Aliou Dieng

Aliou Dieng
Personal information
Full name	Aliou Dieng
Date of birth	16 October 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team	Al Ahly
Number	15
Senior career*
Years	Team
2016–2018	Djoliba AC
2018–2019	MC Alger
2019–	Al Ahly
National team‡
2015–	Mali
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2021

Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Al Ahly in the Egyptian Premier League 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]

Dieng represented Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia.^[4]^[5]

As of 31 August 2021.^[6]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MC Alger	2018–19	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	37	1	5	0	—		0	0	42	1
Al Ahly	2019–20	Egyptian Premier League	26	1	2	0	12^[a]	1	0^[b]	0	40	2
	2020–21	Egyptian Premier League	33	0	1	0	13^[a]	1	4^[c]	0	51	1
	Total		59	1	3	0	25	2	4	0	91	3
Career total			96	2	8	0	25	2	4	0	133	4

As of match played 1 September 2021^[7]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2015	2	0
	2016	5	1
	2017	4	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	5	0
Total		17	1

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]

^ "FIFA Club World Cup Qatar 2020: Squad list" (PDF). FIFA. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2021.
^ "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.
^ "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". int.soccerway.com. 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.

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Personal information
Full name	Aliou Dieng^[1]
Date of birth	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 24)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Club 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	65	(2)
National team^‡
2015–	Mali	19	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2021