Which clubs did Salif Sané play for?

FC Girondins de Bordeaux (2010–2012), A.S. Nancy-Lorraine (2011–2013), Hannover 96 (2013–2014).

Where does Salif Sané rank among Senegal's greatest footballers?

The 33 Legends almanac ranks Salif Sané #26 of Senegal's 33 greatest players of all time, in the Stalwart tier.

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Salif Sané

Stalwart CB, also CDM Right-footed leader

Rating

Life

1990

Clubs

FC Girondins de Bordeaux, A.S. Nancy-Lorraine, Hannover 96

#26

Editorial rank of 33 for Senegal

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The people's rank, live from duel votes

No one in the Bundesliga won more aerial duels than him in 2017-18, 181 of them at better than eight in ten, and no one cleared more either, 232 in all, which is what Hannover had in 1.96m of centre-half before Schalke signed him that summer. He was a Cup of Nations runner-up in 2019, starting the final in Cairo in place of the suspended Koulibaly, played at the 2018 World Cup, and closed at 33 caps. Career record: club career at FC Girondins de Bordeaux, A.S. Nancy-Lorraine, Hannover 96.

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Career record

2010–2012	FC Girondins de Bordeaux
2011–2013	A.S. Nancy-Lorraine
2013–2014	Hannover 96

Shared the era

Senegal legends whose careers overlapped Sané's

The world's great CBs

Around Sané in the almanac

One rank above: Omar Daf at #25.

One rank below: Souleymane Camara at #27.

Senegal's editorial top five: Sadio Mané · Kalidou Koulibaly · El Hadji Diouf · Édouard Mendy · Idrissa Gana Gueye.