Leroy Sané

Leroy Sané (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛ.ʀɔʏ ˈza.nɛː], French pronunciation: ​[lə.ʁwa sa.ne]; born 11 January 1996) is a German professional footballer who plays as a winger for Schalke and the Germany national football team.[1][2]

Contents 1 Club career 2 International career 3 Personal life 4 Career statistics 5 References 6 External links

Club career
Leroy Sané began playing football in 2001 in the youth-team of SG Wattenscheid 09, for which his father had played earlier. In 2005 he joined Schalke 04. Three years later he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. In 2011 Sané returned to the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Schalke 04.

On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional contract with Schalke 04 running until 30 June 2017.[3] Sané made his Bundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 in a match against VfB Stuttgart.[4] He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 1-3 away defeat.[4]

International career
On 28 August 2015, Sané was first appointed by Horst Hrubesch in the German U-21 team, when he was nominated for the friendly against Denmark and for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan.[5] On 3 September 2015, Leroy Sané made his debut in the U-21 of Germany, when at 2-1 win in the friendly in the Lohmühle in Lübeck against Denmark he was substituted after 73 minutes for Julian Brandt.[6]

Sané received his first call up to the senior Germany team on 6 November 2015 for friendly against France.[7] On November 13, 2015 Sané was substituted in the 61st minute for Julian Draxler in said friendly match against France in Saint-Denis, a 0-2 defeat.[8]

Personal life
Sané is the son of former German rhythmic gymnast champion Regina Weber and former footballer and Senegalese international Souleyman Sané.[3][9] Souleyman Sané was raised in France; he came to Germany via his service in the French army. Leroy Sané was born in Essen and raised near the Lohrheidestadion in Wattenscheid.[10] Leroy has dual German and French citizenship.[11]

Career statistics
Club performance

League

Cup

Continental

Other

Total

Ref.

Club

League

Season

App.

Goals

App.

Goals

App.

Goals

App.

Goals

App.

Goals

Germany

League

DFB-Pokal

Europe

Other

Total

Schalke 04 Bundesliga 2013–14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 [1] 2014–15 13 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 14 4 2015–16 33 8 2 0 7 1 0 0 42 9

Total

47

11

2

0

8

2

0

0

57

13

Last updated: 14 May 2016