Bacary Sagna
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Sagna in 2012 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Bacary Sagna | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 14 February 1983 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Sens, France | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| 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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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.
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.
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.