Mamady Diambou

Mamady Diambou

Diambou with Red Bull Salzburg in 2024
Personal information
Date of birth	(2002-11-11) 11 November 2002 (age 22) [1]
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Red Bull Salzburg
Number	15
Youth career
0000–2021	Guidars FC
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2021–	Red Bull Salzburg	50	(0)
2021–2022	→ FC Liefering (loan)	32	(3)
2023	→ Luzern (loan)	13	(0)
International career‡
2023–	Mali U23	4	(1)
2024–	Mali	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 2 November 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 26 March 2024

Mamady Diambou (born 11 November 2002) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Austrian Bundesliga club Red Bull Salzburg and the Mali national team.

Club career

Diambou joined Red Bull Salzburg on 4 January 2021. After the agreement he was loaned to 2. Liga club FC Liefering. ^[2]

In 4 January 2023, Diambou signed for Swiss Super League club Luzern on loan until the end of the season. ^[3]

International career

In June 2023, Diambou was included in the final squad of the Malian under-23 national team for the 2023 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, hosted in Morocco, ^{[4] [5]} where the Eagles finished in third place and qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris. ^{[6] [7]}

On 26 March 2024, he made his debut for the senior Mali national team and assisted a goal in a 2–0 victory over Nigeria in a friendly match. ^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 2 November 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup [a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Red Bull Salzburg	2021–22	Austrian Bundesliga	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	2022–22	Austrian Bundesliga	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
	2023–24	Austrian Bundesliga	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
	2024–25	Austrian Bundesliga	18	0	2	0	10 [b]	0	1 [c]	0	31	0
	2025–26	Austrian Bundesliga	7	0	2	0	3 [d]	0	—		12	0
	Total		50	0	10	0	13	0	1	0	74	0
FC Liefering (loan)	2020–21	2. Liga	14	1	—		—		—		14	1
	2021–22	2. Liga	18	2	—		—		—		18	2
	Total		32	3	—		—		—		32	3
Luzern (loan)	2022–23	Swiss Super League	13	0	1	0	—		—		14	0
Career total			95	3	11	0	13	0	1	0	120	3

1. Includes Austrian Cup, Swiss Cup
2. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
3. Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup
4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, one appearance in UEFA Europa League

International

As of match played on 26 March 2024

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2024	1	0
Total		1	0

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2021–22, 2022–23
• Austrian Cup: 2021–22

Mali U-23

• U-23 Africa Cup of Nations third place: 2023 ^{[6] [7]}

References

1. Mamady Diambou at WorldFootball.net
2. "Offiziell: Red Bull Salzburg holt drei Talente aus Mali". skysportaustria.at (in German). 4 January 2021.
3. "Mamady Diambou Verstärkt Den FCL". FC Luzern fcl.ch (in German). 4 January 2023.
4. "Mali stages comeback to defeat Gabon in TotalEnergies CAF U-23 AFCON | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 27 June 2023.
5. "Mali U23 vs. Gabon U23 – 25 June 2023". Soccerway. 27 June 2023.
6. "Mali's U23 team ends 20-year wait, qualifies for Paris Olympics | Total U-23 Africa Cup of Nations 2023". CAFOnline.com. 7 July 2023.
7. "CAN 2023 : le Mali se qualifie aux JO 2024". Sport News Africa (in French). 7 July 2023.
8. "Mali 2–0 Nigeria". ESPN. 26 March 2024.

External links

• Mamady Diambou at Soccerway
• Mamady Diambou at WorldFootball.net
• Mamady Diambou at Red Bull Salzburg