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Middlesbrough have completed the signing of Senegalese forward Kaly Sene from Swiss club Lausanne-Sport.<\/b><\/p>\n
The 24-year-old has penned a four-year deal at the Riverside Stadium after starting the season in goalscoring form for the Swiss Super League side.<\/p>\n
He has netted three goals in three league games as well as three more in five UEFA Conference League qualifiers to help Lausanne into the group stage of that competition.<\/p>\n
Sene played youth football for Juventus and signed for FC Basel in 2020, being instantly loaned out to Cypriot club Omonia Nicosia.<\/p>\n
After returning to Basel, a loan to Super League rivals Grasshoppers saw his career take off, with 10 goals in 25 games in 2021-22, and after move to Belgian sides Anderlecht and OHL fell through he was signed by Lausanne two years ago.<\/p>\n
His two seasons with the club have seen him score 19 goals in 71 games as the team finished 10th and then fifth.<\/p>\n
“It’s a big challenge for me and I’m very, very happy to be here. I’m not a striker who thinks only about scoring,” Sene told the Boro website., external<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n “I give my best on the pitch every game and run a lot for my team-mates, not just to attack but also to defend, because that’s also so important.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n