Krépin Diatta (born 25 February 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Senegal national team.
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| Full name | Krépin Diatta[1] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 February 1999 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Right winger[2] | |||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Monaco | |||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 27 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014–2016 | Santhiaba Zinguinchor | |||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Oslo Football Academy Dakar | |||||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | Sarpsborg 08 | 22 | (3) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2018–2021 | Club Brugge | 72 | (18) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Monaco | 83 | (6) | |||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016–2017 | Senegal U20 | 19 | (7) | |||||||||||||||||
| 2019– | Senegal | 42 | (2) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:36, 9 November 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:51, 29 January 2024 (UTC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club career
editSarpsborg 08
editOn 26 February 2017, Diatta signed a four-year contract with Sarpsborg 08.[4] On 4 April 2017, he made his Sarpsborg debut in a 3–1 home win against Sogndal, subbing-in, in the 83rd minute for Ole Jørgen Halvorsen. On 26 April 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 10–1 win against Division 3 side Drøbak-Frogn, scoring a hat-trick along with teammates Erton Fejzullahu and Jørgen Larsen.[5] On 13 August 2017, he scored his first league goal for Sarpsborg in a 2–2 away draw against Kristiansund, heading in, in the 80th minute from a cross from Halvorsen.[6] He helped Sarpsborg reach the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final, scoring 5 goals in the process. Sarpsborg eventually lost 3–2 against Lillestrøm and finished as runners-up.[7]
Club Brugge
editOn 3 January 2018, Diatta signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Club Brugge KV.[8] On 8 April 2018, he made his Club Brugge debut in a 1–0 away loss against Gent, subbing-in, in the 46th minute for Ahmed Touba. On 22 July 2018, Diatta played in the 2018 Belgian Super Cup, playing 80 minutes until he was subbed-out for Dion Cools. The match eventually ended 2–1 in favour of Club Brugge. On 24 October 2018, Diatta made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–1 home draw against AS Monaco, coming on as an injury time substitute for Emmanuel Dennis.[9] On 14 February 2019, he made his UEFA Europa League debut in a 2–1 home win against FC Salzburg in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League round of 32.[10] On 10 March 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 away win against Eupen, shooting from the left side of the box and into the bottom right corner of the net in the 23rd minute.[11]
Monaco
editOn 21 January 2021, Diatta joined Ligue 1 side Monaco in a deal running until 2025.[12] He scored his first European goal for Monaco against Sturm Graz with a header in a win in the group stage of the Europa League.[13] On 19 November 2021, he scored his first league goal in Ligue 1 of the season against Lille. During the match, he suffered an injury of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee.[14]
International career
editUnder-20
editDiatta was part of the Senegal U20s who participated in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. He scored two goals in the tournament, both of which came in the group stage his first a 70th minute header against South Africa in a 7 goal thriller, and his second, a goal in the added time of the first half against Cameroon.[15] Senegal eventually lost 2–0 against Zambia in the final and finished runners-up. They thus qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16] Diatta was part of the Senegal U20s who participated in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. On 22 May 2017, he played in Senegal's 2–0 opening match win against Saudi Arabia.[17] Senegal were knocked out of the tournament in the round of 16 after they lost 1–0 against Mexico.[18]
Senior
editIn March 2019, Diatta was one of four young Senegalese players to receive a debut call-up to the national team.[19] On 23 March 2019, he made his national team debut in a 2–0 win against Madagascar in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[20] On 13 June 2019, he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[21] On 23 June 2019, he scored his first-ever senior international goal in Senegal's 2–0 opening match win against Tanzania, scoring in the 64th minute from a 20-yard first time finish.[22] He appeared in all of Senegal's matches during the tournament, including a substitute appearance in the team's 1–0 loss to Algeria in the final.[23] For his performances, Diatta was named the Best Young Player of the tournament by CAF.[24]
Diatta missed Senegal's successful 2021 Africa Cup of Nations due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury.[25] In November 2022, he was named in coach Aliou Cissé's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup and went on to play in three of Senegal's four matches as the nation reached the round of 16 for the first time since its debut in 2002.[26]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[27]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Sarpsborg 08 | 2017 | Eliteserien | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 27 | 8 | ||
| Club Brugge | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Belgian Pro League | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4[b] | 0 | 1[c] | 0 | 28 | 2 | |
| 2019–20 | Belgian Pro League | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9[d] | 1 | – | 35 | 8 | ||
