Sambou Yatabaré (born 2 March 1989) is a professional

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who plays as a

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for

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. Population Inhabitants are known as ''Sochaliens''. Economy S ...

. Born in France, he represents

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at international level.

Club career

Yatabaré has played for Caen,

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and

Bastia Bastia (, , , ; co, Bastìa ) is a commune in the department of Haute-Corse, Corsica, France. It is located in the northeast of the island of Corsica at the base of Cap Corse. It also has the second-highest population of any commune on the is ...

Olympiacos and loans

On 30 August 2013, he signed a four-year contract with Greek side

Olympiacos F.C. Olympiacos Club of Fans of Piraeus ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σ.Φ.Π. ), known simply as Olympiacos or Olympiacos Piraeus, is a Greek professional football club based in Piraeus, Attica. Part of the major multi-sport club Olympiacos CFP ('' ...

, for a reported fee of €2.2 million. Six months later, lacking game-time in Greece, Yatabaré was sent back to Bastia on loan for six months where he made his return in the first team against

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on 18 January 2014. He spent the 2014–15 season in Ligue 1 with

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. On 1 September 2015, he signed a year-long loan deal with

Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (; nl, Standard Luik ; german: Standard Lüttich ) or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège. They are one of the most ...

Werder Bremen

On 28 January 2016, Yatabaré signed for

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on 3 and a half-year contract running until 2019. While the transfer fee was reported as €2.5 million, Standard Liège also stated they had received €500,000 in compensation from Bremen to end the player's loan with the club.

Royal Antwerp (loan)

On 31 August 2017, the last day of the German summer transfer window, Yatabaré joined

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on loan for the 2017–18 season. His new club was given the option to sign him permanently. In March 2018, Werder Bremen's sporting director Frank Baumann confirmed Yatabaré would join Antwerp permanently in the summer.

Sochaux

On 27 June 2022, Yatabaré joined

on a two-year contract.

International career

Yatabaré was eligible to play for the national teams of either

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, making his international debut for Mali in 2008. Yatabaré represented Mali at the

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, scoring the team's first goal of the tournament in a 1–1 draw with

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on 20 January 2015.

Personal life

Yatabaré was born in France to a Malian father and Senegalese mother. His brother, Mustapha, is also a professional footballer, who has played for the Mali national side.

Career statistics

Club

International goals

:''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Yatabaré goal.''

Honours

Mali * Africa Cup of Nations bronze:

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References

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