Alpha Diounkou
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alpha Richard Diounkou Tecagne | ||
Date of birth | 10 October 2001 | ||
Place of birth | Sindone, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||
Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team |
AEK Larnaca (on loan from Granada) | ||
Number | 2 | ||
Youth career | |||
2007–2015 | Son Cladera | ||
2015–2016 | Mallorca | ||
2016–2021 | Manchester City | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2021– | Granada | 0 | (0) |
2021–2022 | → San Fernando (loan) | 13 | (0) |
2022–2023 | → Barcelona B (loan) | 39 | (0) |
2023– | → AEK Larnaca (loan) | 3 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2018 | Spain U17 | 4 | (0) |
2019 | Senegal U20 | 5 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 October 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:18, 1 June 2022 (UTC) |
Alpha Richard Diounkou Tecagne (born 10 October 2001) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Cypriot club AEK Larnaca, on loan from Spanish club Granada.
Career
Diounkou began playing football with the youth academy of Son Cladera at the age of 6, before moving to Mallorca's youth academy at the age of 14. He moved to Manchester City's youth academy in January 2016.[2] He worked his way up their reserves, before transferring to Granada on 31 August 2021.[3] He joined San Fernando on loan for the first half of the 2021–22 season.[4] On 31 January 2022, he joined Barcelona B for the remainder of the season.[5]
On 1 September 2023, Diounkou was loaned to Cypriot First Division side AEK Larnaca, for one year.[6]
International career
Diounkou was born in Senegal and moved to Spain at a young age. He represented the Spain U17s at the 2018 UEFA European Under-17 Championship.[7] He switched to represent the Senegal U20s at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[8] Diounkou was called up to the senior Senegal national team in May 2022 for 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches.[9]
References
- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Senegal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ vallès, jaume (12 February 2017). "El Son Cladera reclamará al City derechos de formación por Alpha". Diario de Mallorca.
- ^ "OFFICIAL: Alpha Dionkou signs in Granada, then leaves on loan in D3 of Spain!". 31 August 2021.
- ^ "Alpha Diounkou, prometedor refuerzo para la banda derecha". sfcd.es. 31 August 2021.
- ^ Clark, Gill (9 February 2022). "Barcelona Complete Signing of 20-Year-Old Right-Back".
- ^ "Comunicado Oficial | Alpha Diounkou" [Official announcement | Alpha Diounkou] (in Spanish). Granada CF. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
- ^ "OFICIAL | Estos son los 20 convocados para la Eurocopa Sub-17". www.sefutbol.com (in Spanish). 23 April 2018. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "Liste des 21 Joueurs retenus pour le Mondial U20 – Fédération Sénégalaise de Football" (in Spanish). 14 May 2019. Archived from the original on 14 May 2019.
- ^ "Alpha Diounkou responde en el Barça B y se gana la llamada de Senegal". sport (in Spanish). 31 May 2022.
External links
- Alpha Diounkou at Soccerway
- Alpha Diounkou at BDFutbol
- Alpha Diounkou at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- 2001 births
- Living people
- People from Casamance
- Senegalese men's footballers
- Senegal men's youth international footballers
- Spanish men's footballers
- Spain men's youth international footballers
- Senegalese emigrants to Spain
- Naturalised citizens of Spain
- Sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- Granada CF footballers
- San Fernando CD players
- FC Barcelona Atlètic players
- AEK Larnaca FC players
- Primera Federación players
- Men's association football fullbacks
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Spanish expatriate men's footballers
- Spanish expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus