Career
Qviding FIF
Sana began his professional football career in 2007–2008, playing for Qviding FIF, having spent his youth years playing for Marieholms BoIK, followed by Västra Frölunda IF, from where he was recruited to play for Qviding FIF in the Swedish Division 1 Södra and Superettan, the third and second tier of Swedish professional football. He made 28 appearances in two years, in the regular season for the club from Gothenburg, scoring twice. IFK Göteborg
In 2009 Sana signed with IFK Göteborg making his debut in the Allsvenskan league, the top tier in Swedish football.
A special clause in his contract allowed for him to return to his former club on a loan basis in 2009, before fully committing himself to IFK Göteborg.
During the first half of the 2012 season Sana was a first team regular and rated among many as one of the team"s best players. Despite that, the team had a disappointing season and Sana only scored two goals and made no assists.
AFC Ajax
On 1 August 2012 Sana signed a 3-year deal with Dutch giants AFC Ajax. IFK Göteborg received 350,000 euro for the right-winger.
On 19 August 2012 Sana earned his first start for AFC Ajax and immediately paid back the support from the manager by scoring his first two Eredivisie goals, and earning himself the Manitoba of the Match award.
Malmö FF
Swedish champions Malmö FF announced on 14 January 2015 that they had signed Sana on a four-year contract. Having been eligible to represent either Burkina Faso or Sweden on international level, Sana chose to represent Sweden, his country of birth, receiving his first call up on 2 October 2012 to play in the World Cup qualifying matches against Faroe Islands and Germany. Not making an appearance against the Faroe Islands, he made his debut for Sweden on 16 October 2012 in the match against Germany, which ended in a 4–4 tie.