Vincent Julien Sasso (born 16 February 1991) is a French professional

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who plays as a centre-back for Primeira Liga club Boavista.

Club career

Sasso was born in

Saint-Cloud Saint-Cloud () is a commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthiest tow ...

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. On 18 June 2008, he signed his first professional contract with

FC Nantes Football Club de Nantes (; Gallo: ''Naunnt''), commonly referred to as FC Nantes or simply Nantes (), is a French professional football club based in Nantes in Pays de la Loire. The club was founded on 21 April 1943, during World War II, as a ...

. He made his professional debut on 31 July 2010 in a 4–2

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away loss against

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in the first round of the Coupe de la Ligue, and went on to spend two seasons with the first team in Ligue 2, contributing 20 games to a 13th place in 2010–11. In summer 2012, Sasso joined

S.C. Beira-Mar Sport Clube Beira-Mar () is a Portuguese sports club based in Aveiro, Portugal. Its football team currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, the fourth national level, having gained promotion by winning the Aveiro FA First Division 2018/19 ...

in Portugal for three years. He scored his first goal for the Aveiro club on 6 October, putting the visitors ahead in an eventual 2–1 defeat at

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. His team went on to suffer relegation, but he had already left in late January 2013 to fellow Primeira Liga side

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, on a contract until June 2017. On 30 June 2015, Sasso was loaned to

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from the English

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in a

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-long move. After making only 18 competitive appearances, he left. In August 2016, Sasso rejoined Wednesday after signing a permanent one-year contract. He returned to Portugal and its top division the following off-season, agreeing to a two-year deal at

C.F. Os Belenenses Clube de Futebol Os Belenenses, commonly known as Os Belenenses (), is a Portuguese sports club best known for its football team. Founded in 1919, it is one of the oldest Portuguese sports clubs. It is based in the 25,000-seat Estádio do Rest ...

as a

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; he also represented the renamed

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. Sasso moved to the Swiss Super League on 17 June 2019, signing with Servette FC for three seasons. He played his first match in the competition on 21 July in a 1–1 draw away to BSC Young Boys, and scored his first goal on 31 August as the hosts drew 2–2 against

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after being 2–0 down. On 7 June 2022, Sasso returned to the Portuguese top tier, on a two-year contract at Boavista FC. He scored a career-best four league goals in his debut campaign from 27 official games, but subsequently played second-fiddle to Rodrigo Abascal and

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International career

Sasso won

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for France at youth level. His only for the under-21s was on 2 June 2011, as a late substitute in the 1–0 friendly win over

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in Rouen.

Career statistics

Honours

Braga * Taça da Liga:

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sasso, Vincent 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Saint-Cloud French men's footballers Footballers from Hauts-de-Seine Men's association football defenders Men's association football central defenders Ligue 2 players FC Nantes players Primeira Liga players Liga Portugal 2 players S.C. Beira-Mar players S.C. Braga B players S.C. Braga players C.F. Os Belenenses players B-SAD players Boavista F.C. players English Football League players Sheffield Wednesday F.C. players Swiss Super League players Servette FC players France men's youth international footballers France men's under-21 international footballers French expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal Expatriate men's footballers in England Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal French expatriate sportspeople in England French expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland