Alpha Diounkou

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Alpha Diounkou
Personal information
Full name Alpha Richard Diounkou Tecagne
Date of birth (2001-10-10) 10 October 2001 (age 22)
Place of birth Sindone, Senegal
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 AEK Larnaca
(on loan from Granada)
Number 2
Youth career
2007–2015 Son Cladera
2015–2016 Mallorca
2016–2021 Manchester City
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2021– Granada 0 (0)
2021–2022 → San Fernando (loan) 13 (0)
2022–2023 → Barcelona B (loan) 39 (0)
2023– → AEK Larnaca (loan) 3 (0)
International career‡
2018 Spain U17 4 (0)
2019 Senegal U20 5 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 1 June 2022 (UTC)

Alpha Richard Diounkou Tecagne (born 10 October 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, on loan from Spanish club Granada.

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Career

Diounkou began playing football with the youth academy of Son Cladera at the age of 6, before moving to Mallorca's youth academy at the age of 14. He moved to Manchester City's youth academy in January 2016. [2] He worked his way up their reserves, before transferring to Granada on 31 August 2021. [3] He joined San Fernando on loan for the first half of the 2021–22 season. [4] On 31 January 2022, he joined Barcelona B for the remainder of the season. [5]

On 1 September 2023, Diounkou was loaned to Cypriot First Division side AEK Larnaca, for one year. [6]

International career

Diounkou was born in Senegal and moved to Spain at a young age. He represented the Spain U17s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship. [7] He switched to represent the Senegal U20s at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup. [8] Diounkou was called up to the senior Senegal national team in May 2022 for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Senegal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. ↑ vallès, jaume (12 February 2017). "El Son Cladera reclamará al City derechos de formación por Alpha". Diario de Mallorca.
  3. ↑ "OFFICIAL: Alpha Dionkou signs in Granada, then leaves on loan in D3 of Spain!". 31 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Alpha Diounkou, prometedor refuerzo para la banda derecha". sfcd.es. 31 August 2021.
  5. ↑ Clark, Gill (9 February 2022). "Barcelona Complete Signing of 20-Year-Old Right-Back".
  6. ↑ "Comunicado Oficial | Alpha Diounkou" [Official announcement | Alpha Diounkou] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  7. ↑ "OFICIAL | Estos son los 20 convocados para la Eurocopa Sub-17". www.sefutbol.com (in Spanish). 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  8. ↑ "Liste des 21 Joueurs retenus pour le Mondial U20 – Fédération Sénégalaise de Football" (in Spanish). 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019.
  9. ↑ "Alpha Diounkou responde en el Barça B y se gana la llamada de Senegal". sport (in Spanish). 31 May 2022.
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