Leroy Aziz Sané (; born 11 January 1996) is a German professional

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who plays as a winger for

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club

Bayern Munich Fußball-Club Bayern München e. V. (FCB, ), commonly known as Bayern Munich (), FC Bayern () or simply Bayern, is a German professional sports club based in Munich, Bavaria. They are most known for their men's professional football team, ...

and the Germany national team. He will join

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club

Galatasaray Galatasaray Spor Kulübü (, ''Galatasaray Sports Club''), more commonly referred to as simply Galatasaray and familiarly as Cimbom, is a Turkish sports club based on the European side of the city of Istanbul including basketball, wheelchair ...

on 1 July 2025. Sané made his professional debut for

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

in 2014 and transferred to

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club

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in 2016 for an initial £37 million fee. He was voted

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in 2017–18, becoming the first and so far only German player to win the award, after helping City win the league and

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. In 2020, he joined

on a five-year deal for an initial €45 million fee. Sané made his senior international debut for Germany in November 2015 and was part of their squad that reached the semi-finals of

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Early life

Sané was born on 11 January 1996 in

Essen Essen () is the central and, after Dortmund, second-largest city of the Ruhr, the largest urban area in Germany. Its population of makes it the fourth-largest city of North Rhine-Westphalia after Cologne, Düsseldorf and Dortmund, as well as ...

and was raised near the Lohrheidestadion,

Wattenscheid Wattenscheid () is a of the city of Bochum. Until 1975, it was a separate town in the Ruhr area of North Rhine-Westphalia. Wattenscheid has a population of about 80,000 citizens. Some notable firms have their headquarters in there, such as St ...

. He is the son of former German

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and

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bronze medalist Regina Weber, and former footballer and Senegalese international Souleymane Sané. He was named Leroy in honour of

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, a former head coach of his father. His father met his mother while playing professionally for

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. Souleymane Sané was raised in France; he moved to Germany through his service in the

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. Sané's two brothers, Kim and

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, have played for the youth side or second XI of major German football clubs.

Club career

Early career

Sané began playing football in 2001 for the youth team of SG Wattenscheid 09. In 2005, he joined

. Three years later, he joined

Bayer Leverkusen Bayer 04 Leverkusen, officially known as Bayer 04 Leverkusen Fußball GmbH () and commonly known as Bayer Leverkusen or simply Leverkusen, is a German professional football club based in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It competes in the B ...

, before returning to the Schalke youth academy (''Nachwuchsleistungszentrum'') in 2011.

Schalke 04

On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional contract with Schalke ending on 30 June 2017. He made his

debut on 20 April 2014 against

VfB Stuttgart Verein für Bewegungsspiele Stuttgart 1893 e. V. (), commonly known as VfB Stuttgart (), is a German professional sports club based in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg. The club's Association football, football team is currently part of Germany's f ...

. He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 3–1 away defeat. He scored his first goal of the

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in a 2–1 home defeat to

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on 13 December. On 11 March 2015, Sané scored in his first

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match in a 4–3 victory over

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, although his side were knocked out of the

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on 5–4 aggregate.

Manchester City

2016–17: Debut season

On 2 August 2016, Sané joined

club

, signing a five-year contract for a reported £37 million transfer fee, with performance-related add-ons potentially making the fee £46.5 million. He made his debut in a 1–2 win in the

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against

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on 10 September. His first goal for City came in a 2–1 home win against

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in the Premier League on 18 December. Following a spell on the sidelines due to injury, Sané made his return in a game against

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and scored in the 2–2 draw at the

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on 21 January 2017. On 28 January, he scored in a 3–0 away win over Crystal Palace in the

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match. On 21 February, Sané scored in a 5–3 comeback win over

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in the Champions League

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first leg match. On 1 March, he scored in a 5–1 home win over Huddersfield Town in the FA Cup

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replay match. Four days later, on 5 March, he scored in a 2–0 away win over Sunderland. On 15 March, Sané scored in the return fixture of the Champions League tie against Monaco; however, City lost 1–3, knocking them out from the tournament on

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. On 2 April, Sané scored the opening goal in an eventual 2–2 draw with Arsenal. On 15 April, he scored in a 3–0 win over

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. In July 2017, Sané said he believed his debut season at City had been limited by his inability to breathe through his nose. He said he particularly suffered during matches, with his constantly blocked nose hampering his performance and causing him intense frustration. He opted to have corrective surgery during the off-season break. Although this caused him to miss that year's

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, he said his chronic nasal congestion was becoming increasingly unbearable for him and that he wished to enter the next season feeling happy and healthy.

