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Dion Lopy
Lopy in 2023
Personal information
Full name Dion Lopy[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002 (age 22)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Almería
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2020 Oslo Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Reims II 4 (0)
2021–2023 Reims 59 (0)
2023– Almería 30 (0)
International career‡
2019 Senegal U17 4 (0)
2019– Senegal U20 9 (2)
2019– Senegal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 3 June 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023

Dion Lopy (born 2 February 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Almería and the Senegal national team.

Club career

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Reims

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Lopy played youth football for the Oslo Football Academy in the 3rd tier of Senegalese football, before being signed for a compensatory fee by French club Stade de Reims in 2020 after Lopy represented Senegal at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]

Lopy played briefly for Reims' second team in the Championnat National 2, before making his Ligue 1 debut in a 2–2 draw with Stade Rennais on 4 April 2021.[3] In the 2022–23 season, he became a first-team regular at Reims, benefitting from manager Will Still's preference for a younger age profile to his squad.[4][5]

Almería

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On 5 August 2023, Lopy was announced at La Liga side Almería on a six-year contract.[6]

International career

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Lopy played for Senegal throughout the youth levels, representing them at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup[2] and the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations where they were runners-up.[7]

Lopy made his debut for the senior Senegal national team on 3 August 2019, in a 3–0 victory over Liberia.[8] He had to wait until 28 March 2023 for his second first team appearance, a 1–0 away victory over Mozambique.[9]

Career statistics

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Club

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As of 19 March 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Reims II 2020–21 Championnat National 2 2 0 – 0 0 2 0
2021–22 2 0 – 0 0 2 0
Total 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
Reims 2020–21 Ligue 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2021–22 26 0 1 0 0 0 27 0
2022–23 23 0 2 0 0 0 25 0
Total 53 0 3 0 0 0 56 0
Career total 57 0 3 0 0 0 60 0

International

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As of matches played 28 March 2023.[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
Senegal 2019 1 0
2020 0 0
2021 0 0
2022 0 0
2023 1 0
Total 2 0

References

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b Jeggo, Luc (13 June 2019). "Dion Lopy: from the 3rd tier of Senegal to World Cup stand out". Football Bloody Hell. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Reims vs. Rennes - 4 April 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ Ellis, Adam (16 March 2023). "Stade de Reims: 3 players who have graded well for Will Still in Ligue 1 | PFF News & Analysis". PFF. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ Reis, Bruna (10 April 2023). "Aston Villa linked with Ligue 1 transfer as Everton consider summer move". MSN. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ^ "El Almería se refuerza con el fichaje de Dion Lopy" [Almería bolster themselves with the signing of Dion Lopy] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  7. ^ "Summary - Africa U20 Cup of Nations - Africa - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Senegal vs. Liberia". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ^ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mozambique vs. Senegal". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ^ Dion Lopy at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ^ Dion Lopy at National-Football-Teams.com


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