Abdoulaye Diallo
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Abdoulaye Diallo[1] | ||
Date of birth | 30 March 1992 | ||
Place of birth | Reims, France | ||
Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Gençlerbirliği | ||
Number | 27 | ||
Youth career | |||
1999 | AS Française | ||
1999–2002 | Tinqueux | ||
2002–2007 | Reims | ||
2004–2007 | Clairefontaine | ||
2007–2009 | Rennes | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2009–2019 | Rennes | 18 | (0) |
2010–2016 | Rennes II | 41 | (0) |
2014–2016 | → Le Havre (loan) | 50 | (0) |
2016–2017 | → Çaykur Rizespor (loan) | 19 | (0) |
2019– | Gençlerbirliği | 4 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2010–2011 | France U19 | 10 | (0) |
2011–2012 | France U20 | 10 | (0) |
2015– | Senegal | 17 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:02, 12 June 2019 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13:02, 12 June 2019 (UTC) |
Abdoulaye Diallo (born 30 March 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Gençlerbirliği and the Senegal national football team.[3] Born in France, he is a former graduate of the prestigious Clairefontaine academy and joined Rennes in 2007. Diallo made his professional debut, at the age of 17, on 29 November 2009, in a league match against Olympique Lyonnais. Diallo also represented France national youth team, before switching back to Senegal, where his parents come from.
Football career
Early career
Diallo began his football career playing for his hometown club Stade Reims, joining the club as a youth player. In 2004, he was selected to attend the Clairefontaine academy and spent three years at the facility training at the academy during the weekdays and playing for Reims on the weekend. Prior to leaving Clairefontaine, Diallo agreed to join the nationally recognized youth academy of Stade Rennais on an aspirant (youth) contract. Rennes had been scouting the player since 2004.
Rennes
Diallo joined Rennes and was among a host of internationally recognized youth talents the club had comprised. These talents included youth internationals Elliot Sorin, Wesley Yamnaine, Jérémy Helan, who played for Manchester City in England, Abdoulaye Doucouré, and Axel Ngando. Diallo initially joined the club's under-18 team who were playing in their own league, the under-18 Championnat National. Rennes finished in 4th-place position, missing out on the playoffs.[4] The 2008–09 season saw Diallo earn a place in the club's Coupe Gambardella team with the club attempting to defend their title from the previous season. In the tournament, the goalkeeper appeared in three matches and conceded four goals. Rennes suffered elimination in the Round of 16 losing to Le Havre.
Diallo was promoted to the club's Championnat de France amateur team for the 2009–10 season. He made his debut on 15 August 2009, earning a clean sheet in the team's 2–0 victory over US Sénart-Moissy.[5] Diallo appeared in four more matches, before earning a call-up to the senior team on 20 November by manager Frédéric Antonetti for their league match against Le Mans in place of injured backup goalkeeper Cheick N'Diaye. Antonetti preferred the 17-year-old ahead of Patrice Luzi and Florent Petit, the third and fourth goalkeeper, respectively.[6] Diallo appeared on the bench in the Le Mans match, with Rennes earning a 2–1 victory.[7] The following week, Diallo was named the starting goalkeeper for the club's league match against Lyon, almost an hour before the match was set to be played, due to an injury picked up by starting goalkeeper Nicolas Douchez the previous day.[8] Diallo started the match and played the entire 90 minutes in a 1–1 draw, making spectacular saves, including an important save in the 88th minute off a shot by Bafétimbi Gomis.[9]
On 18 April 2010, Diallo signed his first professional contract, agreeing to a three-year deal.[10]
Gençlerbirliği
On 28 June 2019, Diallo signed with Turkish club Gençlerbirliği.[11]
International career
In May 2018, he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.[12] He also participated in 2017 and 2019 Africa Cup of Nations.
Career statistics
International
- As of 12 June 2019[13]
Senegal | ||
Year | Apps | Goals |
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2015 | 5 | 0 |
2016 | 4 | 0 |
2017 | 6 | 0 |
2018 | 2 | 0 |
Total | 17 | 0 |
Honours
Stade Rennais
References
- ^ "Abdoulaye Diallo" (in Turkish). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ "Diallo". Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). Retrieved 17 April 2019.
- ^ "Des nouvelles de Diallo, le Sénégalais". Ferloo. 6 April 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2010.[permanent dead link ]
- ^ "CHAMPIONNAT NATIONAL 18 ANS". French Football Federation (in French). 17 June 2008. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Moissy Cramayel v. Rennes". Foot National (in French). 15 August 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Stade Rennais – Le Mans : les groupes". Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). 20 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Rennes v. Le Mans Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 25 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Diallo, 17 ans et de l'assurance". Le 10 Sport (in French). 29 November 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Lyon v. Rennes Match Report". Ligue de Football Professionnel (in French). 29 November 2009. Archived from the original on 2 December 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2009.
- ^ "Diallo, premier contrat pro". France Football (in French). 18 April 2010. Archived from the original on 20 April 2010. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ "Stade Rennais – Le Mans : les groupes". Gençlerbirliği S.K. (in Turkish). 28 June 2019. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
- ^ "Revealed: Every World Cup 2018 squad - 23-man & preliminary lists & when will they be announced?". Goal. Retrieved 18 May 2018.
- ^ "Abdoulaye Diallo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
External links
- Abdoulaye Diallo profile at staderennais.com
- Abdoulaye Diallo – French league stats at LFP – also available in French (archived)
- Abdoulaye Diallo at Soccerway
- Living people
- 1992 births
- Sportspeople from Reims
- Senegalese footballers
- Senegal international footballers
- French footballers
- France youth international footballers
- Association football goalkeepers
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Süper Lig players
- SC Tinqueux players
- Stade de Reims players
- Stade Rennais F.C. players
- Le Havre AC players
- Çaykur Rizespor footballers
- INF Clairefontaine players
- Senegalese expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Turkey
- 2017 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2018 FIFA World Cup players
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- French people of Guinean descent
- French people of Senegalese descent