Aliou Dieng

Aliou Dieng
Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup
Personal information
Full name Aliou Dieng[1]
Date of birth (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 26)[1]
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Al Ahly
Number 15
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Djoliba AC 20[2] (0)
2018–2019 MC Alger 37 (1)
2019– Al Ahly 114 (5)
International career‡
2015–2017 Mali Á 12 (1)
2020– Mali 32 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 January 2024

Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Mali national team.

Club career

In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[3]

International career

Dieng represented a local team of Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia.[4][5] In 2020, Dieng played for the Malian national team for the first time at non-local level, in 2-1 victory against Namibia. With his home country, he also participated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 December 2023.[6]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MC Alger 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 10 0 3 0 8[a] 0 — 21 0
2018–19 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 27 1 5 0 — 32 1
Total 37 1 8 0 8 0 — 53 1
Al Ahly 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League 26 1 2 0 11[a] 1 1[b] 0 40 2
2020–21 Egyptian Premier League 33 0 1 0 13[a] 1 4[c] 0 51 1
2021–22 Egyptian Premier League 21 2 5 0 13[a] 1 4[c] 0 43 3
2022–23 Egyptian Premier League 29 2 4 0 13[a] 0 0 0 46 2
2023–24 Egyptian Premier League 5 0 0 0 8[d] 0 2[c] 0 15 0
Total 114 5 12 0 58 3 11 0 210 8
Career total 151 6 20 0 66 3 11 0 248 9
  1. ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
  2. ^ Appearance(s) in the Super Cup
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Super Cup/CAF Super Cup/FIFA Club World Cup
  4. ^ Four appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League

International

As of match played 24 January 2024[7]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Mali 2015 2 0
2016 5 1
2017 5 0
2020 1 0
2021 7 0
2022 6 1
2023 4 0
2024 2 0
Total 32 2
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dieng goal.
List of international goals scored by Aliou Dieng
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition Ref.
1 31 January 2016 Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda  Tunisia 1–1 2–1 2016 African Nations Championship [5]
2 9 June 2022 St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda  South Sudan 3–1 3–1 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification [8]

Honours

Al Ahly

References

  1. ^ a b c "FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC" (PDF). FIFA. 7 February 2023. p. 1. Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Aliou Dieng - Al Ahly Cairo - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  3. ^ "Egypt's Ahly sign Malian midfielder Aliou Dieng". Ahram Online. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Le Mali et la Guinée en demi-finales du CHAN 2016". BBC News Afrique (in French). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Tunisia vs. Mali - 31 January 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  6. ^ "Mali - A. Dieng - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
  7. ^ "Aliou Dieng". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
  8. ^ "South Sudan vs. Mali - 9 June 2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2022.

External links

  • Aliou Dieng at Soccerway
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