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IN ASSOCIATION WITH
Bacary Sagna
- Position: Defender
- Squad number: 2
- Date of birth: 14 February, 1983 (27 years old)
- Height: 5'9" (176cm)
Tournament totals
| Games played | Shots on target | off target |
|---|---|
| 3 Bacary Sagna | 0|0 Bacary Sagna |
| 0 As substitute | 23|17 Total France |
| 20 Most shots on target Diego Forlan | |
| 3 Total France | 12 Most shots off target Asamoah Gyan, Cristiano Ronaldo, Wesley Sneijder |
| Goals | Assists |
|---|---|
| 0 Bacary Sagna | 0 Bacary Sagna |
| 1 Total France | 1 Total France |
| 6 Best Diego Forlan | 4 Best Leo Messi, Bastian Schweinsteiger |
| Fouls by | on | Cards yellow | red |
|---|---|
| 3|2 Bacary Sagna | 0|0 Bacary Sagna |
| 45|44 Total France | 6|1 Total France |
| 20 Most fouls by Mark Van Bommel | 3 Most yellow Victor Caceres, Nigel De Jong, Gregory Van Der Wiel |
| 25 Most fouls on Andres Iniesta |
France games played
- Uruguay 0-0 France
Friday, 11 June Match report - France 0-2 Mexico
Thursday, 17 June Match report - France 1-2 South Africa
Tuesday, 22 June Match report
Player profile
France’s first-choice right-back played more minutes in qualifying than anyone else in the squad. Of Senegalese descent, Sagna represented France at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship before progressing to the senior team in 2007.
The Arsenal player missed out on Euro 2008 through injury but has since made the right-back slot his own. The 27-year-old has a frosty relationship with the French media, who he says criticised his decision to quit Ligue 1 for England.
He impressed during three seasons at Auxerre, helping the club win the French Cup in 2005, and was snapped up by Arsene Wenger in July 2007 for £7.5m and has been a consistent performer at the London club.
Named in the PFA team of the year after his debut season, Sagna was rewarded with a new contract running until 2014. He is the cousin of Stoke defender Ibrahima Sonko, though the pair only realised they were related in 2007.
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