![]() Diallo with Metz in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mouhamadou Habibou Diallo [1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 June 1995||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Thiès, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) [3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | Al-Shabab | ||||||||||||||||
Number | 20 | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Metz B | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Metz | 104 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Brest (loan) | 50 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Strasbourg | 100 | (40) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Al-Shabab | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Senegal | 30 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
Mouhamadou Habibou "Habib" Diallo (born 18 June 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab and the Senegal national team.
In the summer of 2015, Diallo was promoted to the senior team at Metz. He played 17 games in his debut season with the club, scoring 9 times.[ citation needed ] He appeared in 19 matches for Metz during the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season, scoring once. In January 2017, he was sent out on loan to Brest for the remainder of the season after falling out of favour with new manager Frédéric Hantz.[ citation needed ] Diallo had a successful time in Brittany, playing 16 times and scoring 7 goals.[ citation needed ] He went back on loan to Brest in the summer 2017 under the management of Jean-Marc Furlan. He spent the entire season there as Brest finished 5th and he scored 9 goals in 33 games in Ligue 2.[ citation needed ]
After returning from his loan, Diallo had a prolific season with Metz, winning the Ligue 2 title and scoring 26 league goals in 37 games in the process, only bettered by Gaëtan Charbonnier who played for Diallo's old club Brest, scoring 27 times. [4] Diallo was included in the year-end UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Season squad alongside 6 of his Metz teammates. [5]
Diallo immediately got up to life in Ligue 1, scoring 6 times in his first 8 matches. In the January window he was subject to interest and a reported bid from Premier League club Chelsea, but no move materialised. [6] By the time the Ligue 1 was suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Diallo had contributed 12 goals with Metz sitting in 15th position in the table. [7]
On 5 October 2020, Diallo joined Strasbourg on a five-year contract. [8]
On 14 August 2023, Diallo joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab for a club record €20 million. [9]
Diallo made his debut for Senegal on 17 November 2018 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Equatorial Guinea, as a 55th-minute substitute for M'Baye Niang. [10]
Diallo was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history. [11] [12]
He was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament. [13]
In December 2023, Diallo was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast. [14]
Club | Season | League | National cup [lower-alpha 1] | League cup [lower-alpha 2] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metz B | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | CFA | 18 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
2015–16 | CFA 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||
2016–17 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 29 | 4 | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||||
Metz | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 26 | |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | |
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 104 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 115 | 48 | ||
Brest (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
2017–18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | ||
Total | 50 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 18 | ||
Strasbourg | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 9 | |
2021–22 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 33 | 12 | |||
2022–23 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 20 | |||
Total | 100 | 40 | 3 | 1 | — | 103 | 41 | |||
Al-Shabab | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 4 | |
Career total | 288 | 110 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 304 | 113 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 November 2019 | Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 11 November 2021 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 24 March 2023 | Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Dakar, Senegal | ![]() | 5–1 | 5–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4. | 20 June 2023 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | ![]() | 1–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
5. | 19 January 2024 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
6. | 29 January 2024 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 ( a.e.t. ) | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
7. | 9 June 2024 | Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
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