Personal information | |||
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Full name | Mamin Sanyang[1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 6 February 2003||
Place of birth | Brikama, The Gambia | ||
Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Winger, wing-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Hannover 96 II | ||
Number | 13 | ||
Youth career | |||
2015–2018 | 1. FC Heidenheim | ||
2018–2020 | TSG Hoffenheim | ||
2020–2022 | Bayern Munich | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2022–2023 | Bayern Munich II | 20 | (1) |
2023– | Hannover 96 II | 8 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2021 | Germany U19 | 1 | (0) |
2023– | Gambia U20 | 8 | (1) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 14:44, 24 February 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 02:44, 23 November 2023 (UTC) |
Mamin Sanyang (born 6 February, 2003) is a Gambian professional footballer who plays as a winger and wing-back for Regionalliga Nord club Hannover 96 II.
Sanyang was born in Brikama, The Gambia. His family moved to Germany as refugees in 2013 and settled in Baden-Württemberg. Then he joined the youth academy of local 2. Bundesliga club 1. FC Heidenheim. After three seasons there, he moved to the academy of Bundesliga club TSG Hoffenheim.[2]
In June 2020, he signed for Bayern Munich at the age of seventeen, joining the under-19 squad.[3] Sanyang signed a three-year contract with Bayern Munich.[4] On July 16 2022, he made his debut for Bayern Munich II in a Regionalliga Bayern match against VfB Eichstätt.[5][6]
On 23 June 2023, Sanyang signed with 2. Bundesliga club Hannover 96 as a free agent, set to initially join the reserve team.[7]
Sanyang is said to operate on the right flank, able to operate both offensively and defensively.[8] He has been described as a winger,[9] but also a wing-back.[10] It has been said that he could possess the “ the guile and creativity to play behind a central striker”.[11]
Sanyang is eligible to play for either Gambia or Germany. On September 6 2021, he represented Germany U19s against England U19s in a 1-1 draw.[12] However, he later declared for Gambia.[13] In February 2023, Sanyang was called up to the Gambia national under-20 football team for the 2023 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations tournament, held in Egypt in February and March 2023.[14] He made his debut for Gambia U20s during the AFCON tournament against Zambia U20s.[15]