Bacary Sagna/import

Bacary Sagna (born 14 February 1983 in Sens) is a French international football defender of Senegalese descent, currently playing for Premiership club, Arsenal. His cousin Ibrahima Sonko also plays in England, for Hull City. Sagna is called Bac by teammates.

Auxerre
Sagna started his career at FC Sens. Sagna made 87 Ligue 1 appearances for Auxerre and was part of the squad that won the French Cup in 2005. He also played in the UEFA Cup in each of his three seasons with the club's first team, making a total of 17 appearances in the competition. He was also voted into the Ligue 1 team of the season for his outstanding displays at the right back position.

2007–08 season
On 12 July 2007, Sagna completed a move to Arsenal from Auxerre for an undisclosed fee, thought to have been an initial €9 million that could rise to €11 million. He wears the number 3 shirt, most recently worn for Arsenal by former defender Ashley Cole.

Sagna made his debut for Arsenal on 19 July 2007 as a starter in the squad that beat Turkish club Genclerbirligi 3–0 in a friendly at Austria's Bad Waltersdorf Stadion.

On 13 February 2008, exactly one week before Arsenal were set to play the second leg of their 4th round encouter against AC Milan in the Champions League Sagna's older brother, Omar Sagna passed away at the age of 28. Bacary did however play the match after he was advised to by his father. Arsenal went on to win the second leg 0-2 with the same scoreline on aggregate.

On 23 March 2008, Sagna tallied his first Premier League goal off a header from a corner kick to give Arsenal a 1-0 lead against rivals Chelsea F.C. However, he went off injured before Chelsea came back to win the game 2-1. At the end of the season, he was named in the PFA's Team of the Year.

2008–09 season
Sagna signed a new deal with Arsenal before the start of the 2008–09 season. Arsenal have signed him for a further two years, taking his contract up to 2014. Sagna stated. "I love Arsenal, it's a great club", and further added, "The manager is also very good and next season we will be fighting for all the trophies."

U-21
Sagna has previously represented the French under-21 team, with whom he also participated at the 2006 European Under-21 Championship.

Senior
He received his first senior international cap for France on 22 August 2007 in a friendly match against Slovakia on the road, which they won 1–0, coming on as a substitute for François Clerc after one hour of play. He went on to make his competitive debut for France in their 6–0 away win at the Faroe Islands on 13 October 2007 in the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers, playing all 90 minutes. It was his only appearance in the Euro 2008 qualifying. He was not a candidate to join the French team at the Euro 2008 finals in Austria and Switzerland as he was still recovering from the injury sustained in Arsenal's Premier League match at Chelsea in March 2008.

After recovering from the injury, Sagna returned to the French national team for their friendly match against Sweden in August 2008, playing all 90 minutes in a 3-2 away win for France. He went on to become a regular in the French team's qualifying campaign for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, so far starting all of their five matches in the competition.

Club career statistics

 * (correct as of 27 January 2010)

Career honours
With AJ Auxerre

Winner Runner-up
 * Coupe de France 2005
 * Trophee des Champions 2005

Individual
 * Auxerre's player of the season for the 2006–07 season
 * Ligue 1 Team of the Year: 2006-07
 * Voted France's best right-sided defender in the 2006–07
 * Member of PFA Team of the Year: 2007–08.
 * Voted Premier League's best right-back in the 2007-08 season