Leroy Aziz Sané ( bear 11 January 1996 ) is a german professional football player who plays as a winger for Bundesliga golf club Bayern Munich and the german national team. Sané made his professional debut for Schalke 04 in 2014 and transferred to Manchester City in 2016 for an initial £37 million fee. He was voted PFA Young Player of the year in 2017–18, becoming the first and only German player to win the award ; after helping City win the Premier League and EFL Cup, a feat the side bettered by winning a domestic treble the play along temper.
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Sané made his senior external debut for Germany in November 2015 and was region of their police squad that reached the semi-finals of UEFA Euro 2016 .
early life [edit ]
Sané was born on 11 January 1996 in Essen, Germany and was raised near the Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid. [ 3 ] He is the son of former german rhythmical gymnast, the 1984 Summer Olympics bronze medalist Regina Weber, and early football player and senegalese international Souleymane Sané. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] He was named Leroy in honor of Claude Le Roy, a former principal coach of his father. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] His father met his mother while playing professionally for SG Wattenscheid 09. Souleymane Sané was raised in France ; he moved to Germany through his overhaul in the french Army. Sané ‘s two brothers, Kim and Sidi, have played for the youth side or moment eleven of major german football clubs. [ citation needed ]
Club career [edit ]
early career [edit ]
Sané began playing football in 2001 for the young person team of SG Wattenscheid 09. In 2005, he joined Schalke 04. Three years late, he joined Bayer Leverkusen, before returning to the Schalke young person academy ( Nachwuchsleistungszentrum ) in 2011. [ citation needed ]
Schalke 04 [edit ]
On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional abridge with Schalke extending until 30 June 2017. [ 4 ] He made his Bundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 against VfB Stuttgart. [ 9 ] He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 3–1 away kill. [ 9 ] He scored his beginning goal of the season in a 2–1 home frustration to 1. FC Köln on 13 December. [ 10 ] On 11 March 2015, Sané scored in his first UEFA Champions League couple in a 4–3 victory over Real Madrid, although his side were knocked out of the competition on 5–4 aggregate. [ 11 ] [ 12 ]
Manchester City [edit ]
2016–17 : debut season [edit ]
On 2 August 2016, Sané joined Premier League club Manchester City, signing a five-year contract for a reported £37 million transfer tip, with performance-related add-ons potentially making the tip £46.5 million. [ 13 ] [ 14 ] He made his debut in a 1–2 win, in the Manchester bowler hat against Manchester United, on 10 September. [ 15 ] His first base goal for City came in a 2–1 win against Arsenal at home in the Premier League, on 18 December. [ 16 ] Following a enchantment on the sidelines ascribable to injury, Sané made his render in a plot against Tottenham Hotspur and scored in a 2–2 withdraw at the City of Manchester Stadium on 21 January 2017. [ 17 ] On 28 January, he scored in a 3–0 away win over Crystal Palace in the FA Cup one-fourth round of golf match. [ 18 ] On 21 February, he scored in a 5–3 comeback acquire over Monaco in the Champions League round of 16 first base leg match. [ 19 ] On 1 March, he scored in a 5–1 home gain over Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup fifth round replay equal. [ 20 ] Four days late, on 5 March, he scored in a 2–0 away win over Sunderland. [ 21 ] On 15 March, he scored in the come back regular of the Champions League marry against Monaco, but City lost 1–3, knocking them out from the tournament on away goals. [ 22 ] On 2 April, he scored the opening goal in an eventual 2–2 draw with Arsenal. [ 23 ] On 15 April, he scored in a 3–0 gain over Southampton. [ 24 ] In July 2017, Sané said he believed his debut season at City had been limited by his inability to breathe through his nose. [ 25 ] He said he particularly suffered during matches, with his constantly blocked nose hampering his performance and causing him intense frustration. [ 26 ] He opted to have corrective operation during the off-season break. Although this caused him to miss that year ‘s FIFA Confederations Cup, he said his chronic nasal congestion was becoming increasingly intolerable for him and that he wished to enter the following season feel happy and healthy. [ 25 ]
2017–19 : back-to-back league titles [edit ]
On 9 September 2017, Sané scored his first two goals of the 2017–18 season in City ‘s 5–0 home succeed against Liverpool. [ 27 ] On 20 September, he scored twice in a 2–1 aside win over West Bromwich Albion in the third round match of the League Cup. [ 28 ] On 23 September, he scored in a 5–0 win over Crystal Palace. [ 29 ] On 14 October, he scored in a 7–2 acquire over Stoke City. [ 30 ] On 21 October, he scored in a 3–0 succeed over Burnley. [ 31 ] On 28 October, he scored in a 3–2 away win over West Bromwich Albion. [ 32 ] After scoring and assisting once in each of his three matches, he earned the Premier League Player of the Month award for October 2017. [ 33 ] On 6 January 2018, he scored in a 4–1 win in the FA Cup third base circle over Burnley. [ 34 ] On 14 January, he scored in a 4–3 kill to Liverpool. [ 35 ] Nine days later, on 23 January, he scored in a 3–2 away win over Bristol City, securing advancement into the League Cup final, in which he played 77 minutes before being substituted off as City won 3–0 over Arsenal to clinch their first trophy under Pep Guardiola. [ 36 ] [ 37 ] On 1 March, five days following the winnings in the final examination, he scored against Arsenal in a 3–0 league away win. [ 38 ] On 31 March, he scored in a 3–1 away win over Everton, putting City just a win away from winning the league title. [ 39 ] On 29 April, he scored in a 4–1 away win over West Ham United. [ 40 ] Sané was voted the PFA Young Player of the year for his part in Manchester City ‘s 2017–18 Premier League title win, edging teammates Raheem Sterling and Ederson, ampere well as Tottenham Hotspur ‘s Harry Kane. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] With 15 assists, Sané precisely missed out on winning the inaugural address Premier League Playmaker of the Season award to fellow teammate Kevin De Bruyne. [ 44 ] On 15 September 2018, Sané scored the opening goal and his first of the 2018–19 season in City ‘s 3–0 home gain against Fulham. [ 45 ] He late scored the concluding goal in straight home plate match wins over Burnley and Southampton. [ 46 ] [ 47 ] On 24 November, Sané assisted a first-half goal for Sterling and scored a brace in a 4–0 away win over West Ham United. [ 48 ] On 3 January 2019, he scored the win goal for Manchester City in the 72nd minute of the game against Liverpool, which resulted in Liverpool ‘s first and lone league kill of the temper. [ 49 ] On 21 February 2019, Manchester City were 2–1 depressed in the first leg of the Champions League round of golf of 16 marry against Sané ‘s former golf club, Schalke, playing with only 10 men after Nicolás Otamendi was sent off on the 68th infinitesimal. Sané levelled the scores with a sandbag release kick back from just under 30 yards only seven minutes after being substituted for Sergio Agüero. He chose not to celebrate out of respect for his former club. City went on to win the game 3–2 with the winning goal scored by Raheem Sterling. [ 50 ] On 13 March 2019, in the second gear leg of the Champions League round of 16 clash against Schalke, Sané put in an incredible performance with three assists and a finish to contribute to Manchester City ‘s 7–0 victory against his erstwhile baseball club, sending City to the quarter-finals of the competition. [ 51 ] On 24 April 2019, Sané scored the second and concluding goal in a match against Manchester United during the 66th moment to secure City a Manchester bowler hat gain. [ 52 ] It was his first Manchester bowler hat finish. [ 53 ] [ 54 ] [ 55 ]
2019–20 : injury
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Sané was repeatedly linked with Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich to replace club staples Franck Ribéry, who was leaving the cabaret, and retiring Arjen Robben. [ 56 ] Despite a consider to the german english reportedly being closely finalized, Sané was amazingly named in the starting 11 against Liverpool in the FA Community Shield. After only 10 minutes, Sané was substituted after sustaining a tear ACL, ruling him out for the majority of the season and ending talks with Bayern until his injury healed. [ 57 ] In June 2020, Sané rejected a contract extension at Manchester City, with Guardiola stating that Sané would leave the club in the summer. [ 58 ]
Bayern Munich [edit ]
On 3 July 2020, Bayern Munich agreed to sign a five-year cope with Sané [ 59 ] [ 60 ] for an initial €45 million with add-ons rising to a potential €60 million. [ 61 ] Sané scored on his second Bundesliga introduction in an 8–0 win against early club FC Schalke 04. [ 62 ] On 3 November 2020, Sané scored his beginning Champions League goal for Bayern Munich in a 6–2 off win over Red Bull Salzburg in the 2020–21 season. [ 63 ]
International career [edit ]
Sané with Germany in 2019 Sané was first called up to the Germany under-21 team by youth passenger car Horst Hrubesch on 28 August 2015 for the friendly against Denmark and for the 2017 UEFA european Under-21 Championship modifier against Azerbaijan. [ 64 ] On 3 September 2015, he made his debut for the german U21 side in a 2–1 win at Stadion an five hundred Lohmühle in Lübeck against Denmark, where he was replaced after 73 minutes by julian Brandt. [ 65 ] Sané received his first elder call-up to the german senior team on 6 November 2015 in a friendly against France. [ 66 ] On 13 November 2015, he 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 get the better of for the Germans, overshadowed by shootings and explosions around the stadium. [ 67 ] Sané was selected by Germany boss Joachim Löw to represent the state at UEFA Euro 2016. [ 68 ] He participated in one pit, replacing Bastian Schweinsteiger on 79 minutes in Germany ‘s 2–0 semi-final get the better of to France. [ 69 ] Sané was eligible to play for France because he holds french citizenship. [ 7 ] Sané was omitted from Germany ‘s final examination 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in favor of another young player julian Brandt on 4 June 2018. [ 70 ] In September 2018, after he was selected for the team to face games against France and Peru, he left the team hotel after a discussion with Joachim Löw, citing “ personal reasons ” as his cause for leaving. [ 71 ] It was subsequently revealed that the reason for leaving was due to the birth of his daughter. [ 72 ] [ 73 ] On 16 November 2018, he scored his beginning goal for Germany against Russia following an assist from Serge Gnabry. The goal came in the eighth hour of the crippled as Germany won 3–0. [ 74 ] On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for the UEFA Euro 2020. [ 75 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 4 December 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup[a]
League Cup[b]
Europe
Other
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Schalke 04
2013–14[76]
Bundesliga
1
0
0
0
—
0
0
—
1
0
2014–15[76]
Bundesliga
13
3
0
0
—
1[c]
1
—
14
4
2015–16[76]
Bundesliga
33
8
2
0
—
7[d]
1
—
42
9
Total
47
11
2
0
—
8
2
—
57
13
Manchester City
2016–17[77]
Premier League
26
5
5
2
2
0
4[c]
2
—
37
9
2017–18[78]
Premier League
32
10
3
1
5
3
9[c]
0
—
49
14
2018–19[79]
Premier League
31
10
4
2
3
0
8[c]
4
1[e]
0
47
16
2019–20[80]
Premier League
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1[e]
0
2
0
Total
90
25
12
5
10
3
21
6
2
0
135
39
Bayern Munich
2020–21[81]
Bundesliga
32
6
1
1
—
8[c]
3
3[f]
0
44
10
2021–22[82]
Bundesliga
14
4
2
1
—
5[c]
4
1[g]
0
22
9
Total
46
10
3
2
—
13
7
4
0
66
19
Career total
183
46
17
7
10
3
42
15
6
0
258
71
International [edit ]
- As of match played 14 November 2021[83]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Germany
2015
1
0
2016
3
0
2017
5
0
2018
8
2
2019
4
3
2020
4
1
2021
15
5
Total
40
11
- As of match played 14 November 2021
- Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sané goal.[83]
Honours [edit ]
Manchester City
Bayern Munich
Germany
Individual
References [edit ]
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