Yannick Sagbo

Yannick Anister Sagbo Latte (born 12 April 1988), known as Yannick Sagbo, is a professional footballer who plays for Al-Shamal as a striker for Al-Shamal SC in Qatar. Born in France, he represents the Ivory Coast at international level.

Yannick Sagbo
Sagbo playing for Évian in 2012
Personal information
Full name Yannick Anister Sagbo Latte[1]
Date of birth (1988-04-12) 12 April 1988[2]
Place of birth Marseille, France
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[3]
Position(s) Striker
Club information
Current team
 Al-Shamal
Number 25
Youth career
1995–2004 Bouc-Bel-Air
2004–2005 Monaco
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2005–2008 Monaco B 53 (15)
2008–2010 Monaco 19 (0)
2010–2013 Évian 99 (25)
2013–2015 Hull City 32 (2)
2014 → Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan) 4 (0)
2015–2020 Umm Salal 95 (51)
2020 Al-Shamal ? (?)
2020 Umm Salal 3 (0)
2021– Al-Shamal 0 (0)
National team‡
2010 Ivory Coast U23 5 (2)
2010– Ivory Coast 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 20:03, 15 October 2019 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 22:00, 20 October 2013 (UTC)

Club career

Early career

Sagbo was born in Marseille, France and began his football career playing for his local side in SC Air Bel, in Marseille, before joining Monaco during the winter of 2004. He was a part of Monaco's 07–08 CFA squad that won the reserve's professional title (a championship that is reserve for the professional clubs reserves playing in the CFA) scoring 13 goals in 25 matches. Following the season on 13 May 2008, he signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal keeping him at the club until 2011.

He officially joined the first-team squad for pre-season in July 2008, where he was handed the number 9 kit. Sagbo made three appearances during the pre-season, starting them all including their opening friendly match against fellow Ligue 1 side Toulouse FC, Croatian side NK Zagreb, and Olympique Marseille. He proceeded to make his professional debut on 8 November 2008 in a 0–1 loss to Olympique Lyonnais, coming on as a substitute playing 17 minutes.[4]

Hull City

On 26 July 2013, Sagbo signed a two-year contract for an undisclosed fee with English Premier League side Hull City.[5] He made his debut for Hull, on the first day of the 2013–14 season, playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–0 loss away at Chelsea.[6] On 24 August 2013, against Norwich City at the KC Stadium, a confrontation between players saw Sagbo given a straight red card for violent conduct.[7] He scored his first goal in English football on 19 October 2013, away at Everton in a 2–1 defeat, having come on as a substitute.[8] Later in the season, he scored as Hull reached their first-ever FA Cup Final by scoring their first goal in a 5–3 FA Cup semi-final defeat of Sheffield United at Wembley Stadium;[9] he had also scored an equaliser earlier in the competition to prevent their elimination.[10] In the final, which Hull lost to Arsenal, Sagbo was an unused substitute.

At the start of the 2014–15 season, Sagbo featured only once for Hull, in a League Cup exit. Out of contention with the Tigers, he joined Championship side Wolverhampton Wanderers on an emergency loan om September 2014 that was due to last three months[11] and made his club debut on 1 October 2014 in a defeat to Huddersfield Town.[12] However, after three brief substitute appearances, he dropped out of first team contention, with manager Kenny Jackett citing a lack of fitness and the player's failure during his appearances to "state a case for more [gametime]".[13] On 13 November he was recalled by Hull City, two months before his loan was due to expire.[14] Jackett subsequently suggested it had been a mutual decision between the clubs.[15] His contract expired in 2015 and Hull City decided not to extend it.[16]

International career

Sagbo was nominated for the Benin national football team on 30 May 2008 against Angola.[17] On 10 August 2010, he made his debut for the Ivory Coast national football team against Italy in a friendly game at Upton Park. He came on after 61 minutes for Seydou Doumbia. Ivory Coast won the game 1–0.[18]

Career statistics
As of 11 April 2015
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Monaco B 2005–06[19] 40–––40
2006–07[19] 172–––172
2007–08[19] 2010–––2010
2008–09[19] 123–––123
Total 5315–––5315
Monaco 2008–09[19] 30––0030
2009–10[19] 150––00150
2010–11[19] 10––0010
Total 190––00190
Évian 2010–11[19] 319–––319
2011–12[19] 3310–––3310
2012–13[19] 356–––356
Total 9925–––9925
Hull City 2013–14[20] 2825210—344
2014–15[21] 4010103090
Total 322622030434
Wolverhampton Wanderers (loan)2014–15[22] 4000000040
Career total 2074262203021844

Honours

Hull City

References
  1. "Barclays Premier League Squad Numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 5 April 2016.
  2. "Yannick Sagbo". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  3. "Y. Sagbo: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
  4. Monaco v. Lyon Match Report
  5. "Tigers Complete Sagbo Signing". The Tigers Official Website. Hull City A.F.C. 26 July 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2013.
  6. "Chelsea 2 – 0 Hull". BBC Sport. BBC. 18 August 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2013.
  7. "10-Man Tigers Up And Running". Hull City AFC. Hull City Official Website. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
  8. "Everton 2 – 1 Hull". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 October 2013. Retrieved 19 October 2013.
  9. "Hull 5–3 Sheff Utd". BBC Sport. 13 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2014.
  10. "Brighton 1–1 Hull". BBC Sport. 17 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  11. "Yannick Sagbo: Wolves sign Hull City striker on three-month loan". BBC Sport. BBC. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2014.
  12. "Wolves 1–3 Huddersfield". BBC Sport. BBC. 1 October 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  13. "Wolves expected more from Yannick Sagbo". Express & Star. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2014.
  14. "Sagbo recalled from Wolves loan". The Tigers Official Website. Hull City A.F.C. 13 November 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2014.
  15. "Kenny Jackett: We got it wrong with Yannick Sagbo". Express & Star. 14 November 2014. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  16. "Hull City: Paul McShane and Steve Harper among six released". BBC Sport. BBC. 28 May 2015. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  17. African giants seek redemption on www.fifa.com
  18. Ley, John (10 August 2010). "Italy 0 Ivory Coast 1: match report". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 11 January 2016.
  19. "Yannick Sagbo". National Football Teams.com. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  20. "Games played by Yannick Sagbo in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
  21. "Games played by Yannick Sagbo in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  22. "Games played by Yannick Sagbo in 2014/2015". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
  23. McNulty, Phil (17 May 2014). "Arsenal 3–2 Hull City". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 June 2019.
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