Younousse Sankharé

Younousse Sankharé (born 10 September 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Greek club Panathinaikos.

Younousse Sankharé

Personal information
Full name	Younousse Sankharé
Date of birth	10 September 1989
Place of birth	Sarcelles, France
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Panathinaikos
Number	6
Youth career
1998–2001	AS Pierrefitte
2001–2007	Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2007–2011	Paris Saint-Germain	33	(1)
2007–2011	Paris Saint-Germain II	3	(0)
2009	→ Reims (loan)	17	(0)
2010–2011	→ Dijon (loan)	27	(6)
2011–2013	Dijon	40	(4)
2013	→ Valenciennes (loan)	13	(0)
2013	→ Valenciennes II (loan)	1	(0)
2013–2016	Guingamp	98	(9)
2016–2017	Lille	21	(2)
2017–2019	Bordeaux	67	(12)
2020–2021	CSKA Sofia	12	(3)
2021–	Panathinaikos	1	(1)
National team^‡
2008–2010	France U21	16	(3)
2015–	Senegal	7	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 06:02, 19 December 2020 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 09:21, 3 June 2019 (UTC)

Club career

Sankharé grew up in the northern suburbs of Paris in Val-d'Oise and joined his hometown club in 2001 arriving at the Camp des Loges as a youth player. After spending nearly six years in the club's youth system and the reserves, Younousse signed his first professional contract, in June 2007, agreeing to a three-year deal.[1]

Younousse participated in the club's pre-season earning appearances in the 2007 edition of the Emirates Cup where Paris Saint-Germain finished second. He made his league debut on 6 October 2007 in a match against Rennes appearing as a substitute in a 1–3 defeat.[2] He earned consecutive starts the following match days playing the full 90 minutes in both a 0–0 draw against Valenciennes[3] and a 2–3 loss to Olympique Lyonnais.[4] After those appearances, he regularly appeared as a substitute throughout the league season, but made impressive starts in the 2007–08 edition of the Coupe de France. In the Round of 16, he assisted on the opening goal scored by Loris Arnaud in a 2–1 victory over SC Bastia.[5] He also played the full 90 minutes in 1–0 victories over amateur side Carquefou[6] and Amiens SC.[7]

The next season, Younousse's play was limited appearing in only two league matches. This was primarily due to the club's impressive start in league play, where they reached as high as 2nd position. He did make four appearances in the UEFA Cup earning starts against Turkish club Kayserispor,[8] German club FC Schalke,[9] and Spanish club Racing Santander.[10]

Due to the club's positive form in league play and also playing well in Europe, on 26 January 2009, Sankharé was sent on loan by manager Paul Le Guen to Ligue 2 club Stade Reims in order to increase the player's playing time.[11] He made his debut just four days later playing 90 minutes in a 0–0 draw with Guingamp.[12] He appeared in every following league match scoring no goals gaining experience in the process, despite Reims suffering relegation to the third-tier National. He returned to Paris on 1 July. He subsequently had spells with Dijon, Valenciennes and Guingamp.

On 26 July 2016, Sankharé joined fellow Ligue 1 side Lille on a four-year deal.[13] However, after six months and twenty-three appearances in all competitions for Lille, Sankharé left to join Bordeaux on 30 January 2017.[14]

International career

In March 2013, it was announced that Sankharé had rejected the chance to play for Mauritania and would like to play for Senegal at international level.[15] He declared his international future with Senegal in December 2014.[16] He got his first callup for a friendly against Algeria in October 2015.[17][18]

