Diawandou Diagne Niang (born 28 July 1994) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diawandou Diagne Niang | ||
| Date of birth | (1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 28) | ||
| Place of birth | Thiès, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2008–2012 | ASPIRE Academy | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Eupen | 69 | (1) |
| 2014–2015 | Barcelona B | 27 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | Barcelona | 0 | (0) |
| 2016–2019 | Eupen | 93 | (2) |
| 2019–2020 | Odisha | 10 | (0) |
| 2021 | FC KTP | 9 | (0) |
| 2022–2022 | Al-Hilal Club | 0 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2011 | Senegal U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Senegal U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014– | Senegal | 2 | (0) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 February 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 24 July 2016 | |||
Born in Thiès, Diagne joined ASPIRE Academy in February 2008, aged 13, after being selected as one of the three Senegalese players to join the Qatari club's youth setup. He was one of the final 24 players selected, after competing with other 430,000.[1]
On 6 June 2012, Diagne joined Belgian Second Division side Eupen.[2] He played his first match as a professional on 23 August, starting in a 1–0 home win against Dessel Sport.
Diagne finished his debut season with 32 league appearances (all starts, 2790 minutes of action). On 18 May 2014 he scored his first goal, netting his side's second in a 2–2 home draw against Sint-Truidense.[3]
On 7 July 2014, Diagne signed a three-year deal with FC Barcelona B.[4][5] He made his debut for the club on 23 August, starting in a 0–2 away loss against CA Osasuna in the Segunda División championship.[6]
On 16 December 2014 Diagne was called up to the main squad for a Copa del Rey match against SD Huesca,[7] but remained unused in the 8–1 home routing.[8]
On 8 June 2019, Diagne joined the Indian Super League side Delhi Dynamos FC (now Odisha FC), for the 2019–20 season on a free transfer.
After appearing with the under-17 and under-20s, Diagne made his main squad debut on 31 May 2014, starting and playing the full 90 minutes in a 2–2 draw against Colombia at the Estadio Pedro Bidegain.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe/Asia | Other | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Eupen | |||||||||||
| 2012–13 | 32 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 33 | 0 | ||||
| 2013–14 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 6[lower-alpha 1] | 1 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Total | 60 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 6 | 1 | 69 | 1 | ||
| Barcelona B | 2014–15 | 27 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 27 | 0 | — | 27 | 0 | ||||||
| Barcelona | 2014–15 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Eupen | |||||||||||
| 2015–16 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | 18 | 1 | ||||
| 2016–17 | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | — | 43 | 0 | ||
| 2017–18 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 1 | |
| 2018–19 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 92 | 2 | |
| Odisha | 2019–20 | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 10 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||||||
| Totals | 160 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 200 | 3 | |
| Senegal national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |