Abdoulaye Diaby

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Abdoulaye Diaby
Personal information
Full name Abdoulaye Diaby [1]
Date of birth (2000-07-04) 4 July 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali [2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
Grasshopper Club Zurich
Number 15
Youth career
–2018 Djoliba
2018–2019 Royal Antwerp
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Royal Antwerp 0 (0)
2019–2020Lokeren (loan) 9 (1)
2021–2023 Újpest 45 (5)
2023–2025 St. Gallen 41 (1)
2025– Grasshopper 0 (0)
International career
2017 Mali U17 9 (0)
2019 Mali U20 7 (1)
2024– Mali 7 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 12:48, 5 September 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025

Abdoulaye Diaby (born 4 July 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club Grasshopper Club Zurich and the Mali national team.

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Club career

Diaby began his career as a youth at Djoliba AC before moving to Belgium at the age of 19. [3] He was loaned to Lokeren in 2019. [4]

On 21 June 2021, Diaby signed with Újpest in Hungary. [5]

On 25 June 2023, Diaby signed for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen on a two-year contract. [6] He departed St. Gallen on 9 June 2025 at the end of his contract. [7]

On 5 September 2025, he signed with league rivals Grasshopper Club Zurich. [8] He joins them on a two-year deal, with an option for a further year. He was able to celebrate a 3–1 victory at home against FC Lausanne-Sport on his debut, on 14 September 2025. [9] He came on after just 30 minutes, replacing the injured captain Saulo Decarli.

International career

Diaby has played for Mali at the U17 and U20 level. [4]

Career statistics

Club

As of 5 September 2025 [10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Royal Antwerp 2019–20 Belgian First Division A 0000000000
Lokeren (loan) 2019–20 Belgian First Division B 911 [a] 000101
Újpest 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 201324 [b] 0273
2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I2543000284
Total455624000557
St. Gallen 2023–24 Swiss Super League 24021261
2024–25 Swiss Super League171106 [b] 0241
Total4113160502
Grasshopper 2025–26 Swiss Super League000000
Career total9571031000011510
  1. Appearances in the Belgian Cup
  2. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League

International

As of match played 24 March 2025
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali 202450
202520
Total70

References

  1. "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. Abdoulaye Diaby at WorldFootball.net OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  3. "Abdoulaye Diaby : Le Malien file au Sporting Lokeren". 9 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Lokeren huurt Abdoulaye Diaby van Antwerp". 9 August 2019.
  5. "Középhátvéd a legújabb érkező" (Press release) (in Hungarian). Újpest. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  6. "Abdoulaye Diaby wechselt zum FC St.Gallen 1879" [Abdoulaye Diaby moves to FC St.Gallen 1879]. www.fcsg.ch (in German). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  7. "FCSG verabschiedet Diaby und Nsame" (in Swiss High German). 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  8. "Grasshopper Club Zürich verpflichtet Abdoulaye Diaby" (in Swiss High German). Grasshopper Club Zurich. 5 September 2025. Retrieved 5 September 2025.
  9. Bäggli, Andri (15 September 2025). "GC-Coach Scheiblehner ist nicht in Feierlaune" (in Swiss High German). Blick . Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  10. Abdoulaye Diaby at Soccerway . Retrieved 4 February 2020.