2017–19: Back-to-back league titles

Sané scored his first two goals of the 2017–18 season in City's 5–0 home win against

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on 9 September 2017. On 20 September, he scored twice in a 2–1 away win over West Bromwich Albion in the third-round match of the League Cup. On 23 September, he scored in a 5–0 win over Crystal Palace. On 14 October, he scored in a 7–2 win over

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. On 21 October, he scored in a 3–0 win over

Burnley Burnley () is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Burnley in Lancashire, England, with a 2021 population of 78,266. It is north of Manchester and east of Preston, at the confluence of the River Calder and River B ...

. On 28 October, he scored in a 3–2 away win over

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. After scoring and assisting once in each of his three matches, he earned the

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award for October 2017. On 6 January 2018, he scored in a 4–1 win in the

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over Burnley. On 14 January, he scored in a 4–3 defeat to Liverpool. Nine days later, on 23 January, he scored in a 3–2 away win over Bristol City, securing advancement into the League Cup final, in which he played 77 minutes before being substituted off as City won 3–0 over Arsenal to clinch their first trophy under

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. On 1 March, five days following the win in the final, he scored against Arsenal in a 3–0 league away win. On 31 March, he scored in a 3–1 away win over Everton, putting City just a win away from winning the league title. On 29 April, he scored in a 4–1 away win over West Ham United. Sané was voted the

for his part in Manchester City's

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title win, edging teammates

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and Ederson, as well as Tottenham Hotspur's

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. With 15 assists, Sané just missed out on winning the inaugural Premier League Playmaker of the Season award to teammate

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. On 15 September 2018, Sané scored the opening goal and his first of the 2018–19 season in City's 3–0 home win against

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. He later scored the final goal in consecutive home match wins over Burnley and Southampton. On 24 November, Sané assisted a first-half goal for Sterling and scored a brace in a 4–0 away win over West Ham United. On 3 January 2019, he scored the winning goal for Manchester City in the 72nd minute of the game against Liverpool, which resulted in Liverpool's first and only league defeat of the season. On 21 February 2019, Manchester City were 2–1 down in the first leg of the Champions League

tie against Sané's former club, Schalke, playing with only 10 men after

Nicolás Otamendi Nicolás Hernán Gonzalo Otamendi (born 12 February 1988) is an Argentine professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre back, centre-back for Primeira Liga club S.L. Benfica, Benfica, which he Captain (association football) ...

was sent off on the 68th minute. Sané levelled the scores with a stunning free kick from just under 30 yards only seven minutes after being substituted for

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. He chose not to celebrate out of respect for his former club. City went on to win the game 3–2 with the winning goal scored by Raheem Sterling. On 13 March 2019, in the second leg of the Champions League round of 16 clash against Schalke, Sané put in an incredible performance with three assists and a goal to contribute to Manchester City's 7–0 victory against his former club, sending City to the quarter-finals of the competition. On 24 April 2019, Sané scored the second and final goal in a match against Manchester United during the 66th minute to secure City a Manchester derby win. It was his first Manchester derby goal.

2019–20: Injury

Sané was repeatedly linked with Bundesliga champions

to replace club staples

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, who was leaving the club, and retiring

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. Despite a deal to the German side reportedly being nearly finalized, Sané was named in the starting 11 against Liverpool in the

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. After only 10 minutes, Sané was substituted after sustaining a torn ACL, ruling him out for the majority of the season and ending talks with Bayern until his injury healed. In June 2020, Sané rejected a contract extension at Manchester City, with Guardiola stating that Sané would leave the club in the summer.

Bayern Munich

On 3 July 2020, Bayern Munich agreed to sign a five-year deal with Sané for an initial €45 million with add-ons rising to a potential €60 million. Sané scored on his second Bundesliga debut in an 8–0 win against former club Schalke 04. On 3 November 2020, Sané scored his first Champions League goal for Bayern Munich in a 6–2 away win over Red Bull Salzburg in the 2020–21 season. In the 2021–22 Champions League season, he scored six goals and provided six assists in ten matches including three goals in two matches against Benfica. On 7 September 2022, he scored a goal and had his shot deflected to an own goal in a 2–0 away win against

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, to be awarded Player of the Match in the first encounter of the

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. A month later, on 4 October, he scored a brace in a 5–0 win over

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, to reach his 20th goal in the Champions League. On 20 September 2023, Sané scored the first goal in a 4–3 victory over Manchester United to be named Man of the Match in the opening fixture of the 2023–24 Champions League campaign, which was also his club's first goal in the competition for the second consecutive season against the same goalkeeper, André Onana, with two different clubs. Subsequently, he was named Bayern's Player of the Month for the previous month of August.

Galatasaray

In the statement made by the

team on June 11, 2025, it was learned that Sane, with whom an agreement was reached, would come to Istanbul to sign an official contract. On 12 June 2025, Sané signed on a free transfer with

club Galatasaray with a three-year deal. It has been announced that he would wear the number 10 jersey, vacated by

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International career

Youth

Sané was first called up to the Germany under-21 team by youth coach

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on 28 August 2015 for the friendly against Denmark and for the

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qualifier against

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. On 3 September 2015, he made his debut for the German U21 side in a 2–1 win at Stadion an der Lohmühle in

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against

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, where he was replaced after 73 minutes by Julian Brandt.

Senior

Sané received his first senior call-up to the German senior team on 6 November 2015 in a friendly against

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. Sané was eligible to play for France, due to also holding French citizenship. On 13 November 2015, he was substituted in the 61st-minute for Julian Draxler in a friendly match against France in Saint-Denis in a 2–0 defeat for the Germans that was overshadowed by shootings and explosions around the stadium. Sané was selected by Germany boss

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to represent the country at

. He participated in one match, replacing

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in the 79th minute in Germany's 2–0 semi-final defeat to France. Sané was omitted from Germany's final 23-man squad for the

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in favour of another young player, Julian Brandt, on 4 June 2018. In September 2018, after he was selected for the squad to face games against France and

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, he left the team hotel after a discussion with Joachim Löw, citing "personal reasons" as his cause for leaving. It was later revealed that the reason for leaving was due to the birth of his daughter. On 16 November 2018, he scored his first goal for Germany against

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following an assist from

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. The goal came in the eighth minute of the game as Germany won 3–0. On 19 May 2021, he was selected to the squad for the

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. He played in all four of Germany's matches: starting once against

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and appearing as a substitute against

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and

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. In November 2022, he was named in the 26-man squad for the

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in Qatar. In June 2024, Sané was named in Germany's squad for the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sané goal.''

Honours

Manchester City *

: 2017–18, 2018–19 *

: 2018–19 *

: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 *

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

2019 This was the year in which the first known human case of COVID-19 was documented, preceding COVID-19 pandemic, the pandemic which was declared by the World Health Organization the following year. Up to that point, 2019 had been described as ...

Bayern Munich *

: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2024–25 *

DFL-Supercup The Franz Beckenbauer Supercup or ''German Super Cup'' is a one-off association football, football match in Germany that features the winners of the Bundesliga championship and the DFB-Pokal. The competition is run by the Deutsche Fußball Liga (E ...

2021 Like the year 2020, 2021 was also heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the emergence of multiple Variants of SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 variants. The major global rollout of COVID-19 vaccines, which began at the end of 2020, continued ...

2022 The year began with another wave in the COVID-19 pandemic, with SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant, Omicron spreading rapidly and becoming the dominant variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus worldwide. Tracking a decrease in cases and deaths, 2022 saw ...

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Germany *

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Individual *

: 2017–18 *

: October 2017 * VDV Newcomer of the Season: 2014–15 *

Fantasy Football Team of the Season: 2021–22

References

External links

Profile
at the FC Bayern Munich website * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sane, Leroy 1996 births Living people Footballers from Essen German men's footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's international footballers Men's association football wingers FC Schalke 04 II players FC Schalke 04 players Manchester City F.C. players FC Bayern Munich footballers Bundesliga players Premier League players UEFA Euro 2016 players UEFA Euro 2020 players 2022 FIFA World Cup players UEFA Euro 2024 players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in England German expatriate sportspeople in England German people of Senegalese descent German people of French descent Black French sportspeople French people of German descent French sportspeople of Senegalese descent 21st-century German sportsmen