Mamadou Diallo (footballer, born 1990)

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Mamadou Diallo
Personal information
Date of birth (1990-07-02) 2 July 1990 (age 33)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea [1]
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
–2007 [1] AS Ashanti [1]
2008–2013 Hougang United 109 (23)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mamadou Diallo (born 2 July 1990) is a Guinean former professional footballer who played as a striker. [2] [3]

Career

When Diallo was seven years old, he was inspired to become a footballer after his brother became a professional footballer in the local league. [1]

He signed a contract with Hougang United FC in 2008. He was able to secure a contract and a work permit to ply his trade in Singapore without any issues. The peak of his career in Singapore football was after a season with Hougang United which won him the Yeo's people choice award for 2013 S league season. [4]

For season 2014, Hougang United FC was ready to offer a contract renewal but he was denied a work permit by the Singapore Ministry of Manpower.[ citation needed ] Upon hearing this, some Hougang United fans started a petition in 2014 as a last effort to dissuade the Ministry from denying the permit; [5] however, his work permit was denied anyway.

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References

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