 Sankharé in 2020 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1989-09-10)10 September 1989 (age 36) | ||
| Place of birth | Sarcelles, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | FC 93 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1998–2001 | AS Pierrefitte | ||
| 2001–2007 | Paris Saint-Germain | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2007–2011 | Paris Saint-Germain | 33 | (1) |
| 2007–2011 | Paris Saint-Germain II | 3 | (0) |
| 2009 | →Reims (loan) | 17 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | →Dijon (loan) | 27 | (6) |
| 2011–2013 | Dijon | 40 | (4) |
| 2013 | →Valenciennes (loan) | 13 | (0) |
| 2013 | →Valenciennes II (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 2013–2016 | Guingamp | 98 | (9) |
| 2016–2017 | Lille | 21 | (2) |
| 2017–2019 | Bordeaux | 67 | (12) |
| 2020–2021 | CSKA Sofia | 12 | (3) |
| 2021 | Panathinaikos | 10 | (3) |
| 2021–2022 | Giresunspor | 8 | (0) |
| 2024– | FC 93 | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2008–2010 | France U21 | 16 | (3) |
| 2015–2017 | Senegal | 7 | (1) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18:33, 6 December 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 09:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC) | |||
Younousse Sankharé (born 10 September 1989) is a Senegalese professionalfootballer who plays as amidfielder for FrenchChampionnat National 2 clubFC 93. Born in France, he is a former Senegal international.
Sankharé grew up in the northern suburbs of Paris in Val-d'Oise and joined his hometown club in 2001 arriving at the Camp des Loges as a youth player. After spending nearly six years in the club'syouth system and thereserves, Younousse signed his first professional contract, in June 2007, agreeing to a three-year deal.[1]
Younousse participated in the club's pre-season earning appearances in the2007 edition of the Emirates Cup where Paris Saint-Germain finished second. He made his league debut on 6 October 2007 in a match againstRennes appearing as a substitute in a 3–1 defeat.[2] He earned consecutive starts the following match days playing the full 90 minutes in both a 0–0 draw againstValenciennes[3] and a 3–2 loss toLyon.[4] After those appearances, he regularly appeared as a substitute throughout theleague season, but made impressive starts in the2007–08 edition of the Coupe de France. In the Round of 16, he assisted on the opening goal scored byLoris Arnaud in a 2–1 victory overSC Bastia.[5] He also played the full 90 minutes in 1–0 victories over amateur sideCarquefou[6] andAmiens SC.[7]
Thenext season, Younousse's play was limited appearing in only two league matches. This was primarily due to the club's impressive start in league play, where they reached as high as 2nd position. He did make four appearances in theUEFA Cup earning starts against Turkish clubKayserispor,[8] German clubSchalke 04,[9] and Spanish clubRacing Santander.[10]
Due to the club's positive form in league play and also playing well inEurope, on 26 January 2009, Sankharé was sent on loan by managerPaul Le Guen toLigue 2 clubStade de Reims in order to increase the player's playing time.[11] He made his debut just four days later playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw withGuingamp.[12] He appeared in every following league match scoring no goals gaining experience in the process, despite Reims suffering relegation to the third-tierNational. He returned to Paris on 1 July. He subsequently had spells withDijon,Valenciennes andGuingamp.
On 26 July 2016, Sankharé joined fellow Ligue 1 sideLille on a four-year deal.[13] However, after six months and twenty-three appearances in all competitions for Lille, Sankharé left to joinBordeaux on 30 January 2017.[14]
For Les Girondins stayed three seasons playing for 67 games scoring 12 goals with his second season in the team to be his career highlight been the most scoring productive as he scored 7 goals in 29 games in Ligue 1 Conforama. He eventually left Bordeaux on 20 November 19 with his team terminating his contract.
On 21 June and after being without a club for six months Sankharé joinsBulgarian Group A championsCSKA Sofia. For Armeytsite he played for 12 league games while scoring 3 goals, he also started in all 10 games for his team's European campaign being one the key players.
Sankharé's career in the Bulgarian capital was brief as Greek clubPanathinaikos showed interest and therefore signed him on 31 January 2021, the last day of winter transfer window. He scored the winning goal in hisGreek Super League debut for "Trifili" againstAtromitos coming from the bench in the 61st minute. On 14 February 2021, in a 2–1 win over the rivalsOlympiacos as he assisted the first goal of his team scored byMaurício and scored his second goal for the club in the 73rd minute.
Sankharé joinedGiresunspor in Turkey for the 2021–22 season. His contract was terminated on 15 February 2022 by mutual consent.[15]
In March 2013, it was announced that Sankharé had rejected the chance to play for Mauritania and would like to play for Senegal at international level.[16] He declared his international future with Senegal in December 2014.[17] He got his first callup for a friendly against Algeria in October 2015.[18][19]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | League Cup[b] | Continental[c] | Other[d] | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain | 2007–08 | Ligue 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 |
| 2008–09 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4[e] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| 2009–10 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1 | ||
| Total | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1 | ||
| Paris Saint-Germain II | 2010–11 | CFA | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Reims (loan) | 2008–09 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||
| Dijon (loan) | 2010–11 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 27 | 6 | |
| Dijon | 2011–12 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | 38 | 5 | |
| 2012–13 | Ligue 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | ||
| Total | 40 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 5 | ||
| Valenciennes (loan) | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Valenciennes II (loan) | 2012–13 | CFA | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Guingamp | 2013–14 | Ligue 1 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 40 | 3 | |
| 2014–15 | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2015–16 | 33 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 36 | 6 | |||
| Total | 98 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 9 | ||
| Guingamp II | 2014–15 | CFA 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Lille | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[g] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 2 |
| Bordeaux | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 18 | 5 | |||
| 2017–18 | 29 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | 33 | 10 | |||
| 2018–19 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — | 33 | 4 | |||
| 2019–20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 67 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 84 | 19 | ||
| CSKA Sofia | 2020–21 | First League | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | – | 10[h] | 0 | – | 23 | 3 | ||
| Panathinaikos | 2020–21 | Super League Greece | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 11 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 343 | 40 | 17 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 31 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 405 | 48 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 4 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 1 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 May 2016 | Amahoro Stadium,Kigali, Rwanda | 4 |  Rwanda | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
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