Buba Sangaré
Personal information
Full name Aboubacar Sangaré Traoré
Date of birth (2007-08-06) 6 August 2007
Place of birth Elche, Spain
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Right back
Team information
Current team
 Levante
Number 42
Youth career
Ilicitano Sporting
2018–2019 Levante
2019–2020 Patacona
2020–2021 Levante
2021–2022 Patacona
2022– Levante
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2023– Levante 0 (0)
International career
2021–2022 Spain U15 8 (0)
2022–2023 Spain U16 7 (0)
2023– Spain U17 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2023

Aboubacar "Buba" Sangaré Traoré (born 6 August 2007) is a Spanish footballer who plays as a right back for Levante UD.

Club career

Born in Elche, Alicante, Valencian Community to Malian parents,[1] Sangaré joined Levante UD's youth setup in September 2018, from Ilicitano Sporting CF.[2] After progressing through the youth setup and alternating between the squads of Levante and affiliated club Patacona CF, he started to train with the first team under manager Javier Calleja in November 2023.[3]

On 6 December 2023, before even having appeared for the reserves, Sangaré made his professional debut by starting in a 0–1 home loss to SD Amorebieta, for the season's Copa del Rey; aged 16 years and four months, he became the youngest player to play his first match for the club.[4][5]

International career

Sangaré represented Spain at under-15, under-16 and under-17 levels.

References

  1. ↑ "Buba Sangare, 16 años y 4 meses, el jugador más joven de la historia del Levante" [Buba Sangare, 16 years and 4 months, the youngest player of Levante's history]. Valencia Plaza (in Spanish). Plaza Deportiva. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "La historia de cómo Buba Sangare llegó a ser futbolista del Levante UD" [The story of how Buba Sangare became a footballer of Levante UD] (in Spanish). Mundo Levante UD. 7 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fabrício regresa acompañado de seis canteranos" [Fabrício returns with six youth players] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 20 November 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Eraso agua el debut de Buba" [Eraso bitters the debut of Buba] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Buba Sangare, el debutante más joven de la historia del Levante" [Buba Sangare, the youngest debutant of the history of Levante] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 6 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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