Leroy Sané

Leroy Aziz Sané (; born 11 January 1996) is a German footballer. He plays as a winger or as an attacking midfielder for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and the German national team. In 2014, he began playing professionally for Schalke 04. He was transferred to Manchester City in 2016 for £37 million. 

Early life and academy football
Sané was born on January 11, 1996 in Essen, Germany. He joined the youth team of SG Wattenscheid 09 at the age of 5. In 2005, he joined the academy of German club Schalke 04. He joined the academy of Bayer Leverkusen in 2008. He rejoined Schalke 04's academy in 2011.

Club career
Sigma 04
Sané signed a 3-year professional contract with Schalke 04 in 2014. He made his Bundesliga debut against VfB Stuttgart on April 20, 2014. He was subbed on in the 77th minute, replacing Max Meyer in a 3-1 loss. He scored his first goal on December 13, 2014 in a 2-1 loss against 1. FC Köln. He scored his first UEFA Champions League goal in a 4-3 win against Real Madrid on March 11, 2015.

 Manchester City 
Sané signed a 5-year contract with Premier League club Manchester City on August 2, 2016. The transfer fee was £37 million. It included  add-ons based on performance. The deal could be worth as much as £46.5 million. He made his debut with the club on September 10, 2016. The team played against Manchester United in the Manchester derby. On December 18, 2016, he scored his first goal for the club. It was during the Premier League match against Arsenal. He did not play in the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup because he had to have surgery for a nasal congestion problem.

Sané performed well in the 2017–2018 season. He received the Premier League Player of the Month award for October 2017. He was part of the club’s squad during the 2017–2018 FA Cup. The 2018 EFL Cup final was held on February 25, 2018, at Wembley Stadium. In it Manchester City won the trophy with a score of 3–0 against Arsenal. Leroy played 77 minutes in the match before he was substituted off.

He won The "PFA Young Player of the Year" title in the 2017–2018 season. His first Manchester derby goal came on April 24, 2019, in a 2–0 win in a match between Manchester City and Manchester United.  He sustained a torn ACL during the 2019 FA Community Shield match between Manchester City and Liverpool on August 4, 2019. He played for 13 minutes before being substituted off. Manchester City defended the trophy, winning 5–4 on penalties.

 Bayern Munchen 
Sané left Manchester City and joined Bayern Munich on July 15, 2020 for €49,000,000.

 International career 
Sané holds both German and French citizenships. He can play for either of the two nations. He chose to play for Germany.
He made his junior international debut with the German national under-19 squad in 2014. He played for the team into 2015. During this time. he scored 8 goals in his 11 appearances with the squad. On August 28, 2015, he received a call from coach Horst Hrubesch to play for the German under-21 team for a friendly match against Denmark. He also played against Azerbaijan in a 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifier match.

Career statistics
Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupLeague cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsSchalke 042013–14Bundesliga1000—00—102014–15Bundesliga13300—11—1442015–16Bundesliga33820—71—429Total471120—82—5713Manchester City2016–17Premier League265522042—3792017–18Premier League3210315390—49142018–19Premier League31104230841047162019–20Premier League100000001020Total90251251032162013539Bayern Munich2020–21Bundesliga32611—833044102021–22Bundesliga32721—1061045142022–23Bundesliga32831—841144142023–24Bundesliga26810—10110399Total1222983—36146117247Career total2596522810365228136499

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsGermany20151020163020175020188220194320204120211552022100202392Total5913

Germany score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sané goal.

+ List of international goals scored by Leroy Sané No.  Date  Venue  Cap  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1  15 November 2018  Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany  16    1–0  3–0  Friendly 2  19 November 2018  Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen, Germany 17    2–0  2–2  2018–19 UEFA Nations League A 3  24 March 2019  Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands  19    1–0  3–2  UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 4  8 June 2019  Borisov Arena, Barysaw, Belarus  20    1–0  2–0  5  11 June 2019  Opel Arena, Mainz, Germany  21   8–0  8–0  6  14 November 2020  Red Bull Arena, Leipzig, Germany  24    1–1  3–1  2020–21 UEFA Nations League A 7  7 June 2021  Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany  30    7–1  7–1  Friendly 8  2 September 2021  Kybunpark, St. Gallen, Switzerland  35    2–0  2–0  2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 9  8 September 2021 Laugardalsvöllur, Reykjavík, Iceland  37    3–0  4–0  10  11 November 2021 Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany  39    3–0  9–0  11  5–0  12  9 September 2023  Volkswagen Arena, Wolfsburg, Germany  54    1–1  1–4  Friendly 13  12 September 2023  Westfalenstadion, Dortmund, Germany  55    2–0  2–1  Friendly

Honours
Manchester City
Premier League: 2017–18, 2018–19
FA Cup: 2018–19
EFL Cup: 2017–18, 2018–19,2019-20
FA Community Shield: 2018, 2019

Bayern Munich
Bundesliga: 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23
DFL-Supercup: 2021, 2022
UEFA Super Cup: 2020
FIFA Club World Cup: 2020

Germany
FIFA Confederations Cup: 2017

Individual
PFA Young Player of the Year: 2017–18
Premier League Player of the Month: October 2017
VDV Newcomer of the Season: 2014–15
UEFA Champions League Fantasy Football Team of the Season: 2021–22

Personal life
Sané is the son of former Senegalese footballer Souleyman Sané and former German Olympic gymnast Regina Weber. As of 2018, he had been dating American model, singer, and reality television personality Candice Brook. Their daughter, Rio Stella, was born in September 2018.

References

Category:1996 births
Category:Living people
Category:Sportspeople from Essen
Category:German footballers
Category:Association football forwards
Category:Manchester City F.C. players
Category:Premier League players
Category:UEFA Euro 2016 players
Category:FC Bayern München players
Category:2022 FIFA World Cup players