Ismaïla Sarr

Ismaïla Sarr(born 25 February 1998) is a Senegalese football player who plays as Winger for French club Metz in Ligue 1 and Senegal national football team.

Early career

Born in Saint-Louis, Senegal, Sarr started his football career with Senegalese football club Génération Foot.

FC Metz

On 13 July 2016, Sarr signed his first professional contract with FC Metz for five years. He made his league debut on 13 August 2016 against Lille OSC at Stade Saint-Symphorien, the FC Metz's home ground, which Metz won by 3-2. In this match, he played 20 minutes, after he was substituted for Florent Mollet. On 11 September 2016, Sarr played a league game against FC Nantes as a starter and he played a whole game and he was shown a yellow card.

Sarr has represented his country at Senegal national under-23 football team. In 2015, he played in 2015 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations. At that time, his age was only 17. He contributed that Senegal finished the competition in a fourth place, playing 3 games.

He played for the first time with Senegal national football team for a match against Namibia in September 2016 in Dakar (2-0) for 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification, for which Senegal is already qualified. As a symbol, it comes into play in the 67th minute in place of the former resident of Génération Foot and Metz, Sadio Mané. On 8 Janury 2017, Sarr made his national team debut goal in a friendly match against Libya national football team in Stade Municipal de Kintélé, Brazzaville.

Club

(Correct as of 14 January 2017)

International