Career statistics

Club

As of 18 December 2020.[19]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup[lower-alpha 1]		League Cup[lower-alpha 2]		Continental[lower-alpha 3]		Other[lower-alpha 4]		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Paris Saint-Germain	2007–08	Ligue 1	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	0
	2008–09		2	0	0	0	0	0	4[lower-alpha 5]	0	0	0	6	0
	2009–10		22	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	25	1
	Total		33	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	40	1
Paris Saint-Germain II	2010–11	CFA	3	0	—		—		—		0	0	3	0
	Total		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Reims (loan)	2008–09	Ligue 2	17	0	—		—		—		0	0	17	0
Dijon (loan)	2010–11	Ligue 2	27	6	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	27	6
Dijon	2011–12	Ligue 1	33	4	2	0	3	1	—		0	0	38	5
	2012–13	Ligue 2	7	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	7	0
	Total		40	4	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	45	5
Valenciennes (loan)	2012–13	Ligue 1	13	0	0	0	—		—		0	0	13	0
Valenciennes II (loan)	2012–13	CFA	1	0	—		—		—		0	0	1	0
Guingamp	2013–14	Ligue 1	36	3	3	0	1	0	—		0	0	40	3
	2014–15		29	0	5	0	1	0	6[lower-alpha 6]	0	0	0	41	0
	2015–16		33	6	1	0	2	0	—		0	0	36	6
	Total		98	9	9	0	4	0	6	0	0	0	117	9
Guingamp II	2014–15	CFA 2	1	0	—		—		—		0	0	1	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
Lille	2016–17	Ligue 1	21	2	0	0	1	0	1[lower-alpha 7]	0	0	0	23	2
	Total		21	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	23	2
Bordeaux	2016–17	Ligue 1	16	4	2	1	—		—		—		18	5
	2017–18		29	7	1	1	1	0	2	2	—		33	10
	2018–19		22	1	0	0	1	1	10	2	—		33	4
	2019–20		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		67	12	3	2	2	1	12	4	0	0	84	19
CSKA Sofia	2020–21	First League	12	3	1	0	–		10[lower-alpha 8]	0	–		23	3
Career total			333	37	16	2	12	2	31	6	0	0	394	45

1. Includes the Coupe de France.
2. Includes the Coupe de la Ligue.
3. Includes the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League.
4. Includes the Trophée des Champions.
5. Four appearances in 2008–09 UEFA Cup
6. Six appearances in 2014–15 UEFA Europa League
7. One appearance in 2016–17 UEFA Europa League
8. One appearance in 2020–21 UEFA Europa League

International

As of 3 June 2019.[20][19]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal
	2015	2	0
	2016	4	1
	2017	1	0
Total		7	1

International goals

As of match played 3 June 2019. Senegal score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sankharé goal.[19][20]

International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition

No.	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 May 2016	Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda	4	Rwanda	2–0	2–0	Friendly

Honours

Club

Paris Saint-Germain

• Coupe de la Ligue: 2007–08
• Coupe de France: 2009–10

Guingamp

• Coupe de France: 2013–14

References

1. Younousse Sankharé signe pro
2. PSG v. Rennes Match Report Archived 6 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
3. Valenciennes v. PSG Match Report Archived 24 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine
4. PSG v. Lyon Match Report Archived 2 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine
5. PSG v. Bastia Match Report
6. Carquefou v. PSG Match Report[
7. Amiens v. PSG Match Report
8. Kayserispor 1 – 2 PSG
9. PSG crack under pressure at Schalke
10. Quick-finishing Racing rein in PSG
11. Younousse Sankhare au Stade de Reims
12. Reims v. Guingamp Match Report
13. "Mercato : Younousse Sankharé (Guingamp) à Lille (officiel)" [Younousse Sankharé (Guingamp) joined Lille (official)]. L'Equipe (in French). 26 July 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
14. "Younousse Sankharé est bordelais !" [Younousse Sankharé is from Bordeaux!]. FC Girondins de Bordeaux (in French). 31 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
15. "Younousse Sankharé dit non aux Mourabitounes pour le Sénégal" (in French). galsenfoot.com. 1 March 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
16. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/30397927
17. https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=276420/match=300338640/index.html#nosticky
18. "Amical Sénégal - Algérie Liste des Lions: Aliou Cissé rappelle Mohamed Diamé et offre ses premiéres sélections à Issa Sarr et Younouss Sankhare". Galsenfoot. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
19. Younousse Sankharé at Soccerway
20. Younousse Sankharé at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Younousse Sankharé at Soccerway