Aliou Dieng
 Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aliou Dieng[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 16 October 1997[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Al-Kholood | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Djoliba AC | 20[2] | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | MC Alger | 37 | (1) |
| 2019– | Al Ahly | 114 | (5) |
| 2024– | → Al-Kholood (loan) | 0 | (0) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015–2017 | Mali Á | 12 | (1) |
| 2020– | Mali | 33 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 15 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 June 2024 | |||
Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Kholood and the Mali national team.
Club career
[edit]In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[3]
On 23 August 2024, Dieng joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood on a one-year loan.[4]
International career
[edit]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.[5][6] 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
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 25 May 2024.[7]
| 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 | 9[d] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 16 | 0 | |
| Total | 114 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 59 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 211 | 8 | ||
| Career total | 151 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 67 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 249 | 9 | ||
- ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
- ^ Appearance(s) in the Super Cup
- ^ a b c Appearance(s) in the Super Cup/CAF Super Cup/FIFA Club World Cup
- ^ Four appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League
International
[edit]- As of match played 11 June 2024[8]
| 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 | 3 | 0 | |
| Total | 33 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dieng goal.
| 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 | [6] |
| 2 | 9 June 2022 | St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda |  South Sudan
|
3–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [9] |
Honours
[edit]- Al Ahly
- Egyptian Premier League: 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
- Egypt Cup: 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
- Egyptian Super Cup: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
- CAF Champions League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
- CAF Super Cup: 2021 (May), 2021 (December)
References
[edit]- ^ 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.
- ^ "Aliou Dieng - Al Ahly Cairo - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Egypt's Ahly sign Malian midfielder Aliou Dieng". Ahram Online. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "رسميا.. الخلود يعلن ضم أليو ديانج".
- ^ "Le Mali et la Guinée en demi-finales du CHAN 2016". BBC News Afrique (in French). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Tunisia vs. Mali - 31 January 2016". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Mali - A. Dieng - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 30 October 2020.
- ^ "Aliou Dieng". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "South Sudan vs. Mali - 9 June 2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
External links
[edit]- Aliou Dieng at Soccerway
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Categories:
- 1997 births
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- Egyptian Premier League players
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- Djoliba AC players
- MC Alger players
- Al Ahly SC players
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- 2016 African Nations Championship players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
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- 21st-century Malian people
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- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia