Sékou Sanogo (footballer)

Sékou Sanogo
Sanogo with Young Boys in 2017
Personal information
Full name Sékou Junior Sanogo
Date of birth (1989-05-05) 5 May 1989
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Železničar Pančevo
Number 35
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2008–2010 Africa Sports
2011–2014 Thun 48 (4)
2012Lausanne-Sport (loan) 14 (0)
2012–2013Lausanne-Sport (loan) 31 (2)
2014–2019 Young Boys 99 (11)
2019 Al-Ittihad 11 (1)
2020–2023 Red Star Belgrade 60 (4)
2023Paris FC (loan) 1 (0)
2024 Schaffhausen 10 (0)
2024– Železničar Pančevo 16 (0)
International career
2017 Ivory Coast 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21 January 2020

Sékou Junior Sanogo (born 5 May 1989) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serbian club Železničar Pančevo.

Club career

Sanogo was part of the Young Boys squad that won the 2017–18 Swiss Super League, their first league title in 32 years.[2]

On 21 January 2020, Sanogo signed a one-year loan with Serbian club Red Star Belgrade.[3]

Sanogo completed his move to the Serbian heavy weights Red Star Belgrade FC on 27 January 2021 from Saudi club Al-Ittihad Club (Jeddah) on a two-year deal with his contract expiring in 2023.[4]

On 31 January 2023, Sanogo joined Paris FC in the French Ligue 2 on loan until the end of the season.[5]

On 15 January 2024, Sanogo returned to Switzerland and signed with Schaffhausen.[6]

International career

An Ivory Coast international, Sanogo made his international debut for ”Les Éléphants” in a friendly match which resulted in a 1–1 tie with Senegal on 27 March 2017.[7][8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 23 August 2024[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup[a] Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Thun 2010–11 Super League 14 1 1 0 15 1
2011–12 9 0 0 0 5[b] 0 14 0
2013–14 25 3 2 0 9[b] 2 36 5
Total 48 4 3 0 14 2 65 6
Lausanne-Sport (loan) 2011–12 Super League 14 0 0 0 14 0
2012–13 31 2 1 0 32 2
Total 45 2 1 0 46 2
Young Boys 2014–15 Super League 25 1 0 0 11[b] 1 36 2
2015–16 11 2 1 0 1[c] 0 13 2
2016–17 21 2 2 1 6[d] 0 29 3
2017–18 27 5 3 0 7[e] 0 37 5
2018–19 15 1 2 0 6[c] 0 23 1
Total 99 11 8 1 31 1 138 13
Al-Ittihad 2018–19 Saudi Pro League 11 1 5 0 5[f] 0 21 1
Red Star 2019–20 SuperLiga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2020–21 23 2 5 0 10[g] 0 38 2
2021–22 24 2 2 0 13[h] 0 39 2
2022–23 12 0 1 0 8[i] 0 21 0
Total 60 4 8 0 31 0 99 4
Paris FC (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 2 5 0 1 0 6 0
Schaffausen 2023–24 Challenge League 10 0 0 0 10 0
Career total 278 22 26 1 81 3 385 26
  1. ^ Including Swiss Cup, King's Cup, Serbian Cup
  2. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  4. ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League
  5. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance(s) in AFC Champions League Elite
  7. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances in UEFA Europa League
  8. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, nine appearances in UEFA Europa League
  9. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances in UEFA Europa League

Honours

Africa Sports

Young Boys

Red Star Belgrade

Individual

References

  1. ^ "Sékou Sanogo". Red Star Belgrade. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  2. ^ Homewood, Brian (28 April 2018). "Soccer - Young Boys end 32-year wait for Swiss title and end Basel dominance". Reuters. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  3. ^ Zvezda potvrdila: Seku Sanogo došao na pozajmicu (VIDEO) at Sportski žurnal, 21 February 2020 (in Serbian)
  4. ^ "Саного Звездин до 2023" (in Serbian). 27 January 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Sekou Sanogo prêté au Paris FC" (in French). Paris FC. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 5 February 2023.
  6. ^ "Sékou Sanogo unterschreibt beim FCS" [Sékou Sanogo signs with FCS] (in German). Schaffhausen. 15 January 2024. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Ivory Coast v Senegal". BBC Sport. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 23 April 2019.
  8. ^ a b c d Sékou Sanogo at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ^ Sékou Sanogo at Soccerway
  10. ^ "SAFP GOLDEN 11 2017 - Die Gewinner". Golden11. 31 January 2018. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Super League: Kevin Mbabu élu joueur de l'année". RTSSport.ch (in French). 28 January 2019. Retrieved 28 November 2022.