| 2020–21 | Belgian Pro League | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5[e] | 0 | – | 24 | 10 | ||
| Total | 72 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 20 | ||
| Monaco | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5[f] | 1 | – | 13 | 2 | ||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10[g] | 1 | – | 41 | 5 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[e] | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | ||
| Total | 83 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 2 | – | 104 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 177 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 226 | 36 | ||
- ^ Includes Norwegian Cup, Belgian Cup, Coupe de France
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in Belgian Super Cup
- ^ Eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, three appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
International
edit- As of match played 29 January 2024[29]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2019 | 13 | 1 |
| 2020 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 8 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 42 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diatta goal.[29]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1 | 23 June 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt |  Tanzania |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2 | 5 June 2021 | Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal |  Zambia |
2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Honours
editSarpsborg 08
- Norwegian Cup runner-up: 2017
Club Brugge
- Belgian First Division A: 2017–18, 2019–20[30]
- Belgian Cup runner-up: 2019–20
- Belgian Super Cup: 2018
Monaco
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2020–21[31]
Individual
- Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Best XI: 2017[32]
- Eliteserien Breakthrough of the Year: 2017
- Best Young Player in African Cup of Nations 2019[33]
References
edit- ^ "Krépin Diatta". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
- ^ a b c Krépin Diatta at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Krépin Diatta". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
- ^ "Krépin Diatta klar for Sarpsborg 08" (in Norwegian). Sarpsborg 08 FF. 26 February 2017. Retrieved 28 February 2017.
- ^ "Sarpsborg med målshow i Drøbak" (in Norwegian). Sunnmørsposten. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ Herrebrøden, Øyvind (14 August 2017). "Bakke raste mot dommeren da Kristiansund utlignet på overtid" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Lillestrøm tok sitt sjette cupgull". Dagbladet. 3 December 2017. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Krépin Diatta naar Club Brugge". clubbrugge.be (in Dutch). Club Brugge KV. 3 January 2018. Retrieved 3 January 2018.
- ^ "Club Brugge holds Monaco to 1-1 draw in Champions League". Fox Sports. 24 October 2018. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ Lagae, Bart (14 February 2019). "Denswil en Wesley koppen Club Brugge in sterke tweede helft voorbij Salzburg" (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ Taecke, Tomas (10 March 2013). "Vanaken wijst Club de weg in Eupen" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Krépin Diatta joins AS Monaco". AS Monaco FC. 21 January 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2021.
- ^ UEFA.com. "Monaco-Sturm | UEFA Europa League". UEFA.com. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Monaco : mauvaise nouvelle confirmée pour Diatta". news.maxifoot.fr (in French). Retrieved 24 November 2021.
- ^ "Senegal edge South Africa in seven-goal thriller". CAF. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Host Zambia beat Senegal to claim title". CAF. 12 March 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Senegal enjoy comfortable win over Saudi Arabia". FIFA. 22 May 2017. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Cisneros the hero as Mexico advance to quarters". FIFA. 1 June 2017. Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Bah, Momodou (28 February 2019). "Senegal coach Aliou Cisse opts for youth in latest squad". BBC Sport.
- ^ "Senegal v Madagascar". African Football. 23 March 2019. Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
- ^ "Senegal announce strong AFCON squad". KingFut. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ Willoughby, James (24 June 2019). "Balde, Diatta on target in routine AFCON win". Sportstar. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
- ^ "Algeria sink Senegal to claim second Africa Cup of Nations". Fox Sports. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2019 awards". Ahram Online. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "INTERVIEW: KRÉPIN DIATTA HOPES TO PLAY STARRING ROLE FOR SENEGAL AFTER AFCON HEARTBREAK". Monaco Life. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Senegal Squad". ESPN UK. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Afcon 2023: Senegal and Sadio Mane set for defence of title". BBC Sport Africa. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Krépin Diatta". Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 July 2018.
- ^ a b "Krépin Diatta". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
- ^ "Club Brugge awarded Belgian Pro League title as season ended early". Sky Sports. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ^ "Monaco 0–2 Paris Saint Germain: PSG win sixth French Cup in seven years". BBC Sport. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
- ^ Football, CAF-Confedération Africaine du. "Awards and Statistics". CAFOnline.com. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ "Africa Cup of Nations 2019 awards". Al-Ahram. 20 July 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
External links
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- Profile at the AS Monaco FC website
- Krépin Diatta – UEFA competition record (archive)
