Sidy Mohamed Sanokho (born 8 May 1997) is a French professional

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who plays as a

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Playing career

Sanokho spent his youth career with French clubs Gentilly AC, COSM Arcueil, Montrouge FC 92,

UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole is a French association football club based in Alfortville, a suburb of Paris. The current club was formed in 2012 through a merger of UJA Alfortville (formed in 1926) and SC Maccabi du Paris (formed in 1948). The c ...

, and then Italian sides

Spezia Calcio Spezia Calcio is a professional Association football, football club based in La Spezia, Liguria, Italy. Spezia Calcio was founded in 1906 by the Swiss banker Hermann Hurni (or Hurny in some documents), who played for the early Crystal Palace am ...

and

Novara Calcio Novara Football Club, commonly referred to as Novara, is an Football in Italy, Italian football club based in Novara, Piedmont. The club was founded in 2021 by the Novara, City of Novara to replace old Novara Calcio that lost its professional s ...

. He then returned to France to pay senior football with

Racing Club de France Racing Club de France, also known as RCF, is a French Sports club, omnisport club that was founded on 20 April 1882 under the name Racing Club. Racing Club changed its name to Racing Club de France (RCF) on 21 November 1885. The club is located a ...

and

AS Furiani-Agliani Association Sportive de Furiani-Agliani is a French association football club. They are based in the town of Furiani, located on the island of Corsica and their home stadium is the Stade du Bastio. As of the 2019–20 season, they play in the Cha ...

. He travelled to England and signed a short-term contract with

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side Swindon Town in August 2019 after impressing manager

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on a trial basis. He made his first-team debut for the "Robins" on 13 November, in a 1–0 defeat at Bristol Rovers in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanokho, Sidy 1997 births Living people French men's footballers Black French sportspeople Men's association football midfielders UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole players Racing Club de France Football players AS Furiani-Agliani players French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Spezia Calcio players Novara FC players Expatriate men's footballers in England Swindon Town F.C. players English Football League players