Issiar Dia

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Issiar Dia
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Dia in 2012
Personal information
Full name Issiar Dia [1]
Date of birth (1987-06-08) 8 June 1987 (age 36) [1]
Place of birth Sèvres, France [1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Winger
Youth career
1995–2001 Boulogne-Billancourt
2000–2002INF Clairefontaine
2001–2002 Montrouge
2002–2003 Boulogne-Billancourt
2003–2004 Amiens
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2004–2006 Amiens 45 (8)
2006–2010 Nancy 115 (13)
2010–2012 Fenerbahçe 41 (5)
2012–2015 Lekhwiya 28 (3)
2014–2015Al Kharaitiyat SC (loan) 19 (2)
2015 Gazélec Ajaccio 11 (0)
2016 Al Kharaitiyat SC 0 (0)
2016–2017 Nancy 31 (8)
2017–2019 Yeni Malatyaspor 14 (0)
International career
2004–2005 France U18 1 (0)
2005–2006 France U19 11 (2)
2006–2008 France U21 3 (0)
2008–2013 Senegal 21 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:16, 15 April 2017 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2008

Issiar Dia (born 8 June 1987) is a former professional footballer who played as a winger. Born in France, he represented Senegal at international level.

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Club career

Nancy

In summer 2006, Dia joined AS Nancy from SC Amiens for a €2 million transfer fee. On 10 September 2006, he made his Ligue 1 debut in a match against Toulouse FC replacing Monsef Zerka in the 68th minute. 18 days later, he scored on his international debut in a 3–1 return leg win against tournament favourites FC Schalke 04 in the first round of the UEFA Cup; he was involved in all three goals.

In his first spell at AS Nancy, he made a total of 115 league appearances scoring 13 goals with 8 of those coming in his last season at the club.

Fenerbahçe

On 21 July 2010, Fenerbahçe announced that Dia had joined the team on a four-year contract for a sum of €8 million. [2] He ended a long scoring drought on 5 February 2011 with a goal against Manisaspor, as Fenerbahçe won 3–1 in the dying minutes of the game. After a two-year spell with the Turkish club, he joined Qatari champions Lekhwiya SC. [3]

Lekhwiya

Al Kharaitiyat (loan)

Gazélec Ajaccio

Al Kharaitiyat

Nancy

On 31 August 2016, Dia returned to Nancy on a one-year deal. [4] He left the club at the end of the season. [5]

Yeni Malatyaspor

On 1 July 2017, Dia returned to Turkey and sign three years deal with Yeni Malatyaspor.

International career

Dia earned a call up to the France U-21 squad, the country of his birth.

After his 21st birthday, he chose to pledge his future to the Senegalese. He was selected for the squad the first time possible, against Gambia, and came on as a substitute in the 61st minute for Frederic Mendy.

Career statistics

Club

As of 15 April 2017 [6] [7]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueCup [lower-alpha 1] Continental [lower-alpha 2] Total
DivisionAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoalsAppGoals
Amiens 2004–05 Ligue 2 1400000140
2005–06 2983000328
2006–07 20100030
Total4584000498
Nancy 2006–07 Ligue 11513161243
2007–08 3113100342
2008–09 2433050323
2009–10 3382100359
Total1031311311112517
Fenerbahçe 2010–11 Süper Lig 2523010292
2011–12 1633100194
Total4156110486
Lekhwiya 2012–13 Qatar Stars League 1630072235
2013–14 1203210162
Total2833282397
Al Kharaitiyat SC 2014–15 Qatar Stars League1920000192
2015–16 1110000111
Total3030000303
Gazélec Ajaccio 2015–16 Ligue 1 1101000120
Nancy 2016–17 Ligue 13183000348
Yeni Malatyaspor 2017-18 Süper Lig 1203000150
2018-19 Süper Lig20200040
Total1405000190
Career total3034033620335649

International

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dia goal.
List of international goals scored by Issiar Dia
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
17 November 2010Saint GratienFlag of Gabon.svg  Gabon 2–1 Friendly

Honours

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