Sahr Senesie (; born 20 June 1985) is a German former professional

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who played as a forward.

Biography

Born in

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, Senesie moved to Germany in 1997. He is the half-brother of football defender

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Club career

In Germany, Senesie was scouted by

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youth coach while playing

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. The coach brought him to the Borussia Dortmund youth team. During his first season with the youth team, Senesie was the team leading scorer. He joined the Borussia Dortmund under-19 youth and lead the teams to two junior Bundesliga titles. After several successful seasons with the youth team, Senesie moved to the senior Bourussia Dortmund team in 2005. After 24 appearances for the senior team, he had loan spells with

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and

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. He returned to Dortmund but was released in 2008. In 2008, he had a trial with

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but failed to impress manager

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. On 15 November he signed a contract with

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. Two years later he moved to

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, where he spent one season, leaving in 2011 after the club were relegated from the

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. He then signed for

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, where he spent two seasons before signing for SG Sonnenhof Großaspach in July 2013. On 1 June 2014, Senesie scored the only goal in the second leg of the promotion playoff away at VfL Wolfsburg II. As the first leg had ended 0–0, this was enough for Großaspach to secure promotion to the

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International career

Senesie has represented Germany – his adopted home – at various youth levels. He was a prominent player for the German U-20 side that participated at the 2005 Under-20 World Cup.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Senesie, Sahr 1985 births Living people German men's footballers Germany men's under-21 international footballers Germany men's youth international footballers Naturalized citizens of Germany Sierra Leonean emigrants to Germany Sportspeople of Sierra Leonean descent German people of Sierra Leonean descent Borussia Dortmund players Borussia Dortmund II players Grasshopper Club Zurich players TSG 1899 Hoffenheim players German expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Switzerland German expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland SV Eintracht Trier 05 players FC 08 Homburg players SV Wacker Burghausen players SG Sonnenhof Großaspach players Bundesliga players 3. Liga players Regionalliga players Swiss Super League players Men's association football wingers Men's association football forwards 21st-century German sportsmen