Amadou Haidara

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Amadou Haidara
FC Admira Wacker Mödling vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg 2018-04-15 (035).jpg
Haidara with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name Amadou Haidara
Date of birth (1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 23)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2016 JMG Academy Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 48 (18)
2016 → Liefering (loan) 25 (2)
2019– RB Leipzig 67 (6)
National team‡
2015 Mali U17 7 (2)
2017 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 24 (2)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23:54, 16 October 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 10 October 2021

Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Mali national team.

Club career[]

Red Bull Salzburg[]

Haidara started his career with the Malian side . In July 2016, he was signed by FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was sent out on loan to the second league side FC Liefering, which is the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. Haidara also played for the FC Red Bull Salzburg U-19 team in the UEFA Youth League. There he scored two goals versus FK Vardar.[2]

He made his first appearance in the third round of the 2016–17 league versus LASK Linz. He substituted Gideon Mensah after the halftime break and scored his first goal in the 48th minute for Liefering.[3]

During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[4] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[5]

RB Leipzig[]

On 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig.[6] On 30 March 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC.[7] In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.

On 8 December 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season.[8]

International career[]

Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team, scoring one goal. Haidara made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[9]

Honours[]

Club[]

Red Bull Salzburg

International[]

Mali U17

Career statistics[]

Club[]

As of match played 19 October 2021.[1][13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Red Bull Salzburg 2016–17 Austrian Bundesliga 5 1 2 1 0 0 — 7 2
2017–18 31 3 6 1 18[a] 4 — 55 8
2018–19 12 2 2 0 7[b] 1 — 21 3
Total 48 6 10 2 25 5 — 83 13
Liefering (loan) 2016–17 Austrian First League 25 2 — — — 25 2
RB Leipzig 2018–19 Bundesliga 9 1 3 0 0 0 — 12 1
2019–20 19 0 2 0 7[c] 0 — 28 0
2020–21 31 3 6 2 6[c] 1 — 43 6
2021–22 8 2 1 1 3[c] 0 — 12 3
Total 67 6 12 3 16 1 — 95 10
Career total 140 14 22 5 41 6 0 0 203 25
  1. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, sixteen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  2. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ a b c Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International[]

As of match played 10 October 2021.[14]
Mali
Year Apps Goals
2017 2 0
2018 4 0
2019 9 1
2020 2 1
2021 7 0
Total 24 2

International goals[]

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[14]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 1 July 2019 Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt  Angola 1–0 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations
2. 9 October 2020 , Side, Turkey  Ghana 3–0 3–0 Friendly

References[]

  1. ^ a b Amadou Haidara at WorldFootball.net
  2. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Jungbullen schaffen sich mit Kantersieg ideale Ausgangsposition". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ "3. Runde, Saison 2016/17, FC Liefering gegen LASK – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Amadou Haidara: Mali international 'motivated' after move to RB Leipzig". BBC Sport. 23 December 2018.
  7. ^ "RB Leipzig zerlegt Hertha BSC". dw.com (in German). 30 March 2019.
  8. ^ "Manchester United out of Champions League after leaving it too late at Leipzig". The Guardian. 8 December 2020.
  9. ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on August 19, 2016.
  10. ^ "SK Rapid Wien - FC Red Bull Salzburg". OEFB (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
  11. ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players" (PDF). fifadata.com. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-03.
  12. ^ "Nigeria head African party in Chile". fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017.
  13. ^ "A. Haidara". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  14. ^ a b "Amadou Haidara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 July 2019.

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