Timothée Dieng (born 9 April 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays for EFL League One club Exeter City. Dieng plays mainly as midfielder, but can also operate as a defender .
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Timothée Dieng[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1992-04-09) 9 April 1992 (age 30)[2] | ||
| Place of birth | Grenoble, France[3] | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Exeter City | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2012 | Brest | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Brest B | 43 | (5) |
| 2013–2014 | Brest | 6 | (0) |
| 2014–2016 | Oldham Athletic | 60 | (1) |
| 2016–2018 | Bradford City | 65 | (5) |
| 2018–2021 | Southend United | 100 | (8) |
| 2021– | Exeter City | 46 | (13) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:59, 17 August 2022 (UTC) | |||
On 23 January 2013, Dieng made his debut for Brest in the Coupe de France, coming on as a substitute at half time in the 3–1 victory over CA Bastia.[4] On 18 May, Dieng made his Ligue 1 debut, starting in the 3–1 loss to Paris Saint-Germain.[5]
On 14 July 2014, Dieng joined English League One side Oldham Athletic on a two-year contract.[6] Dieng made his debut for the club, starting and playing for 63 minutes against Leyton Orient.[7]
In July 2016 Dieng signed for League One club Bradford City on a two-year contract following a trial.[8] He scored his first goal for Bradford in an EFL Trophy tie against Stoke City Under-23s on 30 August 2016.[9] He was offered a new contract by Bradford City at the end of the 2017–18 season.[10] He left Bradford in June 2018.[11]
Dieng signed for Southend United after turning down a contract offer from Bradford City in 2018. Under Sol Campbell's management, Dieng became an integral member of the first team, and was appointed captain.
On 20 July 2021, Dieng joined League Two side Exeter City on a free transfer, signing a one-year deal.[12] On 23 April 2022 he was named as the side's Player of the Season for 2021–22, 4 days before Exeter secured promotion to League One.[13]
Born in France, Dieng is of Senegalese descent.[14] He is the older brother of the footballer Nathanaël Dieng.[15]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Brest | 2011–12[16] | Ligue 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | |
| 2012–13[16] | Ligue 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | ||
| 2013–14[16] | Ligue 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | ||
| Total | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 0 | |||
| Brest II | 2011–12[16] | CFA 2 | 21 | 2 | — | — | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| 2012–13[16] | CFA 2 | 22 | 3 | — | — | — | 22 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 43 | 5 | — | — | — | 43 | 5 | |||||
| Oldham Athletic | 2014–15[17] | League One | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| 2015–16[18] | League One | 38 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 42 | 1 | |
| Total | 60 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 1 | ||
| Bradford City | 2016–17[19] | League One | 39 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 48 | 4 |
| 2017–18[20] | League One | 26 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 30 | 2 | |
| Total | 65 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 78 | 6 | ||
| Southend United | 2018–19[21] | League One | 43 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 50 | 4 |
| 2019–20[22] | League One | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 24 | 2 | |
| 2020–21[23] | League Two | 35 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 38 | 3 | |
| Total | 99 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 112 | 9 | ||
| Career total | 273 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 308 | 21 | ||
Individual
Exeter City F.C. – current squad | |
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Exeter City F.C. Player of the Year | |
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2021–22 EFL League Two Team of the Season | |
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