Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Aliou Dieng [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [1] | 16 October 1997||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Kholood (on loan from 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 | 122 | (5) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → Al-Kholood (loan) | 12 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2015–2019 | Mali U23 | 6 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
2016 | Mali A' | 6 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
2020– | Mali | 29 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 6 December 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 November 2024 |
Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Kholood on loan from Al Ahly and the Mali national team.
In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee. [3]
On 23 August 2024, Dieng joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood on a one-year loan. [4]
Dieng represented a local team of Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia. [5] In 2020, Dieng played for the Malian national team for the first time at non-local level, in 2-1 victory against Namibia. With his home country, he also participated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
MC Alger | 2017–18 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 [a] | 0 | — | 21 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 32 | 1 | |||||
Total | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | 50 | 1 | |||
Al Ahly | 2019–20 | Egyptian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 [a] | 1 | 1 [b] | 0 | 41 | 2 |
2020–21 | 33 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 [a] | 1 | 4 [c] | 0 | 54 | 1 | ||
2021–22 | 21 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 [a] | 0 | 4 [c] | 0 | 42 | 2 | ||
2022–23 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 [a] | 0 | 5 | 0 | 51 | 2 | ||
2023–24 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 [d] | 0 | 2 [c] | 0 | 25 | 0 | ||
Total | 122 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 59 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 213 | 7 | ||
Al-Kholood (loan) | 2024–25 | Saudi Pro League | 12 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 13 | 1 | ||
Career total | 171 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 67 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 275 | 9 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mali | 2020 | 1 | 0 |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 6 | 1 | |
2023 | 6 | 0 | |
2024 | 9 | 0 | |
Total | 29 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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1 | 9 June 2022 | St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda | South Sudan | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [6] |
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