Idrissa Thiam

Idrissa Thiam
Personal information
Full name	Idrissa Thiam
Date of birth	2 September 2000 (age 21)
Place of birth	Sebkha, Mauritania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Club information
Current team	Peña Deportiva
Youth career
	ASAC Concorde
Senior career*
National team‡
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 3 March 2021; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 9 October 2020

Idrissa Thiam (born 2 September 2000) is a Mauritanian professional footballer who plays as a right winger for Spanish club SCR Peña Deportiva.

Club career[]

Born in Sebkha,^[1] Thiam represented ASAC Concorde as a youth. On 2 September 2019, he moved abroad and joined Cádiz CF on loan for one year, and was initially assigned to the reserves in Segunda División B.^[2]

In July 2020, after scoring once in nine matches for the B-side, Thiam was bought outright by Cádiz.

In October 2020, Thiam was called up by Mauritania national team manager Corentin Martins for two friendly matches against Sierra Leone and Senegal.^[3] He made his full international debut on 9 October, coming on as a second-half substitute for Almike N'Diaye and providing the assist for Hemeya Tanjy's winning goal in a 2–1 victory over the former.^[4]

^ "Idrissa Thiam" (in French). Football Federation of the Islamic Republic of Mauritania. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Idrissa Thiam completa la plantilla del filial" [Idrissa Thiam completes the squad of the reserves] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 2 September 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Africa: Martins Confident Ahead of Sierra Leone and Senegal Friendlies". AllAfrica. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.
^ "Idrissa debutó con Mauritania" [Idrissa debuted with Mauritania] (in Spanish). Cádiz CF. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2020.

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