 Sanogo playing for Charlton Athletic in 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Yaya Sanogo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 27 January 1993[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Massy, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Qingdao Red Lions | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 9 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Les Ulis | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006–2010 | Auxerre | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2012 | Auxerre B | 31 | (15) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2013 | Auxerre | 21 | (11) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2017 | Arsenal | 11 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Crystal Palace (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015–2016 | → Ajax (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2015 | → Jong Ajax (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | → Charlton Athletic (loan) | 8 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2020 | Toulouse | 63 | (12) | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Huddersfield Town | 9 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Urartu | 15 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | Qingdao Red Lions | 5 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2008–2009 | France U16 | 18 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 2009–2010 | France U17 | 16 | (9) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | France U19 | 9 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013 | France U20 | 10 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2014 | France U21 | 8 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:52, 23 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:05, 13 February 2016 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Yaya Sanogo (born 27 January 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for China League One club Qingdao Red Lions.
A promising youth player, he came up at local Parisian club CO Les Ulis before moving to Auxerre's youth academy. He made his debut for Auxerre in 2010 at the age of 16. In 2013, he was transferred to the Arsenal team coached by Arsène Wenger. He struggled to break into Arsenal's first team in his four seasons at the club during which time he had loan spells with Crystal Palace, Ajax, and Charlton Athletic. In 2017, he was transferred to Toulouse, where he played for three seasons. He had brief stints at Huddersfield Town in 2021 and Armenian Premier League club Urartu in 2023–24, before joining Qingdao Red Lions in China in 2024.
He is a former French youth international, and was a member of the side that won the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup.
- ^ "Barclays Premier League squad numbers 2013/14". Premier League. 16 August 2013. Archived from the original on 25 September 2013. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Yaya Sanogo". Barry Hugman's Footballers. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
- ^ "Yaya Sanogo". Premier League. Retrieved 16 March 2017.