Saër Sène

Saër Sène (born 4 November 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward.[2]

Saër Sène
Sène (left) with Tim Cahill in 2014
Personal information
Full name Saër Sène
Date of birth (1986-11-04) 4 November 1986
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
0000–2005 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2007 FC Etampes 68 (39)
2007 SG Schorndorf 4 (2)
2007–2009 SG Sonnenhof Großaspach 52 (26)
2009–2012 Bayern Munich II 55 (19)
2012–2014 New England Revolution 59 (17)
2014 New York Red Bulls 5 (0)
2015 Blackpool 1 (0)
2015 SV Wehen Wiesbaden 8 (1)
2016 Stuttgarter Kickers 16 (2)
2017 Montana 7 (3)
2017 FAR Rabat 0 (0)
2017–2018 Chabab Atlas Khénifra 22 (7)
2018 Rapide Oued Zem 4 (0)
2018–2019[1] Youssoufia Berrechid 0 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 21:02, 24 March 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Born in Paris, Sène began his career in the youth system of Paris Saint-Germain, before being released in 2005. He dropped into lower division football, signing for FC Étampes, before moving on to Germany in 2007, joining SG Schorndorf for a brief spell. He then spent two seasons with SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, the last of which was successful, with the club winning a league and cup double. His league debut came on 31 August 2007 in a 1–0 victory at home against SSV Ulm 1846. He scored his first goal in the 89th minute in a 2–4 defeat at TSV Crailsheim. He concluded his first season with 21 appearances and four goals, in the following season, Sène notched 31 assists and 22 goals, including three hat-tricks.

In 2009, Sène joined Bayern Munich, as part of the reserve team squad. He represented the first-team in a few pre-season friendlies, scoring against Milan in the Audi Cup. He was a regular for Bayern II in the 3. Liga, and was named in the first-team's squad for the 2009–10 Champions League.[3] He missed most of the 2010–11 season through injury, but returned for the following season, scoring eight goals in the first half of the season, only to leave Bayern on a free transfer in January 2012.

A month later, he signed for New England Revolution of MLS.[4] On 17 March 2012, Sène made his MLS debut starting the match before coming off on in the 56th minutes for Diego Fagundez in a 3–0 loss against Sporting Kansas City in the club's second match of the season.[5] The next game on 24 March 2012, Sène scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Portland Timbers[6] On 19 May 2012, Sène scored his first brace in his MLS career in a 2–2 draw against Houston Dynamo.[7][8] On 29 August 2012, Sène tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a 3–3 draw against Chivas USA.[9] Prior to his injury he had scored two goals. He was ruled out for the remainder of the season having scored 11 goals and gotten 3 assists, the most for a Revolution player since Taylor Twellman in 2007.[10]

On 12 August 2014, Sène was traded with an international roster spot to New York Red Bulls in exchange for Andre Akpan and allocation money.[11] Two weeks later he scored his first goal for New York in a 2–0 victory over C.D. FAS in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.[12]

On 2 December 2014, New York announced that the club would not exercise its 2015 option for Sène.[13] He joined Blackpool on 9 January 2015 in a short-term deal until the end of the season.

On 15 March 2017, Sène signed with Bulgarian club Montana until the end of the season.[14] He left the club in June when his contract expired.[15]

Personal life

Sène is the son of Oumar Sène, a former Senegal international footballer.[16]

Honours

SG Sonnenhof Großaspach

References
  1. Saër Sène at FootballDatabase.eu
  2. "Saer Sène : « Van Gaal a été un papa pour moi »". sofoot.com (in French). 14 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
  3. "FC Bayern München". UEFA. Archived from the original on 1 September 2009. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
  4. "Revs acquire French forward Saër Sène". revolutionsoccer.net. 14 February 2012.
  5. "Match: Kansas City v New England". ESPN Soccernet. 17 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  6. "Match:New England v Portland Timbers". ESPN Soccernet. 24 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  7. "Match:New England v Houston". ESPN Soccernet. 19 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  8. "MLS: Five things we learned in week 11". The Guardian. 21 May 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2012.
  9. "Saer Sene, New England Revolution's leading scorer, to miss remainder of 2012 season". The Sporting News. 2 September 2012. Retrieved 26 February 2013.
  10. "Revolution vs. Chivas USA - August 29". revolutionsoccer.net. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  11. "Red Bulls acquire Sène". newyorkredbulls.com. 12 August 2014. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  12. "NY Red Bulls defeat CD Fas 2-0". mlssoccer.com. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  13. "Red Bulls announce contract options not being exercised for 2015 season". newyorkredbulls.com. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014.
  14. "Играл за ПСЖ и Байерн подписа с Монтана" (in Bulgarian). gong.bg. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  15. "Монтана се раздели със седем чужденци" (in Bulgarian). blitz.bg. 23 June 2017. Retrieved 24 June 2017.
  16. Dell'Apa, Frank (23 February 2012). "Revolution candidates aim to please". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
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