Mouhamadou-Naby Sarr (born 13 August 1993) is a French professional

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who plays as

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for Al-Markhiya.

Career

Sarr made his senior debut with

Olympique Lyonnais Olympique Lyonnais (), commonly referred to as simply Lyon () or OL, is a men and women's French professional football club based in Lyon in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The men play in France's highest football division, Ligue 1. Founded in 1950, th ...

in the

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on 6 December 2012 against Hapoel Ironi Kiryat Shmona. He opened the score after 15 minutes, and Lyon won the game 2–0. On 28 July 2015, Sarr joined

Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, south-east London, which compete in . Their home ground is The Valley, where the club have played since 1919. They have also played at The Mount in C ...

on a five-year deal. He scored his first goal for the club against

Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town Association Football Club is a professional football club based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England, which compete in the . The team have played home games at the Kirklees Stadium since moving from Leeds Road in 1994. The ...

on 15 September 2015. On 21 June 2016, Sarr joined

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on a season long loan deal. On 15 December 2018, Sarr was sent off inside the first minute of Charlton's

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match against

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, beating a club record previously held by

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. On 11 September 2020, Sarr joined

. He scored his first goal for Huddersfield in a 4–3 defeat against

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

on 21 November 2020. On 1 June 2022, it was confirmed that Sarr had been released by Huddersfield Town at the end of his contract. On 26 August 2022, after nearly a month with the club,

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announced the signing of Sarr to a four-year contract. On 12 June 2023, Sarr joined Al-Markhiya in the

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on a two-year contract.

International career

Sarr has played for the France U20 and France U21, but because of his father's

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

ese heritage, he received a call-up to the

Senegal national football team The Senegal national football team ( French: ''Équipe de football du Senegal''), nicknamed the ''Lions of Teranga'', represents Senegal in international association football and is operated by the Senegalese Football Federation. One of Africa' ...

in November 2019.

Personal life

Sarr is the son of the Senegalese footballer

Boubacar Sarr Boubacar Sarr (born 20 July 1951) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a striker. In France, he played for Toulon, Marseille, Cannes, Paris Saint-Germain and Martigues, and in the United States for New Jersey City FC. P ...

Career statistics

Honours

Sporting CP *

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: 2014–15 Charlton Athletic *

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France U20 *

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* * 1993 births Living people Footballers from Marseille Men's association football defenders French men's footballers France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French expatriate men's footballers French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Olympique Lyonnais players Sporting CP footballers Charlton Athletic F.C. players Red Star F.C. players Huddersfield Town A.F.C. players Reading F.C. players Al-Markhiya SC players Ligue 1 players Ligue 2 players Primeira Liga players English Football League players Qatar Stars League players Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Qatar French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Qatar {{France-footy-defender-1990s-stub