Profile Bacary Sagna

Personal information

Full name : Bacary Sagna

Date of birth : 14 February 1983

Place of birth : Sens, Bourgogne, France

Height : 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in)

Playing position : Right back

Current club : Arsenal

Number : 3

Youth career :

1997–2001 Auxerre

Senior career :

2001–2004 Auxerre B

2004–2007 Auxerre

2007– Arsenal

National team :

2004–2006 France U21

2007– France

Club career

Auxerre

Sagna begun his vocation at FC Sens. Sagna made 87 Ligue 1 appearances for Auxerre and was part of the squad that won the French Cup in 2005. He furthermore performed in the UEFA Cup in each of his three times of the year with the club's first group, producing a total of 17 appearances in the competition. He was furthermore cast a vote into the Ligue 1 group of the time of the year for his spectacular exhibitions at the right back position.

Arsenal 2007–08 season

On 12 July 2007, Sagna accomplished a proceed to Arsenal from Auxerre for an unrevealed charge, considered to have been an primary €9 million that could increase to €11 million. He wears the number 3 top, most lately damaged for Arsenal by previous protector Ashley Cole.

Sagna made his debut for Arsenal on 19 July 2007 as a starter in the squad that trounce Turkish association Genclerbirligi 3–0 in a amicable at Austria's Bad Waltersdorf Stadion. On 13 February 2008, precisely one week before Arsenal were set to play the second leg of their 4th around meet contrary to AC Milan in the Champions League Sagna's older male sibling, Omar Sagna, past away at the age of 28, the day before his birthday. He did although play the agree after he was suggested to by his father. Arsenal went on to win the second leg 0–2 with the identical scoreline on aggregate. On 23 March, Sagna tallied his first association aim off a header from a corner boot to give Arsenal a 1–0 lead contrary to London competitors Chelsea, but subsequent went off hurt before Chelsea came back to win the game 2–1. At the end of the time of the year, he was entitled in the PFA Team of the Year.

2008–09 season

Sagna marked a new deal with Arsenal before the start of the 2008–09 season. Arsenal have marked him for a farther two years, taking his agreement up to 2014. Sagna stated. "I love Arsenal, it's a large club", and farther supplemented, "The supervisor is furthermore very good and next time of the year we will be battling for all the trophies." He stunningly kept Arsenal in a 2–2 draw contrary to Aston Villa when he leapt and booted the ball away in order that Arsenal would proceed into half time in the lead

2009–10 season

Sagna laboured to duplicate his pattern from the preceding two times of the year as wounds furthermore stopped him from assisting to the group in the identical way. He supplied numerous assists though. His most significant contribtion was giving a traverse to Nicklas Bendtner to make it 1-0 in the 95th contrary to Wolves. Despite this he has been still connected away from the association with diverse groups, most lately Inter Milan, apparently involved in taking the protector away from London.

2010–11 season

Sagna tallied his first aim at the Emirates Stadium for Arsenal contrary to Celtic, a game in which Arsenal went on to win 3–2 and win the Emirates Cup for the second successive year. He was at obvious error when he let a contestant get passed him to let him aid a aim when Arsenal lost 3–2 at the hands of West Brom. He made his 100th association start for Arsenal on 3 October 2010, a 2–0 beat contrary to Chelsea at Stamford Bridge. On 14 November 2010, he tallied only his second ever authorized aim for Arsenal in a 2–1 away triumph contrary to Everton at Goodison Park, with a mighty shot from the beside post. On 8 December 2010, Sagna selected up his first red business card in his Arsenal vocation in a 3–1 dwelling triumph contrary to Partizan Belgrade in Arsenal's last Champions League assembly game of the season. On 1 January 2011, in a agree with Birmingham City, he was engaged in an occurrence where Lee Bowyer for Birmingham marked on him after Sagna had gone in for a undertake, Bowyer was then ostracised by the F.A for three sport for the stamp. On 5 January 2011, Sagna selected up his second red business card of the time of the year after he and Manchester City fullback Pablo Zabaleta headbutted each other in the last instants of Arsenal's 0–0 draw with Manchester City at the Emirates Stadium.

International career

U-21

Sagna has before comprised the French under-21 group, with who he furthermore took part at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. At age 17 Sagna desired to connect up with the Senegalese nationwide group asserting, "I liked to play for Senegal when I was 17, but they didn't reply. So I was a bit disappointed. But when I begun playing for Auxerre for the first group they communicated me (Senegal) and I had a game at the at the identical day with the French nationwide group under 21s so I had to make a choice".

Senior

He obtained his first older worldwide hat for France on 22 August 2007 in a amicable agree contrary to Slovakia on the street, which they won 1–0, approaching on as a alternate for François Clerc after one hour of play. He went on to make his comparable debut for France in their 6–0 away win at the Faroe Islands on 13 October 2007 in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, playing all 90 minutes. It was his only look in the Euro 2008 qualifying. He was not a nominee to connect the French group at the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland as he was still retrieving from the wound maintained in Arsenal's Premier League agree at Chelsea in March 2008. After retrieving from the wound, Sagna returned to the French nationwide group for their amicable agree contrary to Sweden in August 2008, playing all 90 minutes in a 3–2 away win for France. He went on to become a normal in the French team's qualifying crusade for the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was part of the catastrophic French World Cup Campaign when the group smashed into out at the Group stage after mislaying contrary to South Africa.