 Sané withBordeaux | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ludovic Lamine Sané | ||
| Date of birth | (1987-03-22)22 March 1987 (age 38) | ||
| Place of birth | Villeneuve-sur-Lot, France | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | |||
| Youth career | |||
| 1997–2003 | US Lormont | ||
| 2003–2006 | Stade Bordelais | ||
| 2008–2009 | Bordeaux | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2006–2007 | Agde | 25 | (1) |
| 2007–2008 | US Lormont | ||
| 2009–2016 | Bordeaux | 188 | (7) |
| 2016–2018 | Werder Bremen | 38 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Orlando City | 42 | (1) |
| 2020 | FC Utrecht | 1 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Senegal | 35 | (0) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 6 October 2020 | |||
Ludovic Lamine Sané (born 22 March 1987) is a formerfootballer. He played primarily acentre-back but has also been used asholding midfielder. Born in France, he representedSenegal at international level.
Sané was born inVilleneuve-sur-Lot in southwestern France and began his football career playing for local club US Lormont on the outskirts ofBordeaux. He later joinedStade Bordelais before signing a contract withChampionnat de France amateur clubRCO Agde at the age of 19. Sané spent one season at Agde appearing in 25 matches scoring one goal. Following the season, he returned to Lormont and spent a season playing in the Division d'Honneur. During the summer of 2008, Sané jumped five divisions signing a three-year professional contract withLigue 1 clubBordeaux.[1]
Sané initially played with the club's reserve team upon his arrival appearing in 15 matches during the2008–09 season. While playing with the amateurs, the young player impressed managerLaurent Blanc and assistantJean-Louis Gasset. For the2009–10 pre-season, Sané featured regularly and performed well, most notably in a 3–1 win over Spanish clubAthletic Bilbao after appearing as a second-half substitute. On 19 September 2009, Sané was called up to the first team for the first time for Bordeaux's league match againstBoulogne. He didn't appear in the match, but eventually became a regular in the first 18 often appearing on the bench as a backup forFrench internationalAlou Diarra. On 3 November, Sané made his professional debut in the club's 2–0 victory over German clubBayern Munich in theUEFA Champions League appearing as a substitute in the 84th minute. The following month, he earned his first start playing the entire match in Bordeaux's 1–0 victory overIsraeli clubMaccabi Haifa. Sané made his league debut four days later in Bordeaux's important tie withLyon. Bordeaux won the match 1–0 with Sané playing the full 90 minutes.
On 8 January 2010, Sané agreed to a contract extension with Bordeaux which will tie him to the club until 2014. He scored his first goal for Bordeaux in a 3–1 loss toOlympique de Marseille in aCoupe de la Ligue final at theStade de France.
After spending seven senior years at Bordeaux, Sané departed the club and signed forBundesliga sideWerder Bremen for an undisclosed fee.[2][3] In January 2018, the club's sporting directorFrank Baumann announced that Sané would not be part of the team "for the time being" because he had been absent from training on two days without a valid excuse. Sané would also be allowed to settle his personal sporting future.[4]
On 20 February 2018, Sané signed forMajor League Soccer sideOrlando City SC.[5][6] He made his debut as a halftime substitute away toNew York City on 17 March and scored his first goal for the club againstReal Salt Lake in a 3–1 home victory on 6 May. After an injury-troubled first season with the club in which they set a new MLS record for goals conceded in a season, Sané formed a strong central partnership withRobin Jansson in2019 and was a regular starter as Orlando turned things round defensively, conceding a team-record low number of goals.[7] Despite this, on 21 November 2019, it was announced Sané had his contract option for the 2020 season declined by Orlando as part of the end-of-season roster decisions.[8]
On 8 February 2020, Sané signed forFC Utrecht until the end of the season.[9] He made his debut on 16 February as an 89th minute substitute againstWillem II, entering with Utrecht leading 1–0. The game finished 1–1 after Willem II scored a stoppage time equalizer.[10] Sané was an unused substitute in the next three league games as well as a 2–0KNVB Cup semi-final win overAjax before the season was canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in April.[11] He was released at the end of his contract having made one appearance.[12]
Ludovic's younger brotherSalif Sané is also a professional footballer and Senegalese international.[13]
| Club | Season | League | Cup[a] | Continental | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Agde | 2006–07 | CFA | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 25 | 1 | |
| Bordeaux | 2009–10 | Ligue 1 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 2 |
| 2010–11 | 33 | 2 | 4 | 0 | — | 37 | 2 | |||
| 2011–12 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2013–14 | 36 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 45 | 2 | ||
| 2014–15 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 1 | ||
| 2015–16 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Total | 188 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 232 | 11 | ||
| Werder Bremen | 2016–17 | Bundesliga | 27 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |
| 2017–18 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |||
| Total | 38 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 2 | ||
| Orlando City | 2018 | MLS | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 17 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 26 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 30 | 0 | |||
| Total | 42 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | ||
| FC Utrecht | 2019–20 | Eredivisie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |
| Career total | 293 | 11 | 28 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 344 | 15 | ||
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