Cheikh Sidy Bouya M'Bengue (born 23 July 1988) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
left-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
. He has played professional club football for
Toulouse
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and
Rennes
Rennes (; br, Roazhon ; Gallo: ''Resnn''; ) is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France at the confluence of the Ille and the Vilaine. Rennes is the prefecture of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department ...
. Born in France, he represented them at youth level before playing for the
Senegal senior side.
Club career
Toulouse
M'Bengue started out with his hometown club Toulouse when he was seven joining the club's youth team. He played frequently with the club's underage teams slowly ascending the ranks. Following the
2006–07 season, M'Bengue graduated from the club's youth academy and was promoted to the club's
Championnat de France amateur
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squad. During the
2007–08 season, he earned call ups to the first team and eventually made his debut on 15 September 2007 against
Marseille
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coming on as a substitute in a 2–1 victory. Two weeks later, he appeared as a substitute again in a 1–0 win over
Sochaux
Sochaux () is a commune in the Doubs department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France.
Geography
Sochaux lies east of Montbéliard, and southeast of Paris.
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Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''.
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Soc ...
. He made his first start the following week in a 2–0 defeat to
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Saint-Étienne is the t ...
.
After just a few matches into the
2007–08 CFA season, M'Bengue was embroiled in controversy. While playing in a match against the second team of
AS Monaco
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, he committed a dangerous foul on an opposing player. He was swiftly given a
yellow card
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, however, after realizing the severity of the player's injury, the referee decided to
send off M'Bengue. The
French Football Federation
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responded by suspending him 13 matches, which effectively made him ineligible for play until March 2008. Though M'Bengue was suspended by the federation, he was still allowed participation in
UEFA
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-sanctioned matches. Since Toulouse were participating in the
UEFA Cup
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that season, he made the bench several times and eventually made his first start in the team's 2–1 win over Russian club
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. That winter, M'Bengue signed his first professional contract agreeing to a three-year deal.
M'Bengue was one of the main bright spots during the club's successful play during the season. However, on 14 March 2009, he would be involved in another incident. Coincidentally, while playing against the Monaco senior team in a league match, M'Bengue committed another rough foul, this time on the Argentine
midfielder
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Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...
Alejandro Alonso. He received a yellow card for the tackle and Alonso was eventually ruled out for the season. In response to the tackle, the FFF again suspended M'Bengue until 1 June, which ruled him out for the rest of the season.
Rennes
In the summer of 2013 M'Bengue declined to extend his contract with Toulouse that was expiring in 2014. Clubs such as
Sunderland
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and
Beşiktaş
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showed interest. However, on 25 August M'Bengue transferred to
Stade Rennais
Stade Rennais Football Club (), commonly referred to as Stade Rennais FC, Stade Rennais, Rennes, or simply SRFC, is a French professional football club based in Rennes, Brittany. They compete in Ligue 1, the top tier of French football, and pl ...
and signed a deal that was to last until 2016. The transfer fee was expected to be around €2 million.
Saint-Étienne
On 20 July 2016, M'Bengue joined
Saint-Étienne
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Saint-Étienne is the t ...
on a free transfer.
Shenzhen
On 9 February 2019, M'Bengue transferred to Super League newcomers
Shenzhen
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.
International career
Cheikh made his
French under-21 debut on 19 November 2008 against
Denmark
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in a 1–0 victory. He was a part of the
2009 Toulon Tournament
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squad that reached the finals; however, due to picking up an injury, he missed the match. In May 2011, he announced that he would represent the
Senegal national team at senior international level after previously representing France at youth level. On 9 May 2011, the manager of the Senegal national team,
Amara Traoré
Amara Traoré (born 25 September 1965) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who is the head coach of Horoya AC in the Guinée Championnat National.
He managed the Senegal national team and ASC Linguère in Senegal.
Playing career
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, confirmed that M'Bengue would be representing Senegal at senior international level, and on 4 June 2011, M'Bengue was cleared to play for Senegal, making his international debut later that month.
In January 2017 he was part of the team's successful performance at the
2017 Africa Cup of Nations
References
External links
*
Player profile at Sky Sports
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1988 births
Living people
Footballers from Toulouse
French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
Citizens of Senegal through descent
Men's association football defenders
French men's footballers
Senegalese men's footballers
Senegal men's international footballers
Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Toulouse FC players
Stade Rennais F.C. players
AS Saint-Étienne players
Ligue 1 players
Shenzhen F.C. players
Chinese Super League players
Expatriate men's footballers in China
France men's under-21 international footballers
2012 Africa Cup of Nations players
2015 Africa Cup of Nations players
2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
Black French sportspeople