Babacar Sarr (born 15 February 1991) is a Senegalese professional footballer who last played as a midfielder for Damac FC. As of 2021, he is an international fugitive wanted for failing to appear before courts in Norway on accusations of rape.[1][2]
![]() Sarr with Molde in 2018 | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | (1991-02-15) 15 February 1991 (age 31) | ||
Place of birth | Senegal | ||
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2011–2012 | Selfoss | 38 | (3) |
2012 | → Bastia (loan) | 3 | (0) |
2013–2014 | Start | 36 | (1) |
2014–2016 | Sogndal | 55 | (6) |
2016–2019 | Molde | 65 | (5) |
2019 | Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 13 | (1) |
2019–2020 | Damac | 13 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 December 2019 |
Sarr started his professional career at Icelandic team Selfoss, before being loaned out to French side CA Bastia in 2012.
In December 2012, Sarr signed a four-year contract with Norwegian club Start.[3] He made his debut on 17 March 2013 against Hønefoss, helping his team to a 3–2 win.
On 13 July 2014, Sarr signed for Norwegian side Sogndal,[4] playing there for two seasons before signing for Molde.[5] He was released from his contract with Molde by mutual consent on 18 January 2019.[6]
On 5 February 2019, Sarr signed for Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[7] On 3 March 2019, in his Yenisey debut, he scored a late equalizer in a 1–1 game against FC Rostov.[8] Following Yenisey's relegation from the Russian Premier League at the end of the 2018–19 season, Sarr was released by the club.[9]
Just hours after Norwegian police declared him internationally wanted,[10] Damac of the Saudi Professional League announced his signature on 11 June 2019.[11]
In August 2018 at Molde District Court, Sarr was acquitted of one case of rape whilst a player of Molde. He was then sentenced to pay reparation to the women.[citation needed] As of 2021, the case is under appeal.[12][13][14] He is wanted by Interpol as of 2021.[15][16] In 2021, media wrote that Sarr no longer resides in Saudi Arabia.[17]
In February 2020, Sarr was again accused of a rape that allegedly took place in November of 2018, after Molde played an away match against Sandefjord. This case was dropped at the end of February 2020 because the police had not informed Sarr that the investigation against him had resumed within the statutory deadline of three months. In March 2020, the Supreme Court rejected the appeal from Sarr, who was sentenced to pay 150.000 Kroner in compensation to the woman in this rape case.[18] The compensation judgement is thus final.
Club | Season | Division | League | Cup | League Cup | Europe | Total | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
Selfoss | 2011 | 1. deild karla | 17 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 22 | 2 | |
2012 | Úrvalsdeild | 21 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | — | 27 | 1 | ||
Total | 38 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 49 | 3 | ||
CA Bastia (loan) | 2011-12 | Championnat de France Amateur | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |
Start | 2013 | Tippeligaen | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 0 | ||
2014 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 0 | — | — | 17 | 1 | ||||
Total | 36 | 1 | 9 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 45 | 1 | ||
Sogndal | 2014 | Tippeligaen | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 11 | 0 | ||
2015 | OBOS-ligaen | 29 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 32 | 0 | |||
2016 | Tippeligaen | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 3 | |||
Total | 55 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 61 | 6 | ||
Molde | 2016 | Tippeligaen | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | |
2017 | Eliteserien | 25 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 30 | 1 | |||
2018 | 27 | 4 | 2 | 0 | — | 7 | 1 | 36 | 5 | |||
Total | 65 | 5 | 7 | 0 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 79 | 6 | ||
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk | 2018–19 | Russian Premier League | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Damac | 2019–20 | Saudi Professional League | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 0 | ||
Career total | 223 | 16 | 26 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 263 | 18 |