Saër Sène (born 4 November 1986) is a French professional

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who plays as a forward.

Club career

Born in

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, Sène began his career in the youth system of

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, before being released in 2005. He dropped into lower division football, signing for FC Étampes, before moving on to Germany in 2007, joining SG Schorndorf for a brief spell. He then spent two seasons with

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, the last of which was successful, with the club winning a

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and

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double. His league debut came on 31 August 2007 in a 1–0 victory at home against SSV Ulm 1846. He scored his first goal in the 89th minute in a 2–4 defeat at TSV Crailsheim. He concluded his first season with 21 appearances and four goals, in the following season, Sène notched 31 assists and 22 goals, including three hat-tricks. In 2009, Sène joined Bayern Munich, as part of the

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squad. He represented the first-team in a few pre-season friendlies, scoring against

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in the

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. He was a regular for Bayern II in the

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, and was named in the first-team's squad for the 2009–10 Champions League. He missed most of the 2010–11 season through injury, but returned for the following season, scoring eight goals in the first half of the season, only to leave Bayern on a free transfer in January 2012. A month later, he signed for

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. On 17 March 2012, Sène made his MLS debut starting the match before coming off on in the 56th minutes for

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in a 3–0 loss against Sporting Kansas City in the club's second match of the season. The next game on 24 March 2012, Sène scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Portland Timbers On 19 May 2012, Sène scored his first brace in his MLS career in a 2–2 draw against Houston Dynamo. On 29 August 2012, Sène tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a 3–3 draw against Chivas USA. Prior to his injury he had scored two goals. He was ruled out for the remainder of the season having scored 11 goals and gotten 3 assists, the most for a Revolution player since

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in 2007. On 12 August 2014, Sène was traded with an international roster spot to

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in exchange for

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and allocation money. Two weeks later he scored his first goal for New York in a 2–0 victory over

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in the

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. On 2 December 2014, New York announced that the club would not exercise its 2015 option for Sène. He joined Blackpool on 9 January 2015 in a short-term deal until the end of the season. On 15 March 2017, Sène signed with Bulgarian club

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until the end of the season. He left the club in June when his contract expired.

Personal life

Sène is the son of

Oumar Sène Oumar Sène, (born 23 October 1959) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Sène was born in Dakar, Senegal. He won the Senegal Premier League 1980 with US Gorée. Later he played 197 times for French ...

, a former

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

international footballer.

Honours

SG Sonnenhof Großaspach *

Oberliga Baden-Württemberg The Oberliga Baden-Württemberg is the highest association football league in the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Baden-Württemberg football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the German foot ...

(V): 2009 *

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: 2009

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sene, Saer 1986 births Living people Footballers from Paris French men's footballers French expatriate men's footballers French sportspeople of Senegalese descent Men's association football forwards 3. Liga players Major League Soccer players English Football League players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Botola players SG Sonnenhof Großaspach players FC Bayern Munich II players New England Revolution players New York Red Bulls players Blackpool F.C. players FC Montana players Chabab Atlas Khénifra players Expatriate men's footballers in Germany French expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States French expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate men's footballers in England French expatriate sportspeople in England Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria