Sada Thioub (born 1 June 1995) is a professional
footballer
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who plays as a
winger for Kazakhstani club
Yelimay. Born in France, he played for the
Senegal national team.
Club career
Thioub is a youth exponent from
Nice
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. He made his
Ligue 1
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debut for the club on 23 January 2015 against
Marseille
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, replacing
Niklas Hult
Bo Niklas Hult (born 13 February 1990) is a Swedish professional footballer who plays as a left back for IF Elfsborg.
Club career Nice
In May 2014 Niklas Hult was signed by OGC Nice for a fee around €1 million, the French Ligue 1 club as they ...
after 89 minutes in a 2–1 home win.
On 6 January 2022, Thioub signed for
Saint-Étienne
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Saint-Étienne is the t ...
on loan until the end of the
2021–22 season.
International career
On 27 February 2019, Thioub was called up to the
Senegal national team. He was one of four young Senegalese players to receive a debut call-up to the national team. He made his debut on 23 March 2019 in an
Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Madagascar, as an 86th-minute substitute for
Ismaïla Sarr
Ismaïla Sarr (born 25 February 1998) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Watford and the Senegal national team.
Club career Early career
Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Sarr started his foo ...
.
Personal life
Thioub was born and raised in
Nanterre, France. He is
Senegalese
Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 ...
by descent.
Career statistics
International
References
1995 births
Living people
People from Nanterre
French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
Black French sportspeople
Senegalese men's footballers
French men's footballers
Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine
Men's association football midfielders
Senegal men's international footballers
2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
Ligue 1 players
Ligue 2 players
Championnat National players
Championnat National 2 players
Championnat National 3 players
Kazakhstan Premier League players
OGC Nice players
En Avant Guingamp players
CA Bastia players
Nîmes Olympique players
Angers SCO players
AS Saint-Étienne players
FC Yelimay players
Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
Expatriate men's footballers in Kazakhstan
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
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