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 24)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali [2]
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Youth career
–2018 Djoliba
2018–2019 Royal Antwerp
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2019–2021 Royal Antwerp 0 (0)
2019–2020 → Lokeren (loan) 9 (1)
2021–2023 Újpest 45 (5)
2023–2025 St. Gallen 41 (1)
International career‡
2017 Mali U17 9 (0)
2019 Mali U20 7 (1)
2024– Mali 7 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 June 2025
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 March 2025

Abdoulaye Diaby (born 4 July 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen 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]

International career

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

Career statistics

Club

As of 22 May 2025 [8]
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] 0–00101
Újpest 2021–22 Nemzeti Bajnokság I 201324 [b] 0–273
2022–23 Nemzeti Bajnokság I25430–00284
Total455624000557
St. Gallen 2023–24 Swiss Super League 24021––261
2024–25 Swiss Super League171106 [b] 0–241
Total4113160–502
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. ↑ Abdoulaye Diaby at Soccerway . Retrieved 4 February 2020.


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