Mamadou Sarr
 Sarr with Strasbourg in 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Mamadou Sarr[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 29 August 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Martigues, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Strasbourg (on loan from Chelsea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2011–2012 | ESSLB | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2012–2018 | Lens | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2024 | Lyon | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | Lyon B | 22 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | Lyon | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | → RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 10 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024–2025 | Strasbourg | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Chelsea | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2025– | → Strasbourg (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2022 | France U17 | 14 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–2023 | France U18 | 10 | (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2024 | France U19 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2024 | France U20 | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 25 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 9 September 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Mamadou Sarr (born 29 August 2005) is a French professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Ligue 1 side Strasbourg, on loan from Premier League club Chelsea.[2]
Early life
[edit]He is the son of former Senegalese International Pape Sarr. Mamadou was born in Martigues while his father was playing for Istres. Sarr spent most of his childhood living in Nord-Pas-de-Calais, following his father who spent a large part of his career at Lens.[3]
Early career
[edit]Sarr began his football career at Étoile Sportive de Saint-Laurent-Blangy, before joining Lens, where his father plays.[3] He then moved to Lyon in 2018.[3]
During the 2021–22 season, at only 16 years old, he established himself as a starter with Les Gones under-19 team. He thus plays an important role in Lyon's triumph in the Coupe Gambardella alongside players like Hugo Vogel and Mohamed El Arouch. He scored in the quarter-final against Strasbourg,[4] then in the semi-final against Troyes.[5][6][7]
Club career
[edit]On 27 May 2023, Sarr made his professional debut in Lyon's 3–0 Ligue 1 victory against Reims as a substitute, replacing Maxence Caqueret in the 83rd minute.[8]
On 18 January 2024, Sarr moved on loan to RWD Molenbeek in Belgium until the end of the 2023–24 season,[9] where he played 10 games, but could not prevent them from being relegated. [10]
On 22 August 2024, Sarr joined Ligue 1 fellow Strasbourg for a transfer fee of €10M and signed a five-year contract with the team.[11]
On 9 June 2025, Sarr moved to Chelsea on an eight-year contract.[12] However, on 1 August 2025, Chelsea announced that Sarr would be loaned out to Strasbourg on a season-long loan.[13]
International career
[edit]Eligible to play with Senegal, Sarr chose France for his first selections for the youth team, even recovering the captain's armband on several occasions with the under-17s.[3] In April 2022, he was selected with the France team for the 2022 UEFA European Under-17 Championship organised in Israel.[14] He was a starter during the competition, where France was crowned as champions after defeating Netherlands 2–1 in the final thanks to Saël Kumbedi's brace.[15]
Style of play
[edit]Trained as a centre-back, Sarr occasionally played as a defensive midfielder as part of Lyon's youth teams.[3]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of match played 24 June 2025[2]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon B | 2022–23 | Championnat National | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 18 | 0 | ||||
| 2023–24 | Championnat National 3 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 22 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 22 | 1 | ||||||
| Lyon | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | |||||
| RWD Molenbeek (loan) | 2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Strasbourg | 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | |||
| Chelsea | 2024–25 | Premier League | — | — | — | — | 1[c] | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2025–26 | Premier League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Strasbourg (loan) | 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 61 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 64 | 0 | ||
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
- ^ Includes EFL Cup
- ^ Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
Honours
[edit]Chelsea
Lyon U19
- Coupe Gambardella: 2022[citation needed]
France U17
France U19
- UEFA European Under-19 Championship runner-up: 2024[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Squad List: FIFA Club World Cup 2025: Chelsea FC (ENG)" (PDF). FIFA. 15 June 2025. p. 12. Retrieved 15 June 2025.
- ^ a b Mamadou Sarr at Soccerway
- ^ a b c d e "Scouting : Mamadou Sarr, la gloire de son père". RMC Sport (in French). 4 May 2022.
- ^ "Un bien beau dernier carré". FFF (in French).
- ^ "Gambardella : l'OL ira au Stade de France ! (3–1)". OL (in French).
- ^ Edward Jay (7 May 2022). "Gambardella: El Arouch, Sarr, Patouillet... Les dernières pépites de l'OL, qui disputent la finale contre Caen". RMC Sport (in French).
- ^ Aurélien Macedo (7 May 2022). "Revivez en live commenté la finale de la Coupe Gambardella entre l'OL et Caen !". Foot Mercato (in French).
- ^ "OL – Reims: A spectacular victory and tribute! (3–0)". Olympique Lyonnais. 27 May 2023.
- ^ "MAMADOU SARR NOUVEAU JOUEUR DU RWDM!" [MAMADOU SARR IS A NEW RWDM PLAYER!]. RWDM (in French). RWD Molenbeek. 18 January 2024. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
- ^ "Dit is de eindstand in de Relegation Play-offs: RWDM en Eupen zakken" [This is the final standings in the Relegation Play-offs: RWDM and Eupen are down]. Sporza (in Dutch). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ "Transfert de Mamadou Sarr au RC Strasbourg" (in French). Olympique Lyonnais. 21 August 2024.
- ^ "Chelsea complete Mamadou Sarr signing!". Chelsea F.C. 9 June 2025. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ "Sarr loaned to Strasbourg". Chelsea F.C. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
- ^ Richard Loyant. "Les vingt joueurs choisis pour l'Euro". FFF (in French).
- ^ "Ils sont champions d'Europe". FFF (in French).
- ^ Begley, Emlyn (13 July 2025). "Chelsea 3–0 PSG". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
- ^ "Final: France 2–1 Netherlands: Line-ups". UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- ^ "2024 Under-19 EURO final highlights, report: Spain 2-0 France". UEFA. 28 July 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
External links
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- Mamadou Sarr at Soccerway
- Mamadou Sarr at the French Football Federation (in French)
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Martigues
- French men's footballers
- Men's association football defenders
- Olympique Lyonnais players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- R.W.D. Molenbeek (2015) players
- Chelsea F.C. players
- Championnat National players
- Ligue 1 players
- Belgian Pro League players
- Championnat National 3 players
- France men's youth international footballers
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- French expatriate sportspeople in Belgium
- French expatriate sportspeople in England
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- 21st-century French sportsmen