Lamine Sy
Birth date10 August 2002
Birth placeLes Mureaux, France
Height1.71 m
PositionRight-back, Midfielder
CurrentclubAuxerre
Clubnumber27
Youthyears 1–2014
Youthclubs 1OFC les Mureaux
Youthyears 22014–2021
Youthclubs 2Caen
Years 12021–2025
Clubs 1Caen II
Caps 128
Goals 10
Years 22021–2025
Clubs 2Caen
Caps 223
Goals 20
Years 32023–2024
Clubs 3Rouen (loan)
Caps 331
Goals 33
Years 42025-
Clubs 4Auxerre
Caps 424
Goals 40
Club-update20 May 2026

Lamine Sy (born 10 August 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right-back for Auxerre.

Club career

Lamine Sy joined the Stade Malherbe de Caen academy in 2014 from the Olympique of les Mureaux, starting to play with the Norman team reserve in National 3 during the 2019–20 season.[1][2]

Playing only one game that season and during the following one in National 2, he eventually established himself as a regular starter with the reserve in 2021–22 under Fabrice Vandeputte management, earning his first calls to the first team in February 2022.[1][3]

He made his professional debut for SM Caen on the 5 February 2022, replacing the right-back Hugo Vandermersch during a 1–1 away Ligue 2 away draw against AS Nancy.[4][5]

Style of play

First playing as a midfielder, Sy was moved to the right-back position by Vandeputte where he became a starter in the reserve and played in Caen first team. He is described as a fast, powerful and agile footballer, able to make good use of his technical abilities to be decisive in the attacking phases.[1]

Personal life

Having grown up in Île-de-France, Lamine Sy is the younger brother of Harouna Sy, who also plays professionally as a fullback, at Amiens.[1]

References

  1. ^ Chatel, Aline (5 Feb 2022). "SM Caen. Qui est Lamine Sy, le jeune joueur convoqué pour la première fois en Ligue 2 ?" (in French). actu.fr. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  2. ^ "Formation. Signature de Lamine Sy". Stade Malherbe Caen. 19 Dec 2014. Archived 2015-01-10 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  3. ^ "Première pour Lamine Sy, retour de Benjamin Jeannot face à Nancy" (in fr-FR). Malherbe inside. 2022-02-05. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  4. ^ Letondeur, Boris & Duc, Olivier (2022-02-05). "Ligue 2 (J23) : Caen ne repart qu'avec un point de Nancy, la lanterne rouge" (in French). France Bleu. Retrieved 2022-02-08.
  5. ^ Guyon, Pierre (5 Feb 2022). "Nancy – SM Caen : match nul assez logique entre les deux formations". Ouest-France. Retrieved 8 February 2022.