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| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bacary Sagna[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1983[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sens, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right-back | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1992–1997 | Sens | ||||||||||||||||
| 1997–2002 | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2002–2004 | Auxerre B | 37 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2004–2007 | Auxerre | 87 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2014 | Arsenal | 213 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
| 2014–2017 | Manchester City | 54 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Benevento | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | Montreal Impact | 35 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 439 | (10) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2004–2006 | France U21 | 13 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2016 | France | 65 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Bacary Sagna (born 14 February 1983) is a French former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Sagna's former manager at Arsenal, Arsène Wenger, once described him as the best right-back in the Premier League. In addition to him regularly featuring as a wing-back, he played as a centre-back for Arsenal on several occasions.[4][5][6]
Sagna began his career at Auxerre, before being transferred to Arsenal for £7 million in 2007. In 2014, shortly after winning the FA Cup, his first trophy at the club, he made a move to Manchester City.[7][8]
A French international from 2007 to 2016, Sagna played at the 2010 and 2014 editions of the FIFA World Cup, in addition to UEFA Euro 2016 at home.
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- ^ "2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: List of Players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 14 July 2014. p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2020.
- ^ "Bacary Sagna: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
- ^ "Arsene Wenger believes Arsenal defender Bacary Sagna is the best right-back in the Premier League". Give Me Football. 12 April 2012. Archived from the original on 14 April 2012. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ "Arsenal boss Wenger: Sagna best right-back in league". tribalfootball.com. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
- ^ Nik Brumsack (15 February 2013). "Wenger – Sagna can shine at centre back | News Archive | News". Arsenal.com. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
- ^ "Bacary Sagna". Arsenal F.C.
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