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Falaye Sacko

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Falaye Sacko
Sacko with Montpellier in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth (1995-05-01) 1 May 1995 (age 29)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Right-back
Team information
Current team
Montpellier
Number 77
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Djoliba AC
2015–2016 Újpest 0 (0)
2015–2016Sint-Truiden (loan) 0 (0)
2016–2017 Vitória de Guimarães B 63 (0)
2017–2023 Vitória de Guimarães 99 (1)
2022Saint-Étienne (loan) 9 (0)
2022–2023Montpellier (loan) 35 (1)
2023– Montpellier 29 (0)
International career
2018– Mali 40 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21:18, 3 November 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:51, 6 June 2024 (UTC)

Falaye Sacko (born 1 May 1995) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Ligue 1 club Montpellier and the Mali national team.[1]

Club career

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Sacko made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for Vitória de Guimarães B on 17 February 2016 in a game against Atlético CP.[2]

On 31 January 2022, the last day of the Portuguese transfer window, Sacko was loaned to Saint-Étienne.[3] On 1 July 2022, he joined Montpellier on loan for the season.[4]

International career

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Sacko made his international debut for the Mali national team in a 1–1 friendly tie with Japan on 23 March 2018.[5]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of match played 3 November 2024
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Sint-Truiden 2015–16 Belgian Pro League 0 0 1 0 1 0
Vitória B 2015–16 LigaPro 6 0 6 0
2016–17 LigaPro 35 0 35 0
Total 41 0 41 0
Vitória de Guimarães 2016–17 Primeira Liga 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
2017–18 Primeira Liga 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2018–19 Primeira Liga 28 0 2 0 0 0 30 0
2019–20 Primeira Liga 22 0 0 0 2 0 8[a] 0 32 0
2020–21 Primeira Liga 28 0 1 0 1 0 30 0
2021–22 Primeira Liga 13 1 1 0 3 0 17 0
Total 78 0 4 0 6 0 8 0 0 0 96 0
Saint-Étienne 2021–22 Ligue 1 9 0 0 0 2[b] 0 11 0
Montpellier (loan) 2022–23 Ligue 1 35 1 1 0 36 1
Montpellier 2023–24 Ligue 1 19 0 0 0 19 0
2024–25 Ligue 1 10 0 0 0 10 0
Total 29 0 0 0 29 0
Career total 212 1 6 0 6 0 8 0 2 0 234 1

International

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As of match played 6 June 2024[6]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2017 1 0
2018 5 0
2019 6 1
2020 2 0
2021 10 0
2022 6 0
2023 5 0
2024 5 0
Total 40 1
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Sacko goal.
List of international goals scored by Falaye Sacko[6]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 16 June 2019 Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Algeria 2–1 2–3 Friendly

References

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  1. ^ falaye-sacko at Soccerway
  2. ^ "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 17 February 2016.
  3. ^ "Falaye Sacko rejoint les Verts" (Press release) (in French). Saint-Étienne. 31 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Falaye Sacko rejoint le MHSC" (in French). Montpellier HSC. 1 July 2022. Retrieved 1 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Japan vs. Mali - 23 March 2018". Soccerway.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ a b "Falaye Sacko". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
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