Seydou Bocar Seck (born 8 February 1991) is a Senegalese former professional

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er who played as a defender.

Career

By the age of 15 he was 1.81 m in height and playing with

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, a club where his father, Saër Seck, is president. His position was defender although coaches would also crop him to play as defensive midfielder. By then his dream was to play for

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and then for

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His dream to play with Bordeaux was partially realised in 2008. He arrived in France when he was 17 and signed with Bordeaux when the 2008–09 season already started.Nouveau défenseur du club norvégien de Bà¦rum SK et fils du Pdt de Diambars : «Je n'ai pas envie d'être reconnu comme le fils de Saër Seck, mais plutôt comme Bocar Seck»
at news.sen360.sn, 15 August 2015, Retrieved 10 February 2019 After a few trainings with the first-team, the club decided he would play with reserves squad in the

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rather than being part of the U-18 team. However, problems with the international transfer certificate resulted in Bocar starting to play only by the end of the season. That season Bordeaux won the French championship and Bocar had the chance to play with the first-team in a friendly game by the end of the season. Afterwards, Bocar had problems with injuries that resulted in him leaving Bordeaux and France.Mercato – De Diambars à Bærum SK : Le fils de Saër Seck s'engage en Norvège
at seneweb.com, 5 August 2015, Retrieved 10 February 2019 He played in Senegal again with Diambars FC until he left the club at the end of the 2013–14 season when in May Norwegian side

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intended to sign him; however, in June the deal was canceled. Bocar made a break in his career and moved to

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where he spent a year resuming his bachelor's degree in Business Management. In the spring of 2015 he started recovering his physical condition and the following summer he moved to Norway where he continued his studies and also his football career by signing with

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. With Bærum he played in the

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.Seydou Bocar Seck profile
at Soccerway At the end of the season Bærum was relegated and Bocar moved to

Kristiansund BK Kristiansund BK is a Norwegian football club located in Kristiansund that currently plays in Eliteserien. The team plays its home matches in the 4,444-capacity Kristiansund Stadion. Kristiansund BK was formed in the autumn of 2003, when two riva ...

playing with them in the first half of the

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. In summer 2016 Bocar moved to Sweden and signed with

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, however he was only an unused substitute during August and September in club games in the

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. Bocar left Ljungskile which was facing difficulties at that time and ended that season relegated. At the end of 2016 Bocar received the news that Kristiansund BK where he played the first half of the season, became champions and won promotion to the

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. After a new career-break, Bocar decided to return to professional football, and during the winter-break of the

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, he signed with Serbian side Dinamo Vranje. He made 3 appearances in the league, however, by the end of the season. Dinamo was relegated. Seck stayed in the club and made his debut in the

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on 4 August 2019, in a home win against

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Personal life

Seydou Bocar Seck's father, Saër Seck, is the president of Senegalese top-flight club

and also the president of the Senegalese Ligue Professionelle.

Honours

Diambars *

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Kristiansund *

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bocar Seck, Seydou 1991 births Living people 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen Senegalese men's footballers Footballers from Ziguinchor Men's association football defenders Men's association football midfielders Serbian SuperLiga players Serbian First League players FC Girondins de Bordeaux players Diambars FC players Bærum SK players Kristiansund BK players Norwegian First Division players Ljungskile SK players FK Dinamo Vranje players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Sweden Expatriate men's footballers in Sweden Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia