Mustapha Sangaré
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 24 December 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Paris, France | ||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Levski Sofia | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | La Camillienne | ||
| 2018–2019 | CO Vincennes | ||
| 2019–2020 | Racing Club | 13 | (9) |
| 2020–2023 | Amiens | 8 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | Amiens B | 4 | (1) |
| 2022–2023 | → Borgo (loan) | 21 | (5) |
| 2023–2024 | Varzim | 28 | (5) |
| 2024– | Levski Sofia | 58 | (16) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2025– | Mali | 5 | (0) |
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 21:13, 25 July 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19:44, 8 October 2025 (UTC) | |||
Mustapha Sangaré (born 24 December 1998) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Bulgarian First League club Levski Sofia. Born in France, he represents the Mali national team.
Club career
An amateur footballer for most of his early career, Sangaré signed a professional contract with Amiens SC on 6 November 2020. He first joined local club La Camillienne at age fifteen, where he started to coach kids at the age of seventeen.[1] In doing so, he climbed 10 divisions from the start of the career into the Ligue 2.[2] Sangaré made his professional debut with Amiens in a 0–0 Ligue 2 tie with Ajaccio on 22 December 2020.[3]
On 30 September 2022, Sangaré was loaned to Borgo.[4]
On 27 July 2023, Sangaré left Amiens and signed a two-year contract with Portuguese Liga 3 club Varzim.[5]
International career
Sangaré was born in France to a Malian father and Senegalese mother. He was called up to the Mali national team for a set of 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification matches in March 2025.[6] On 24 March 2025, Sangaré earned his first cap, coming on as a late second half substitute in a 0–0 away draw with the Central African Republic in a 2026 World Cup qualifier.[7][8]
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 2 July 2025[9]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Racing Club | 2019–20 | National 3 | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | ||
| 2020–21 | National 3 | 6 | 8 | — | — | 6 | 8 | |||
| Total | 13 | 9 | — | — | 13 | 9 | ||||
| Amiens | 2020–21 | Ligue 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | Ligue 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | ||
| Total | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 10 | 1 | |||
| Amiens B | 2021–22 | National 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | ||
| 2022–23 | National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 4 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 1 | ||||
| Borgo (loan) | 2022–23 | CFA | 21 | 5 | — | — | 21 | 5 | ||
| Varzim | 2023–24 | Liga 3 | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | — | 28 | 5 | |
| Levski Sofia | 2024–25 | First League | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 37 | 9 | |
| 2025–26 | First League | 23 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6[b] | 1 | 31 | 10 | |
| Total | 57 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 67 | 19 | ||
| Career total | 131 | 38 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 144 | 40 | ||
- ↑ Includes Coupe de France, Bulgarian Cup
- ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League
International
- As of match played 8 October 2025[10]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2025 | 5 | 0 |
| Total | 5 | 0 | |
Honours
Levski Sofia
References
- ↑ "21-Year-Old Mustapha Sangare Goes From Uber Eats Driver In Quarantine To Professional Footballer". www.sportbible.com.
- ↑ "Mustapha Sangaré (Amiens SC) : "Le meilleur projet sportif était Amiens"". 9 November 2020.
- ↑ "Amiens SC vs. Ajaccio – 22 December 2020 – Soccerway". Soccerway.
- ↑ "MUSTAPHA SANGARÉ EST PRÊTÉ AU FC BASTIA BORGO" (in French). Amiens SC. 30 September 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
- ↑ "Gigante Sangaré no ataque do Varzim com contrato de duas épocas" [Giant Sangaré in Varzim's attack with two-season contract] (in European Portuguese). O Jogo. 27 July 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ↑ Ndiaye, Anta (4 March 2025). "Mustapha Sangaré : "Ma mère est sénégalaise et mon père malien mais j'ai plus cette envie de jouer avec le Mali"". wiwsport (in French). Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ↑ Mabuka, Dennis (24 March 2025). "FIFA WCQ: Mali frustrated by Central African Republic in chase for ticket". africatopsports.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ "Match log for Mustapha Sangaré". soccerway.com. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
- ↑ Mustapha Sangaré at Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ↑ "Mustapha Sangaré". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 5 May 2026.
- ↑ "Levski Sofia crowned Bulgarian champions to end Ludogorets's long reign". reuters.com. 3 May 2026. Retrieved 4 May 2026.
External links
- Mustapha Sangaré at Soccerway
- 1998 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Paris
- Malian men's footballers
- Mali men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- Malian people of Senegalese descent
- French sportspeople of Malian descent
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- Black French sportspeople
- Men's association football forwards
- Racing Club de France Football players
- Amiens SC players
- FC Borgo players
- Varzim S.C. players
- PFC Levski Sofia players
- Ligue 2 players
- Ligue 3 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Liga 3 (Portugal) players
- First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players
- French expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in Portugal
- French expatriate sportspeople in Portugal
- Expatriate men's footballers in Bulgaria
- French expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria
- 21st-century Malian sportsmen
- 21st-century French sportsmen