar.fr (in French). 26 July 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  2. ↑ "Sochaux- Moussa Sao: "Le Sénégal peut prétendre gagner la CAN"". www.galsenfoot.com. Archived from the original on 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "National: "I learned football in the street," says Red Star striker". archyde.com. 28 November 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Moussa Sao s'engage avec le FCSM" (in French). fcsochaux.fr. 2 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Arles-Avignon vs. Le Havre 2–0". soccerway. 2 August 2013.
  6. ↑ Rédaction. "Moussa Sao (ex-Sochaux) rejoint le Red Star". L'ÉQUIPE (in French). Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Stade lavallois : Moussa Sao, ailier du Red Star, débarque à Laval" (in French). Le Courrier via actu.fr. 6 July 2020.
  8. ↑ "MOUSSA SAO : UN RENFORT D'EXPÉRIENCE EN ATTAQUE" (in French). Toulon. 3 September 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
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