Mamadou Kaly Sène

Kaly Sène

Sène with Grasshoppers in 2021
Personal information
Full name	Mamadou Kaly Sène
Date of birth	(2001-05-28) 28 May 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth	Dakar, Senegal
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Position(s)	Forward
Team information
Current team	FC Lausanne-Sport
Number	9
Youth career
2014–2018	USD Vanchiglia 1915
2018–2020	Juventus
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2020–2023	Basel	11	(0)
2020–2021	→ Omonia (loan)	10	(1)
2021–2022	→ Grasshoppers (loan)	25	(10)
2023–	Lausanne-Sport	36	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 27 May 2024

Mamadou Kaly Sène (born 28 May 2001) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a forward for Swiss club FC Lausanne-Sport.

Club career

Youth career

Sène started his youth football with local club USD Vanchiglia 2014 in Turin. In the summer of 2018, he was signed by Juventus to play for their Primavera Squad, in the highest level of Italian youth football. He was with them for two seasons, playing 31 games and scoring 10 goals. He also represented the club in the UEFA Youth League.^[2]

FC Basel

On 21 August 2020 Basel announced that they had signed Sène and at the same time they also stated that, so as the 19-year-old could get match practice at the highest level, as quickly as possible, the club loaned him out to Omonia in Nicosia for a year until the summer of 2021.^[3] Because he had played 16 competitive games across all competitions by the winter break, his person met all the requirements for a Swiss work permit. Therefore, he returned to Switzerland and was able to train and play games with the Basel first team and with immediate effect.^[4]

Sène played his domestic league debut for his new club in the away game in the Letzigrund on 14 February 2021. He was substituted in the 72nd minute as Basel were defeated 0–2 by Zürich.^[5] In his first season with his new club Sène played a total of six games (five in the league, 1 test match) for Basel without scoring a goal.

Loan to Grasshopper Club Zürich

On 1 September 2021, he joined Grasshoppers on a year-long loan with an option to buy.^[6] In his second game for Grasshoppers on 26 September 2021, he scored twice in a 3–1 win over FC Sion,^[7] and a week later he again scored twice against St. Gallen. St. Gallen would prove his favorite opponent, as he scored a hattrick against them on 5 December 2021 in their second matchup of the season.^[8] In particular, his second goal in that game, a stunning overhead kick, was voted by Grasshopper fans as the goal of the season.^[9] Grasshopper chose not to take the buy option and Sène returned to Basel at the end of the season.^[10]

Return to Basel and Belgian Interest

Following his return to Basel, he was went to trial at Anderlecht, who would be paying a reported € 2.5 million.^[11] Later on, reports linked him with fellow Belgian First Division A side OHL.^[12] However, a latent adductor injury discovered during his medical check made OHL pull out of the deal and reportedly caused Basel to consider taking legal action against Grasshoppers.^[13] Basel alleged that Grasshoppers had utilized the player while still injured. In an official statement, Grasshoppers refuted any wrong-doing, countering that Basel had deployed the forward in a test game that summer and had thus seen him as being fit enough.

He remained at Basel for the 2022–23 season. In only nine appearances across all competitions, he supplied one assist in 0–2 away victory over FC Luzern.

Lausanne-Sport

Following the expiration of his contract at Basel, he joined FC Lausanne-Sport on 23 June 2023, who were freshly promoted to the Swiss Super League.^[14] He signs a three-year contract with Lausanne-Sport, where he will wear number 9.

Career statistics

As of 29 May 2023^[15]

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Omonia (loan)	2020–21	Cypriot First Division	10	1	0	0	6[a]	0	—		16	1
Basel	2020–21	Swiss Super League	5	0	—		—		—		5	0
	2021–22		1	0	1	1	3[b]	0	—		5	1
	2022–23		5	0	1	0	3[b]	0	—		9	0
	Total		11	0	2	1	6	0	0	0	19	1
Grasshoppers (loan)	2021–22	Swiss Super League	25	10	1	0	—		—		25	10
Lausanne-Sport	2023–24	Swiss Super League	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
Career total			46	11	3	1	12	0	0	0	60	12

1. Includes matches played in the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League
2. Includes matches played in the UEFA Europa Conference League

References

1. "Mamadou Kaly Sène". FC Basel. Retrieved 2 September 2022.
2. "Juventus U19 v Bayer Leverkusen U19 game report". UEFA. 1 October 2019.
3. FC Basel 1893 (21 August 2020). "Der FCB verpflichtet Kaly Sene". FCB signed Kaly Sene. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
4. FC Basel 1893 (20 January 2021). "Kaly Sene zurück beim FCB". Kaly Sene back at FCB. FC Basel homepage. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (14 February 2021). "FC Zürich - FC Basel 2:0 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
6. "GC SIGNS KALY SÈNE". Grasshoppers. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.
7. "Grasshoppers v Sion game report". Soccerway. 26 September 2021.
8. "SG - GC". SFL. 5 December 2021.
9. "SÈNE WINS "GOAL OF THE SEASON" 2021/22". www.gcz.ch. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
10. "END OF SEASON SQUAD UPDATE". gcz.ch. 23 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
11. "Kaly Sène serait toujours suivi par le RSCA". anderlecht-online.be (in French). 5 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
12. "OHL va s'offrir un joueur brièvement cité à Anderlecht". walfoot.be (in French). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
13. "Sogar Klage möglich! Schwere Vorwürfe des FCB gegen GC". blick.ch (in Swiss High German). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
14. "KALY SÈNE REJOINT LE FC LAUSANNE-SPORT!". walfoot.be (in French). 11 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
15. Mamadou Kaly Sène at Soccerway

Sources

• Mamadou Kaly Sène at Soccerway
• Profile Kaly Sene at homepage of Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv"
• Καλί Σενέ (in Greek)