Babacar Sarr

Babacar Sarr (born 15 February 1991) is a Senegalese football midfielder who last played for Damac FC. As of 2021, he is an international fugitive wanted for failing to appear before courts in Norway on accusations of rape.[1][2]

Babacar Sarr
Sarr with Molde in 2018
Personal information
Date of birth (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991
Place of birth Senegal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2011–2012 Selfoss 38 (3)
2012 → Bastia (loan) 3 (0)
2013–2014 Start 36 (1)
2014–2016 Sogndal 55 (6)
2016–2019 Molde 65 (5)
2019 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 13 (1)
2019–2020 Damac 13 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 December 2019

Career

Club

Sarr started his professional career at Icelandic team Selfoss, before being loaned out to French side CA Bastia in 2012.

In December 2012, Sarr signed a four-year contract with Start.[3] He made his Start debut 17 March 2013 against Hønefoss, helping his team to a 3-2 win.

On 13 July 2014, Sarr signed for Sogndal,[4] playing there for two seasons before signing for Norwegian side Molde.[5] Sarr was released from his contract with Molde by mutual consent on 18 January 2019.[6]

On 5 February 2019, Sarr signed for Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[7] On 3 March 2019, in his Yenisey debut, he scored a late equalizer in a 1–1 game against FC Rostov.[8] Following Yenisey's relegation from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2018–19 season, Sarr was released by the club.[9]

Just hours after Norwegian police declared him internationally wanted,[10] Damac of Saudi Professional League announced his signature on 11 June 2019.[11]

Personal life

In August 2018 in Molde District Court, Sarr was acquitted of one case of rape, whilst a player of Molde. As of 2021, the case is under appeal.[12][13][14] Sarr is wanted by Interpol, as of 2021.[15][16] In 2021, media wrote that Sarr no longer resides in Saudi Arabia.[17]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 January 2020[18][19][20]
Club Season Division League Cup League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Selfoss 2011 1. deild karla 1722030—222
2012 Úrvalsdeild 2112040—271
Total 3834070——493
CA Bastia (loan) 2011-12 Championnat de France Amateur 300000—30
Start 2013 Tippeligaen 23050——280
2014 13140——171
Total 36190————451
Sogndal 2014 Tippeligaen 11000——110
2015 OBOS-ligaen 29430——320
2016 Tippeligaen 15231——183
Total 55661————616
Molde 2016 Tippeligaen 13000—00130
2017 Eliteserien 25150——301
2018 27420—71365
Total 65570——71796
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 2018–19 Russian Premier League 13100——131
Damac 2019–20 Saudi Professional League 13000——130
Career total 22316261707126318

References
  1. https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/oA7M9m/tidligere-molde-spiller-paa-roemmen-tror-sarr-har-flyktet-til-senegal
  2. Ighoubah, Farid. "Babacar Sarr er etterlyst internasjonalt". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  3. Sellevold, Terje (21 December 2012). "Babacar Sarr is the new Start Player". nrk.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 11 November 2013.
  4. "Sarr: – Trist, men riktig å gå til Sogndal". nrk.no (in Norwegian). 13 July 2014. Retrieved 13 July 2014.
  5. "Babacar Sarr klar for Molde FK". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). 20 July 2016. Archived from the original on 25 July 2016. Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  6. "BABACAR SARR FRISTILLES FRA MOLDE FOTBALLKLUBB". moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. 18 January 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2019.
  7. "БАБАКАР САРР — ИГРОК "ЕНИСЕЯ"!". фк-енисей.рф (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 5 February 2019. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  8. "Yenisey v Rostov game report" (in Russian). Russian Premier League. 3 March 2019.
  9. "ЕНИСЕЙ ПОКИНУЛИ ДЕСЯТЬ ИГРОКОВ". фк-енисей.рф (in Russian). FC Yenisey Krasnoyarsk. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
  10. "Babacar Sarr er etterlyst internasjonalt" (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 12 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  11. "بابكر سار ضمكاوي" (in Arabic). Damac FC Official Twitter. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2019.
  12. https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/oA7M9m/tidligere-molde-spiller-paa-roemmen-tror-sarr-har-flyktet-til-senegal
  13. "The B Sarr transfer to Siberia". josimarfootball.com/. Josimar Football. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
  14. "John Christian Elden raser etter at voldtektssak ble utsatt i nesten åtte måneder". nettavisen.no/ (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 14 February 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
  15. https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/oA7M9m/tidligere-molde-spiller-paa-roemmen-tror-sarr-har-flyktet-til-senegal
  16. Ighoubah, Farid. "Babacar Sarr er etterlyst internasjonalt". Nettavisen (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  17. https://www.vg.no/sport/fotball/i/oA7M9m/tidligere-molde-spiller-paa-roemmen-tror-sarr-har-flyktet-til-senegal
  18. "B.Sarr". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  19. "Babacar Sarr". nifs.no. NIFS. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  20. "Babacar Sarr". ksi.is. ksi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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