Leroy Sané

Leroy Sané

Country: Germany/France

Date of birth: 11/01/1996 (18 years old)

Place of birth: Essen (Germany)

Height: 1,83m

Youth career: SG Wattenscheid 09, Schalke 04, Bayer Leverkusen, Schalke 04

Senior career: Schalke 04

Squad number: 19

Current national team: Germany U-19

Position: attacking midfielder, winger

Preferred foot: left

Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 500,000 €

Tournaments participated in: UEFA Youth League 2013/2014 (8/1), UEFA Youth League 2014/2015 (1/0)

Contract until: 30.06.2017

Player’s agent: T21plus

Similar type of player: combined playing styles of Ángel Di María & Ronaldinho

Strengths:

– pace

– acceleration

– dribbling

– creativity

– crossing

– vision

– technique

– ball control

– long shots

Style of play:

– modern attacking midfielder/flamboyant winger

– likes to dribble

– likes to shoot from distance

– uses his speed and skill to take on defenders until he finds the space to make an attempt on goal

– counter attack threat

– likes to cut inside

– often uses his creativity to set up goals for other players

– explosive speed and great dribbling skills

– holds good skill, pace and low center of gravity

He is best suited to playing as:

Attacking midfielder in 4-2-3-1.

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Achievements:

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League summary:

Bundesliga 2013/2014: 1 match/0 goals (Schalke04)

Description:

Leroy Sané began his football career in 2001 at SG Wattenscheid 09. Four years later he moved to Schalke 04 youth academy and in 2008 he joined Bayer Leverkusen, but returned to Gelsenkirchen in 2011. It was a good choice – Leroy won Westphalia Cup two times and also Bundesliga West U-17 and U-19. During 2013/2014 he demonstrated his quality on the European stage playing for S04 Under-19 team in the UEFA Youth League, in which young “Die Königsblauen” made it to the semi-final, but got knocked out by eventual champions – FC Barcelona. Thanks to all this, Schalke offered him a first professional contract and soon later he has penned a deal which will see him remain at the Veltins Arena until June 2017. He made his Bundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 against VfB Stuttgart – he replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 3–1 away defeat. His debut for the youth German national team came on 5 September 2014, against Netherlands U-19 where he came on as a sub and scored one goal. It is worth mentioning that he is the son of former German rhythmic gymnast champion Regina Weber and former Senegalese international Souleyman Sané.

Quotes:

“Leroy is a very talented young player able to feature in various attacking positions. He impressed during this year’s UEFA Youth League competition for our U19 side and he is already a wanted starlet. Some clubs were interested in him. We are delighted he never had any doubts regarding his future at Schalke.”

(Horst Heldt – Schalke 04 general manager)

Football Talent Scout potential rating:

9/10