Famara Diédhiou

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Famara Diédhiou
Personal information
Full name Famara Diédhiou[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 31)
Place of birth Saint-Louis, Senegal
Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
 Bristol City
Number 9
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 ASM Belfort 11 (3)
2012–2013 Épinal 30 (12)
2013–2014 Gazélec Ajaccio 33 (13)
2014–2016 Sochaux 13 (1)
2014–2016 Sochaux B 5 (3)
2014–2016 → Clermont (loan) 50 (23)
2016–2017 Angers 31 (8)
2017– Bristol City 35 (15)
International career‡
2014– Senegal 6 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 01:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23 March 2017

Famara Diédhiou (born 15 December 1992) is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for English Football League Championship side Bristol City, and the Senegal national team as a striker.[2]

Club career

Sochaux

Diédhiou joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2014 from Gazélec Ajaccio. He made his Ligue 2 debut at 2 August 2014 against US Orléans playing the full game in a 0–1 home defeat on the opening day of the 2014–2015 season.[3] On 22 August 2014, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal against AC Arles-Avignon.[4]

Clermont (loan)

On 2 February 2015, Diédhiou joined Clermont Foot on loan from Sochaux.[5] For the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, he went back on loan to Clermont again.[6] In that season, he scored 22 goals in 37 matches.[7][8]

Angers

In summer 2016, he moved up a tier joining Ligue 1 club Angers SCO who paid Sochaux a transfer fee of £1.36 million.[7] In 2016–17, his only season at the club, he played 35 times scoring 9 goals.[7]

Bristol City

On 28 June 2017, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with English Championship club Bristol City for a club record transfer fee of £5.3 million.[7][8] He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 3–1 win over Barnsley on 5 August 2017.[9]

In his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions, finishing the clubs 2nd top scorer behind Bobby Reid for Bristol City.[10] In May 2018 he received a six-match ban due to a spitting incident in a match against Birmingham City in April 2018.[11] Diédhiou denied the charges, leading the club to appeal the ban on 21 June 2018.[12] Bristol City appealed the 6 match ban, however the decision was upheld on 14 July 2018, meaning Diédhiou was suspended for the opening six matches of the 2018/19 season.[13]

International career

Diédhiou scored his first goal for Senegal in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Namibia.[14]

International goals

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[15]
No Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 3 September 2016 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Namibia 2–0 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification

Career Statistics

As of 23 July 2018[16]
Club Season League FA Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ASM Belfort 2011–12 CFA 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3
Épinal 2012–13 Championnat National 30 12 4 1 0 0 0 0 34 13
Gazélec Ajaccio 2013–14 Championnat National 33 13 0 0 1 0 0 0 34 13
Sochaux 2014–15 Ligue 2 13 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 15 1
Sochaux B 2014–15 CFA 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3
Clermont (loan) 2014–15 Ligue 2 14 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 2
2015–16 Ligue 2 36 21 0 0 1 1 0 0 37 22
Total 50 23 0 0 1 1 0 0 51 24
Angers 2016–17 Ligue 1 31 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 36 9
Bristol City 2017–18 EFL Championship 32 13 0 0 4 1 0 0 36 14
Career total 205 76 8 2 8 2 0 0 222 80

References

  1. ^ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Bristol City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Senegal - F. Diedhiou - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  3. ^ "Sochaux vs. Orléans - 2 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  4. ^ "Arles vs. Sochaux - 22 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
  5. ^ "Diedhiou (Sochaux) prêté à Clermont (in French)". m.lequipe.fr. February 2, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  6. ^ "Diedhiou prêté à Clermont (in French)". lequipe. June 9, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
  7. ^ a b c d "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City sign Senegal striker in club-record £5.3m deal". BBC Sport. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Club record fee lands Senegal international Diédhiou". Bristol City. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  9. ^ "Bristol City 3-1 Barnsley". BBC. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
  10. ^ http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=79517&season_id=150
  11. ^ "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City striker banned for six matches for spitting". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
  12. ^ "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City to appeal against striker's six-game spitting ban". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  13. ^ "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City fail in appeal against striker's six-match ban". BBC Sport. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
  14. ^ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  15. ^ "Diedhiou, Famara". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  16. ^ "F. DIEDHIOU". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
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