senegalese football player

Ismaïla Sarr ( bear 25 February 1998 ) is a senegalese professional football player who plays as a winger for Premier League club Watford and the Senegal home team .

Club career [edit ]

early career [edit ]

Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Sarr started his football career with senegalese football club Génération Foot. [ 3 ]

Metz [edit ]

On 13 July 2016, Sarr signed his first professional contract with FC Metz for five years. [ 4 ] He made his league debut on 13 August 2016 against Lille OSC at Stade Saint-Symphorien, the FC Metz ‘s home crunch, which Metz won by 3–2. In this equal, he played 20 minutes, after he was substituted for Florent Mollet. [ 5 ]

Stade Rennais [edit ]

On 26 July 2017, Sarr signed a four-year narrow with Ligue 1 side Rennes. The transfer fee paid to Metz was reported as €17 or 20 million, depending on the source. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] He picked the remove to Rennes over a motion to FC Barcelona. [ 8 ] On 13 December 2018, Sarr scored doubly in the second half ( including a penalty ), as Rennes clinched their identify in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League knockout phase with a ( Group K, Matchday 6 ) 2–0 home acquire over FC Astana. [ 9 ]

Watford [edit ]

On 8 August 2019, Sarr joined Premier League club Watford on a five-year contract. The transfer fee paid to Rennes was a club record for Watford [ 10 ] and reported as “ in the area of £30 million. [ 11 ] He scored his first goal for Watford in an EFL Cup necktie against Coventry City on 27 August 2019. [ 12 ] On 29 February 2020, Sarr picked up two goals and an serve in Watford ‘s 3–0 home victory over Liverpool, handing Liverpool their beginning frustration of the 2019–20 temper and ending the cabaret ‘s 44-match unbeaten league run. [ 13 ] On 24 April 2021, Sarr scored from the penalty spot in Watford ’ s 1–0 home winnings over Millwall in the Championship, sealing Watford ’ s recurrence to the Premier League after one season. [ 14 ] Sarr ended as Watford ’ s top scorer for the 2020–21 season, scoring thirteen goals. [ 15 ] He continued from where he left off as he scored in Watford ‘s 3–2 succeed against Aston Villa in their afford game of the 2021–22 Premier League season. [ 16 ]

International career [edit ]

Sarr has represented his country with the Senegal U23 national team. In 2015, he played in 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. [ 17 ] At that time, his old age was only 17. He contributed that Senegal finished the rival in a fourth place, playing three games. He played for the first time with Senegal national team for a match against Namibia in September 2016 in Dakar ( 2–0 ) for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations reservation, for which Senegal had already qualified. As a symbol, he came into playing period in the 67th hour in position of the former resident of Génération Foot and Metz, Sadio Mané. [ 18 ] On 8 January 2017, Sarr scored his first international goal in a friendly couple against Libya in Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville. In May 2018, he was named in Senegal ‘s 23-man police squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. [ 19 ] In 2019, Sarr was contribution of the Senegal squad that reached the final examination of the Africa Cup of Nations, for merely the second time in the nation ‘s history. [ 20 ] He played the fully 90 minutes of the final examination on 19 July 2019, as they lost 1–0 to Algeria. [ 21 ] In November 2019, he suffered an ankle injury whilst on international duty. [ 22 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 7 November 2021[23]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Metz 2016–17 Ligue 1 31 5 0 0 2 0 33 5
Rennes 2017–18 Ligue 1 24 5 1 0 2 0 27 5
2018–19 35 8 5 1 1 0 9[a] 4 50 13
Total 59 13 6 1 3 0 9 4 77 18
Watford 2019–20 Premier League 28 5 0 0 2 1 30 6
2020–21 Championship 39 13 1 0 0 0 40 13
2021–22 Premier League 12 5 0 0 0 0 12 5
Total 79 23 1 0 2 1 81 23
Career total 169 41 7 1 7 1 9 4 0 0 191 46

International [edit ]

As of match played 14 November 2021[24]
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2016 1 0
2017 9 2
2018 10 1
2019 9 1
2020 3 1
2021 8 4
Total 40 9
Scores and results list Senegal’s goal tally first.[24]

Honours [edit ]

club [edit ]

Rennes

person [edit ]

References [edit ]