| Saër Sène | |
| Upright: | 0.9 |
| Birth Date: | 4 November 1986 |
| Birth Place: | Paris, France |
| Height: | 1.90 m |
| Position: | Forward |
| Youthyears1: | –2005 |
| Youthclubs1: | Paris Saint-Germain |
| Years1: | 2005–2007 |
| Clubs1: | FC Etampes |
| Caps1: | 68 |
| Goals1: | 39 |
| Years2: | 2007 |
| Clubs2: | SG Schorndorf |
| Caps2: | 4 |
| Goals2: | 2 |
| Years3: | 2007–2009 |
| Clubs3: | SG Sonnenhof Großaspach |
| Caps3: | 52 |
| Goals3: | 26 |
| Years4: | 2009–2012 |
| Caps4: | 55 |
| Goals4: | 19 |
| Years5: | 2012–2014 |
| Clubs5: | New England Revolution |
| Caps5: | 59 |
| Goals5: | 17 |
| Years6: | 2014 |
| Clubs6: | New York Red Bulls |
| Caps6: | 5 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2015 |
| Clubs7: | Blackpool |
| Caps7: | 1 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2015 |
| Clubs8: | SV Wehen Wiesbaden |
| Caps8: | 8 |
| Goals8: | 1 |
| Years9: | 2016 |
| Clubs9: | Stuttgarter Kickers |
| Caps9: | 16 |
| Goals9: | 2 |
| Years10: | 2017 |
| Clubs10: | Montana |
| Caps10: | 7 |
| Goals10: | 3 |
| Years11: | 2017 |
| Caps11: | 0 |
| Goals11: | 0 |
| Years12: | 2017–2018 |
| Clubs12: | Chabab Atlas Khénifra |
| Caps12: | 22 |
| Goals12: | 7 |
| Years13: | 2018 |
| Clubs13: | Rapide Oued Zem |
| Caps13: | 4 |
| Goals13: | 0 |
| Years14: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs14: | Youssoufia Berrechid |
| Caps14: | 0 |
| Goals14: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 21:02, 24 March 2020 (UTC) |
Saër Sène (born 4 November 1986) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward.[1]
Born in Paris, Sène began his career in the youth system of Paris Saint-Germain, before being released in 2005. He dropped into lower division football, signing for FC Étampes, before moving on to Germany in 2007, joining SG Schorndorf for a brief spell. He then spent two seasons with SG Sonnenhof Großaspach, the last of which was successful, with the club winning a league and cup double. His league debut came on 31 August 2007 in a 1–0 victory at home against SSV Ulm 1846. He scored his first goal in the 89th minute in a 2–4 defeat at TSV Crailsheim. He concluded his first season with 21 appearances and four goals, in the following season, Sène notched 31 assists and 22 goals, including three hat-tricks.
In 2009, Sène joined Bayern Munich, as part of the reserve team squad. He represented the first-team in a few pre-season friendlies, scoring against Milan in the Audi Cup. He was a regular for Bayern II in the 3. Liga, and was named in the first-team's squad for the 2009–10 Champions League.[2] He missed most of the 2010–11 season through injury, but returned for the following season, scoring eight goals in the first half of the season, only to leave Bayern on a free transfer in January 2012.
A month later, he signed for New England Revolution of MLS.[3] On 17 March 2012, Sène made his MLS debut starting the match before coming off on in the 56th minutes for Diego Fagundez in a 3–0 loss against Sporting Kansas City in the club's second match of the season.[4] The next game on 24 March 2012, Sène scored his first goal for the club in a 1–0 win over Portland Timbers[5] On 19 May 2012, Sène scored his first brace in his MLS career in a 2–2 draw against Houston Dynamo.[6] [7] On 29 August 2012, Sène tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a 3–3 draw against Chivas USA.[8] Prior to his injury he had scored two goals. He was ruled out for the remainder of the season having scored 11 goals and gotten 3 assists, the most for a Revolution player since Taylor Twellman in 2007.[9]
On 12 August 2014, Sène was traded with an international roster spot to New York Red Bulls in exchange for Andre Akpan and allocation money.[10] Two weeks later he scored his first goal for New York in a 2–0 victory over C.D. FAS in the 2014–15 CONCACAF Champions League.[11]
On 2 December 2014, New York announced that the club would not exercise its 2015 option for Sène.[12] He joined Blackpool on 9 January 2015 in a short-term deal until the end of the season.
On 15 March 2017, Sène signed with Bulgarian club Montana until the end of the season.[13] He left the club in June when his contract expired.[14]
Sène is the son of Oumar Sène, a former Senegal international footballer.[15]
SG Sonnenhof Großaspach