Bakary Saré

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.

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
0000–2004	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 2017 Gabon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

• Belgian Cup: 2007–08
• Belgian Pro League: 2009–10
• Belgian Super Cup: 2010

Rosenborg

• Norwegian Premier League: 2010

CFR Cluj

• Romanian Liga I: 2011–12

Dinamo Zagreb

• Croatian League: 2013–14

Moreirense

• Taça da Liga: 2016–17

Burkina Faso

• Africa Cup of Nations bronze: 2017^[9][10]

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.

External links

• Bakary Saré at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Bakary Saré at Soccerway
• Bakary Saré at ForaDeJogo (archived)
• Profile at Footgoal at the Wayback Machine (archived 5 October 2008)
• Bakary Saré at WorldFootball.net