Ibrahima Savane

Ibrahima Savane
Savane in 2019
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-09-10) 10 September 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Touba, Guinea
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Le Pays du Valois
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Noisy-le-Sec 16 (2)
2015–2017 UJAMP 19 (3)
2016–2019 Béziers 54 (5)
2019 Livingston 1 (0)
2020 Avranches 3 (0)
2020–2021 Cholet 19 (1)
2021–2023 Sedan 23 (2)
2023 Paris 13 Atletico 0 (0)
2023–2024 FC 93 5 (0)
2024– Le Pays du Valois 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024

Ibrahima Savane (born 10 September 1993) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a left-back for French Championnat National 3 club Le Pays du Valois.[1]

Early life

Savane was born in Touba, Guinea, and moved to Ivry-sur-Seine, France, at the age of one. He briefly returned to Guinea from age 11 to 13. He began his footballing career as a forward, but developed successfully as a left-back.[2]

Club career

Savane played amateur football with Olympique Noisy-le-Sec and UJA Maccabi Paris Métropole before signing for Béziers in the summer of 2016.[3]

He made his Ligue 2 debut for Béziers in a 2–0 win over AS Nancy on 27 July 2018.[4]

On 16 July 2019, Savane joined Scottish Premiership side Livingston on a two-year deal on a free transfer from Béziers.[5] He left Scotland in November, having been unable to settle in the country.[6]

In January 2020, he trialled with 3. Liga side SG Sonnenhof Großaspach,[7] and Laval,[8] before signing for Avranches on 31 January 2020.[9]

In June 2020 he moved to fellow Championnat National side SO Cholet, signing a one-year contract with an option for an extra year should the club achieve promotion.[10]

After not playing in the first half of the 2021–22 season, on 2 December 2021 he signed with Sedan, also in Championnat National.[11]

References

  1. ^ Ibrahima Savane at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Football : Ibrahima Savané, cet autre binational très " chaud " pour le Syli national". 26 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Football : Ibrahima Savané, cet autre binational très " chaud " pour le Syli national" (in French). Guinéenews. 26 May 2018.
  4. ^ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Domino's Ligue 2 - Saison 2018/2019 - 1ère journée - AS Nancy Lorraine / AS Beziers". www.lfp.fr.
  5. ^ "Livingston: Ibrahima Savane joins on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 16 July 2019. Retrieved 17 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Aaron Taylor-Sinclair joins Livingston as Ibrahima Savane departs" - Aberdeen Evening Express, 6 November 2019
  7. ^ "Großaspach testet schwedischen Ex-Nationalspieler Alexander Farnerud". kicker Online. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  8. ^ "Stade lavallois. Les Tango mettent à l'essai un défenseur latéral" (in French). Ouest France. 21 January 2020.
  9. ^ "Mercato. Ibrahima Savane rejoint l'US Avranches" (in French). Ouest France. 30 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Cholet : le club officialise l'arrivée d'Ibrahima Savane" (in French). foot-national. 9 June 2020.
  11. ^ "Ibrahima Savane rejoint le CSSA" (in French). Sedan. 2 December 2021. Retrieved 7 December 2021.


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