Ousmane Diao

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Ousmane Diao
Personal information
Date of birth (2004-06-08) 8 June 2004 (age 20)
Place of birth Ouakam, Senegal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) [1]
Position(s) Centre-back, Right-back
Team information
Current team
 Midtjylland
Number 4
Youth career
0000–2019 AS Ouakam
2020–2023 AF Darou Salam
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2024 Mafra 46 (2)
2024– Midtjylland 0 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:26, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Ousmane Diao (born 8 June 2004) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a centre-back for Danish Superliga club FC Midtjylland.

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Club career

Youth years

Diao was born and raised in Ouakam, a commune in the capital Dakar, where he also started his career in AS Ouakam. In 2019 Diao moved to the football academy Darou Salam - Académie Foot Darou Salam de Dakar - where during his time at the academy he was also selected for the Senegal U-20 national team. [2]

Midtjylland and Mafra

In August 2022, Diao reportedly signed with Danish club FC Midtjylland. [3] However, Midtjylland never officially confirmed this themselves. In January 2023, Portuguese club C.D. Mafra confirmed that Diao had signed with the club. Several sources - although neither Mafra nor Midtjylland confirmed this - wrote that Diao joined Mafra on a loan deal from Midtjylland, until summer 2024. [4] [5]

In the summer of 2023, Diao was back in Midtjylland and also took part in a training match for the club. [6] He then returned to Mafra, where he became a huge profile for the club in the 2023–24 season. His good performances for Mafra made Diao attract a lot of interest, including from Sporting CP, who according to sources were close signing Diao. [7] On June 27, 2024, FC Midtjylland confirmed that Diao had been brought to the club on a contract until June 2029. [8]

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References

  1. ↑ Ousmane Diao at WorldFootball.net
  2. ↑ Projecteur – Ousmane Diao, l’élégant défenseur Sénégalais, wiwsport.com, 28 November 2020
  3. ↑ Mercato : Ousmane Diao signe à Midtjylland qui le prête au Portugal !, wiwsport.com, 13 October 2020
  4. ↑ BEM-VINDO, O. DIAO!, cdmafra.com, 13 January 2023
  5. ↑ Fem FCM’ere er der i forvejen: Portugisisk klub bekræfter aftale med FCM, sportherning.dk, 2 June 2023
  6. ↑ STARTOPSTILLINGEN MOD AAB, fcm.dk, 7 July 2023
  7. ↑ Sporting de olho em jovem central senegalês do Mafra, cnnportugal.iol.pt, 29 November 2023
  8. ↑ FC MIDTJYLLAND KØBER OUSMANE DIAO, fcm.dk, 27 June 2024
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