Bacary Sagna Fan CLub

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French defender BacarySagna already tasted success at the start of his professional football career at Auxerre before signing for Premier League outfit Arsenal in a €11m deal, including €2m in add-ons, on July 12, 2007. Sagna won the French Cup during his time at Auxerre and that was his only major trophy at the club before he left French football for English football.

Sagna had earlier started his football career at FC Sens and the French international was in their various youth teams until he signed for Auxerre in 1998. The right-back was promoted to the first team in 2004 and he became a regular in his three seasons with the first team before Arsenal came calling. In total, BacarySagna played 87 times for Auxerre in Ligue 1 in addition to representing the team in the UEFA Cup in each of the three seasons he spent with the first team squad. Sagna made a total of 17 appearances in the UEFA Cup for Auxerre. (more…)

BacarySagna was one of the best right-backs in the Premier League during his time at Arsenal. He was a Gunner for a period of seven years between 2007 and 2014.
Sagna featured for the French national team for the first time at the u-21 level. He was part of the France squad to the 2006 edition of the European u-21 Championship. France topped Group A at the tournament before they were eliminated in the semifinals by the Netherlands after extra time.

BacarySagna could have turned out for the Senegalese national team. According to him, he wanted to play for Senegal at the age of 17 but the country’s football officials didn’t reply. The fullback was contacted when he became a regular at French club Auxerre. Sagna had a game with the French u-21 team on the day he was contacted by Senegal officials and he had to make a decision. In the end, he opted for France.

Sagna played his first game for France’s senior team in a friendly game against Slovakia. He came on for the final half an hour in the place of Francois Clerc as his team ran out 1-0 winners. His first game for France competitively came in the 6-0 win over the Faroe Islands on October 13, 2007. He played the whole duration of the encounter which was a qualifier ahead of the Euro 2008 tournament. Sagna featured in the Euro 2008 qualifiers once in the colours of Les Blues and he was not part of the team to the tournament proper due to the injury sustained while playing for Arsenal against Chelsea in the London Derby in the Premier League in March 2008.

In total, BacarySagna finished his France senior national team career with 65 caps and no goal. He was in the team for nine years until 2016.