Bakary Saré

Bakary Saré
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-04-05) 5 April 1990 (age 34)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Youth career
–2004 FC Bibo
2004–2007 Anderlecht
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2007–2010 Anderlecht 28 (0)
2010 → Rosenborg (loan) 3 (0)
2011–2014 CFR Cluj 24 (0)
2013 → Dinamo Zagreb (loan) 8 (0)
2014 → Al Ain (loan) 0 (0)
2014–2016 Vitória Guimarães 45 (5)
2016–2017 Moreirense 12 (0)
2017–2018 Belenenses 14 (1)
Total 135 (7)
International career
2010 Ivory Coast U20 5 (1)
2016–2018 Burkina Faso 7 (0)
Medal record
Representing  Burkina Faso
Africa Cup of Nations
Third place 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bakary Bouba Saré (born 5 April 1990) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Born in the Ivory Coast, he made seven appearances for the Burkina Faso national team.

Club career

Anderlecht

Saré made his debut in the Belgian Pro League for Anderlecht in a match against R.A.E.C. Mons on 22 December 2007, when he came from the bench.

He played 26 league matches, 10 UEFA Europa League matches and 2 UEFA Champions League matches for the Belgian club.

Rosenborg

Saré joined Rosenborg on 31 August 2010 with a one-year loan contract, making three appearances in the league and four appearances in the UEFA Europa League.

After a short spell he returned to Belgium to play nine more matches for Anderlecht in the first part of the 2010–11 season.

CFR Cluj

On 23 February 2011, he signed a 3+1⁄2-year contract with the Romanian Liga I club CFR Cluj for an undisclosed fee.[1]

Dinamo Zagreb

In July 2013, Bouba was transferred to Dinamo Zagreb. Despite news in Romanian media saying he was transferred for €500,000,[2] he joined the club on a half-year loan with an option to buy.

Al Ain

On 20 January 2014, he joined UAE Arabian Gulf League side Al Ain on a six-month loan deal, In July he returned to CFR Cluj.[3]

International career

Saré was born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, but is of Burkinabé descent. He played for the Ivory Coast U20s in their winning campaign for the 2010 Toulon Tournament, playing every match and against France.[4]

He was called up to the Burkina Faso national team for a pair of 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches in March 2016.[5] He made his debut in a 1–0 victory against Uganda.[6]

Honours

[7][8] Anderlecht

Rosenborg

CFR Cluj

Dinamo Zagreb

Moreirense

Burkina Faso

References

  1. ^ "the Ivorian international Olympic player Bakary Bouba Sare has signed with CFR 1907 Cluj". cfr1907. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Bouba s-a transferat la Dinamo Zagreb" (in Romanian). Mureș County City News. 5 July 2013. Archived from the original on 16 January 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2013.
  3. ^ "Sare joins the fray at Al Ain after Bastos transfers to Roma". John McAuley. The National (Abu Dhabi). Retrieved 20 January 2014.
  4. ^ "::: Festival International Espoirs ::: Les Archives du Festival". www.festival-foot-espoirs.com. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Gabon 2017: Burkina Faso name 25-man squad for Uganda clash - 2017 Africa Cup of Nations Qualifiers - Burkina Faso". Africanfootball.com. 12 March 2016. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  6. ^ "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". Cafonline.com. Retrieved 23 June 2016.
  7. ^ Bakary Saré at Soccerway
  8. ^ Bakary Saré at National-Football-Teams.com
  9. ^ "2017 Africa Cup of Nations squads". newvision.co. New Vision. 13 January 2017. Archived from the original on 15 January 2017. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
  10. ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2017 schedule, scores and what you need to know". 14 January 2017.


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