Davide Diaw

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Davide Diaw
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Diaw in 2022
Personal information
Full name Davide Djily Diaw
Date of birth (1992-01-06) 6 January 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Cividale del Friuli, Italy
Height 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Monza
Number 17
Youth career
Donatello Calcio
0000–2010 Ancona Udine
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2010–2012 Sanvitese 52 (11)
2012–2013 Tamai 8 (1)
2013–2015 Virtus Corno 45 (34)
2015–2016 Tamai 27 (13)
2016–2018 Virtus Entella 53 (10)
2019–2020 Cittadella 53 (20)
2020–2021 Pordenone 18 (10)
2021– Monza 18 (1)
2021–2022 → Vicenza (loan) 32 (7)
2022–2023 → Modena (loan) 29 (10)
2023–2024 → Bari (loan) 12 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 June 2024

Davide Djily Diaw (born 6 January 1992) is an Italian professional football player who plays as a forward for Serie A club Monza.

Contents

Early life

Diaw was born in Cividale del Friuli, Italy, to an Italian mother and a Senegalese father. [1] Prior to becoming a professional footballer, he worked as a warehouse worker. [1]

Club career

Early career

A youth player for Donatello Calcio and Ancona Udine, [2] in 2010 Diaw moved to Serie D side Sanvitese. [3] After two seasons he moved to Tamai where, [4] due to a knee injury, he had limited gametime. [1] In 2013 he moved to Virtus Corno in the Eccellenza, scoring 34 league goals in 55 games in two seasons, and helping his side win the Coppa Italia Dilettanti. [5] [6] Diaw returned to Tamai on 15 July 2015. [7]

Virtus Entella

On 1 July 2016, Diaw moved to Serie B side Virtus Entella, on a three-year contract. [8] [9] He made his Serie B debut on 9 October, in a 1–1 draw against Bari; [10] Diaw's first goal came on 30 December, in a 2–1 away defeat to Cittadella. [11] On 27 January 2018, he sustained an ACL injury, prematurely ending his season. [12]

Cittadella

On 15 January 2019, after having played the first half of the 2018–19 Serie C with Virtus Entella, Diaw moved to Serie B club Cittadella on a three-year contract. [13] [14] He scored his first goal for the club on 4 May, in a 3–0 home win over Hellas Verona. [15] Diaw scored once again on 11 May, in the last game of the regular season against Palermo. On 25 May he scored and made an assist in the promotion play-off semi-final game against Benevento. In the first leg of the play-off final, he scored his first career brace against Hellas Verona, helping his side win 2–0. Despite the two-goal advantage, Cittadella lost the second leg 3–0 and remained in the Serie B.

On 7 December Diaw scored his second brace, in a 4–3 league win over Salernitana. He finished the 2019–20 Serie B season with 15 goals between the regular season and the play-offs. [16] In a year and a half, Diaw scored 22 goals in 56 games for Cittadella.

Pordenone

On 11 September 2020, Diaw moved to Serie B side Pordenone for €2.5 million, signing a four-year contract. [17] [18] He scored his first goal on 3 October in a home draw against Vicenza. [19] Two weeks later, he scored a brace in a 3–3 draw to SPAL. [20] In the first half of the 2020–21 Serie B, Diaw scored 10 goals in 18 games, and was the joint-top goalscorer to date. [21]

Monza

On 29 January 2021, Diaw joined Monza in the Serie B on a three-and-a-half-year contract. [21] He made his debut on 31 January, as a substitute against SPAL in a 1–1 league draw. [22] Diaw's first goal for Monza came on 7 May, helping his team win 3–0 in a league game against Cosenza. [23]

Loans to Vicenza, Modena and Bari

On 8 July 2021, Diaw was sent on a one-year loan to fellow-Serie B side Vicenza. [24] On 19 July 2022, he joined newly-promoted Serie B side Modena on a one-year loan. [25] On 15 August 2023, Diaw moved to Bari on a season-long loan, with Bari holding an obligation to make the transfer permanent in case of promotion to Serie A. [26]

Style of play

Diaw is a quick centre forward known for his high workrate, his first touch, and his movements. [27] Despite being 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, Diaw is a mobile player. [27]

Personal life

Diaw and his partner, Vanessa Mattiussi, have a daughter named Celeste. [28]

Career statistics

As of match played 4 November 2023 [29]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational Cup [lower-alpha 1] OtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sanvitese 2010–11 Serie D 243——243
2011–12 Serie D288——288
Total521100005211
Tamai 2012–13 Serie D81——81
Virtus Corno2013–14 Eccellenza 2915——2915
2014–15Eccellenza3119——3119
Total603400006034
Tamai 2015–16 Serie D2713——2713
Virtus Entella 2016–17 Serie B 17310—183
2017–18 Serie B20310—213
2018–19 Serie C14300—143
Total5192000539
Cittadella 2018–19 Serie B132004 [lower-alpha 2] 3175
2019–20 Serie B3513321 [lower-alpha 2] 23917
Total481532555622
Pordenone 2020–21 Serie B181000—1810
Monza 2020–21 Serie B181—2 [lower-alpha 2] 0201
Vicenza (loan) 2021–22 Serie B32710—337
Modena (loan) 2022–23 Serie B291033—3213
Bari (loan) 2023–24 Serie B8200—82
Career total3511189575367123
  1. ↑ Includes the Coppa Italia
  2. 1 2 3 Appearance(s) in Serie B promotion play-offs

Honours

Virtus Corno

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