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Leroy Sané
Sané with Germany in 2016
Personal information
Full name Leroy Aziz Sané[1]
Date of birth (1996-01-11) 11 January 1996 (age 28)[1]
Place of birth Essen, Germany
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Winger / Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Manchester City
Number 19
Youth career
2001–2005 SG Wattenscheid 09
2005–2008 Schalke 04
2008–2011 Bayer Leverkusen
2011–2014 Schalke 04
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2016 Schalke 04 47 (11)
2016– Manchester City 42 (11)
International career‡
2014–2015 Germany U19 11 (8)
2015– Germany U21 10 (5)
2015– Germany 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:40, 17 December 2017 (UTC)

Leroy Aziz Sané (French pronunciation: [lə.ʁwa sa.ne], German pronunciation: [ˈliːʁ⁠ɔʏ̯ zaˈneː]; born 11 January 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Manchester City and the Germany national team.[2][3]

Club career

Sané playing for Schalke 04 in 2016

Early career

Leroy Sané began playing football in 2001 for the youth team of SG Wattenscheid 09, for which his father played early in his career. In 2005, he joined Schalke 04. Three years later he moved to Bayer 04 Leverkusen. In 2011, Sané returned to the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Schalke 04.

Schalke 04

On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional contract with Schalke 04 running until 30 June 2017.[4] Sané made his Bundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 in a match against VfB Stuttgart.[5] He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 3–1 away defeat.[5]

Manchester City

2016–17 season

On 2 August 2016, Sané joined Manchester City, signing a five-year deal for a reported £37 million, with performance-related add-ons potentially making the fee £46.5 million.[6][7] He made his debut in a 1–2 win, in the Manchester derby, on 10 September.[8] His first goal for City came in a 2–1 win against Arsenal at home in the Premier League.[9] Following a spell out injured, Sané returned against Tottenham and scored in a 2–2 draw at the Etihad.[10] In the following match, he scored for the third consecutive game as City won 3–0 away at Crystal Palace in the FA Cup.[11]

On 13 April 2017, Sané was named as one of six players shortlisted for the PFA Young Player of the Year award.[12]

2017–18 season

On 9 September 2017, Sané scored his first two goals of the 2017–18 season in Manchester City's 5–0 defeat of Liverpool at the City of Manchester Stadium.[13] He scored his third goal of the season against Crystal Palace in their second 5–0 victory of the season. [14]

Due to his excellent performances in October, scoring and assisting once in each of his three games, he has earnt the Premier League Player of the Month award.[15]

International career

Sané was first called up to the Germany U21 team by youth coach Horst Hrubesch on 28 August 2015, for the friendly against Denmark and for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan.[16] On 3 September 2015, Leroy Sané made his debut for the German U21 side in a 2–1 win at Stadion an der Lohmühle in Lübeck against Denmark and he was replaced after 73 minutes by Julian Brandt.[17]

Sané received his first senior call up to the German national team on 6 November 2015 in a friendly against France.[18] On 13 November 2015, Sané was substituted in the 61st-minute for Julian Draxler in a friendly match against France in Saint-Denis, in what would be a 2–0 defeat for the Germans.[19]

Sané was selected by Germany boss Joachim Löw to represent the country at Euro 2016.[20] He participated in one match, replacing Bastian Schweinsteiger on 79 minutes in Germany's 2–0 semifinal defeat to France.[21]

Personal life

Sané is the son of former German rhythmic gymnast, the 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Regina Weber and former footballer and Senegalese international Souleymane Sané.[4][22] Souleymane Sané was raised in France; he came to Germany via his service in the French Army. Leroy Sané was born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia and raised near the Lohrheidestadion in Wattenscheid.[23] He was named Leroy in honor of Claude Le Roy, former head coach of his father.[24] Leroy has dual German and French citizenship.[25]

Career statistics

As of match played 16 December 2017[26]
Club Season League Cup[nb 1] League Cup Europe[nb 2] Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Schalke 04 2013–14 Bundesliga 1 0 0 0 — 0 0 — 1 0
2014–15 13 3 0 0 — 1 1 — 14 4
2015–16 33 8 2 0 — 7 1 — 42 9
Total 47 11 2 0 — 8 2 — 57 13
Manchester City 2016–17 Premier League 26 5 5 2 2 0 4 2 — 37 9
2017–18 16 6 0 0 2 2 5 0 — 23 8
Total 42 11 5 2 4 2 9 2 — 60 17
Career total 89 22 7 2 4 2 17 4 — 117 30
Notes
  1. ^ Includes DFB Pokal and FA Cup.
  2. ^ Includes UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Confederations Cup Russia 2017: List of players: Germany" (PDF). FIFA. 2 July 2017. p. 4. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2017. Retrieved 21 July 2017. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Man City FC Club Details". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ^ "Leroy Sane" (in German). FC Schalke 04 official website. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  4. ^ a b "Sane commits to Schalke". FC Schalke 04 official website. 21 March 2014. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  5. ^ a b "Stuttgart vs. Schalke 04 3 – 1". Soccerway. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2015.
  6. ^ "Leroy Sane: Germany midfielder joins Man City in £37m deal". BBC Sport. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  7. ^ "Manchester City complete signing of Leroy Sane from Schalke". ESPN FC. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 August 2016.
  8. ^ "Manchester City's derby delight as De Bruyne inspires win over United". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  9. ^ "Manchester City 2–1 Arsenal". BBC Sport. 18 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Manchester City 2–2 Tottenham Hotspur". BBC Sport. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  11. ^ "Crystal Palace 0–3 Manchester City". BBC Sport. 28 January 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
  12. ^ "Men's PFA Young Player of the Year 2017". The Professional Footballers Association. 13 April 2017.
  13. ^ "Manchester City and Gabriel Jesus hammer 10-man Liverpool 5–0". The Guardian. 9 September 2017.
  14. ^ "Manchester City 5-0 Crystal Palace". BBC Sport. 23 September 2017. Retrieved 25 September 2017.
  15. ^ "Sane wins EA SPORTS Player of the Month award". Retrieved 19 December 2017.
  16. ^ "Brandt & Co.: Hrubesch holt 17 Neue". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 28 August 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  17. ^ "Sieg trotz Rückstand: DFB-Elf zeigt Moral". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 3 September 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  18. ^ "Gomez returns, Trapp and Sané selected". Deutsche Welle. 6 November 2015. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  19. ^ "Frankreichs Sieg verkommt zur Fußnote". kicker online (in German). Olympia Verlag GmbH. 13 November 2015. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  20. ^ "UEFA EURO 2016 – Germany – Squad". UEFA.com. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  21. ^ "Germany 0–2 France". BBC Sport. 7 July 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2016.
  22. ^ Zocher, Thomas (25 March 2014). "Schalke reward academy star Leroy Sane with two-year deal". Sky Sports. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  23. ^ Philipp Rentsch (26 May 2015). "Leroy Sane: Nicht einfach zwischen den Welten zu switchen". westline (in German). westline GbR: Aschendorff Medien GmbH & Co. KG und WestOnline GmbH & Co. KG in Gesellschaft bürgerlichen Rechts. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  24. ^ Hugues Sionis (12 November 2015). "Allemagne : Leroy Sané (Schalke 04) aurait-il pu jouer pour l'équipe de France ?" (in French). L'Équipe. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  25. ^ Fabian Kunze (11 November 2015). "Senkrechtstarter Leroy Sané: Eine Chance in der deutschen Nationalmannschaft" (in German). Eurosport. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
  26. ^ "Leroy Sane". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  27. ^ "Pep and Leroy land October Premier League Awards". Manchester City. 17 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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