Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Mali national team.
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Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup | |||
| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Aliou Dieng[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 24)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al Ahly | ||
| Number | 15 | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Djoliba AC | 20[2] | (0) |
| 2018–2019 | MC Alger | 37 | (1) |
| 2019– | Al Ahly | 80 | (3) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015–2017 | Mali local | 12 | (1) |
| 2020– | Mali | 13 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 19 September 2022 | |||
In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.[3]
Dieng represented a local team of Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia.[4][5] In 2020, Dieng played for the Malian national team for the first time at non-local level, in 2-1 victory against Namibia. With his home country, he also participated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| MC Alger | 2018–19 | Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | |||
| Total | 37 | 1 | 5 | 0 | — | 42 | 1 | |||||
| Al Ahly | 2019–20 | Egyptian Premier League | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 1[lower-alpha 2] | 0 | 39 | 2 |
| 2020–21 | Egyptian Premier League | 33 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 51 | 1 | |
| 2021–22 | Egyptian Premier League | 21 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 13[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 4[lower-alpha 3] | 0 | 42 | 3 | |
| Total | 80 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 147 | 6 | ||
| Career total | 117 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 190 | 7 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mali | 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2016 | 5 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 5 | 1 | |
| Total | 25 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition | Ref. |
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| 1 | 31 January 2016 | Stade Régional Nyamirambo, Kigali, Rwanda | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2016 African Nations Championship | [5] | |
| 2 | 9 June 2022 | St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda | 3–1 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | [8] |
Al Ahly SC – current squad | |
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Mali squad – 2021 Africa Cup of Nations | ||
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