Background
Leroy Sané began playing football in 2001 in the youth-team of SG Wattenscheid 09, for which his father had played earlier.
Leroy Sané began playing football in 2001 in the youth-team of SG Wattenscheid 09, for which his father had played earlier.
In 2005 he joined Schalke 04. Three years later he moved to Bayer Leverkusen. In 2011 Sané returned to the youth academy (Nachwuchsleistungszentrum) of Schalke 04.
On 21 March 2014, Sané signed a three-year professional contract with Schalke 04 running until 30 June 2017.
Sané made his Bundesliga debut on 20 April 2014 in a match against VfB Stuttgart. He replaced Max Meyer after 77 minutes in a 1-3 away defeat.
On 28 August 2015, Sané was first appointed by Horst Hrubesch in the German U-21 team, when he was nominated for the friendly against Denmark and for the 2017 Union of European Football Associations European Under-21 Championship qualifier against Azerbaijan. Sané received his first call up to the senior Germany team on 6 November 2015 for friendly against France.
On November 13, 2015 Sané was substituted in the 61st minute for Julian Draxler in said friendly match against France in Saint-Denis, a 0-2 defeat.
Souleyman Sané was raised in France. He came to Germany via his service in the French army. Leroy Sané born in Essen and raised near the Lohrheidestadion in Wattenscheid.
Leroy has dual German and French citizenship.
On 3 September 2015, Leroy Sané made his debut in the U-21 of Germany, when at 2-1 win in the friendly in the Lohmühle in Lübeck against Denmark he was substituted after 73 minutes for Julian Brandt. Sané is the son of former German rhythmic gymnast champion Regina Weber and former football player and Senegalese international Souleyman Sané.
