Kor Sarr (13 December 1975 – 18 February 2019) was a Senegalese professional

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player and manager.

Career

Born in

Pikine Pikine is a city in the Pikine Department of the Dakar Region of Senegal. Lying to the east of Dakar city centre, at the 2013 Census it had a population of 1,170,791. The department includes the villages of Yeumbeul, Thiaroye, Mbao, and Keur Mas ...

, Sarr played as a striker in France for

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and

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. After retiring as a player, Sarr managed Senegalese clubs

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and RS Yoff.

Later life and death

Sarr died on 18 February 2019 in

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at the age of 43.

References

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