Pape Matar Sarr
Born: 14 September 2002 (Thiaroye, Senegal)
Player Season Stats
Pape Matar Sarr joined us in August, 2021, from Metz.
The all-action midfielder came to the fore in 2023/24, appearing in 35 of our 41 matches in all competitions, including 34 (27 starts) in the Premier League, where he also contributed three goals and three assists.
Pape hit it off alongside Yves Bissouma in midfield, not least in our superb, unbeaten start to the campaign, where we won eight of our first 10 matches. Pape enjoyed a moment to remember early in the season when he struck his first Spurs goal to open the scoring in our 2-0 win against Manchester United, Ange Postecoglou's first home game in charge. His three league goals all came in wins against United, Bournemouth and Brighton.
His performances earned a new deal in January that will run until 2030.
Part of Senegal's AFCON squad in January, Pape was also on the shortlist for the CAF Player of the Year.
Pape joined Metz from the Generation Foot Academy in Senegal in September, 2020. He made his debut against Brest in Ligue 1 in November and went on to make 25 appearances in 2020/21, 22 in Ligue 1, three in the Coupe de France, scoring four times. After joining us, subsequently returned on loan to the Ligue 1 side for the rest of the 2021/22 season, where he made 27 appearances.
Pape made his breakthrough in 2022/23 with 14 appearances (five starts) in all competitions. He made his debut off the bench against Villa on New Year's Day, 2023, quickly followed by his full debut in our FA Cup win against Portsmouth in January, 2023 and then stepped out again alongside Oliver Skipp in cauldron of the San Siro for our UEFA Champions League Round of 16, first leg in February - the pair earning praise for their performances in central midfield.
Pape made his senior international debut for Senegal in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Congo in March, 2021. He was also part of the Senegal squad that won the Africa Cup of Nations in February, 2022, and participated at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. He was part of the squad that reached the last 16 of the 2024 AFCON. At the end of 2023/24, Pape had earned 24 caps.
