Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Kholood on loan from Al Ahly and the Mali national team.
 Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team |
Al-Kholood (on loan from 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 | 122 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
| 2024– | → Al-Kholood (loan) | 9 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2015–2019 | Mali U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Mali A' | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2020– | Mali | 28 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 7 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
editIn 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
editDieng 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] 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
editClub
edit- As of 7 November 2024
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| 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 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 50 | 1 | |||
| Al Ahly | 2019–20 | Egyptian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11[a] | 1 | 1[b] | 0 | 41 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13[a] | 1 | 4[c] | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13[a] | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13[a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9[d] | 0 | 2[c] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
| Total | 122 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 213 | 7 | ||
| Al-Kholood (loan) | 2024–25 | Saudi Pro League | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 10 | 1 | ||
| Career total | 168 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 272 | 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
- ^ Five appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League
International
edit- As of match played 15 November 2024
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 28 | 1 | |
- 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 | 9 June 2022 | St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda |  South Sudan
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3–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [6] |
Honours
edit- Al Ahly
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.
- ^ "South Sudan vs. Mali - 9 June 2022". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
External links
edit- Aliou Dieng at Soccerway
