Cédric Sacras, (Born 28 September 1996) is a

Luxembourger Luxembourgers ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerger ) are a Germanic ethnic group and nation native to their nation state of Luxembourg, where they make up around half of the population. They share the culture of Luxembourg and speak Luxembourgish. Luxembour ...

international footballer who plays as a defender for Swift Hesperange in the

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, as well as the

Luxembourg national football team The Luxembourg national football team (nicknamed the ''Red Lions''; lb, Lëtzebuergesch Foussballnationalequipe, french: Équipe du Luxembourg de football, german: Luxemburgische Fußballnationalmannschaft) is the national football team of Luxe ...

Career

Cédric Sacras began his career as a footballer at the club Swift Hesperange in Luxembourg. He excelled in the youth group of the club, where he was noticed and then supervised by

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side

FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz or simply Metz (), is a French association football club based in Metz, Lorraine. The club was formed in 1932 and plays in Ligue 2, the second division in the French football league sys ...

. He finally signed a youth contract with FC Metz in 2011. From 2013 until the beginning of the 2016/17 season, he played for the reserve team at FC Metz who then played in the CFA and later the

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. He played both in the position of left back and central defender. However at the beginning of the 2016/17 season, he was unable to sign a full professional contract with

to join the first team, so instead signed for CS Fola Esch.

International career

Cédric Sacras has played in two games for Luxembourg. He made his debut on 29 March 2016 against

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in a 2-0 loss as an 86th-minute substitute for Ricardo Delgado at the

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. He played in his second game against

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in a 3-1 loss, also as a substitute.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sacras, Cédric 1996 births Living people Luxembourgian men's footballers Luxembourg men's international footballers Men's association football defenders