Krépin Diatta (born 25 February 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Ligue 1 club Monaco and the Senegal national team.
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Full name | Krépin Diatta[1] | |||||||||
Date of birth | (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 (age 23) | |||||||||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal[2] | |||||||||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3] | |||||||||
Position(s) | Winger[2] | |||||||||
Club information | ||||||||||
Current team | Monaco | |||||||||
Number | 27 | |||||||||
Youth career | ||||||||||
Oslo Football Academy | ||||||||||
Senior career* | ||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | |||||||
2017–2018 | Sarpsborg 08 | 22 | (3) | |||||||
2018–2021 | Club Brugge | 62 | (17) | |||||||
2021– | Monaco | 20 | (2) | |||||||
National team‡ | ||||||||||
2016–2017 | Senegal U20 | 19 | (7) | |||||||
2019– | Senegal | 24 | (2) | |||||||
Honours
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13:25, 28 June 2022 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11:21, 9 January 2022 (UTC) |
On 26 February 2017, Diatta signed a four-year contract with Sarpsborg 08.[4] On 4 April 2017, he made his Sarpsborg debut in a 3–1 home win against Sogndal, subbing-in, in the 83rd minute for Ole Jørgen Halvorsen. On 26 April 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 10–1 win against Division 3 side Drøbak-Frogn, scoring a hat-trick along with teammates Erton Fejzullahu and Jørgen Larsen.[5] On 13 August 2017, he scored his first league goal for Sarpsborg in a 2–2 away draw against Kristiansund, heading in, in the 80th minute from a cross from Halvorsen.[6] He helped Sarpsborg reach the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final, scoring 5 goals in the process. Sarpsborg eventually lost 3–2 against Lillestrøm and finished as the runners-up.[7]
On 3 January 2018, Diatta signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with Club Brugge KV.[8] On 8 April 2018, he made his Club Brugge debut in a 1–0 away loss against Gent, subbing-in, in the 46th minute for Ahmed Touba. On 22 July 2018, Diatta played in the 2018 Belgian Super Cup, playing 80 minutes until he was subbed-out for Dion Cools. The match eventually ended 2–1 in favour of Club Brugge. On 24 October 2018, Diatta made his UEFA Champions League debut in a 1–1 home draw against AS Monaco, coming on as an injury time substitute for Emmanuel Dennis.[9] On 14 February 2019, he made his UEFA Europa League debut in a 2–1 home win against FC Salzburg in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League round of 32.[10] On 10 March 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 away win against Eupen, shooting from the left side of the box and into the bottom right corner of the net in the 23rd minute.[11]
On 21 January 2021, Diatta joined Ligue 1 side Monaco in a deal running until 2025.[12] He scored his first European goal for Monaco against Sturm Graz with a header in a win in the group stage of the Europa League.[13] On 19 November 2021, he scored his first league goal in Ligue 1 of the season against Lille. During the match, he suffered an injury of the anterior cruciate ligament of the left knee.[14]
Diatta was part of the Senegal U20s who participated in the 2017 Africa U-20 Cup of Nations. He scored two goals in the tournament, both of which came in the group stage his first a 70th minute header against South Africa in a 7 goal thriller, and his second, a goal in the added time of the first half against Cameroon.[15] Senegal eventually lost 2–0 against Zambia in the final and finished runners-up. They thus qualified for the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[16] Diatta was part of the Senegal U20s who participated in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. On 22 May 2017, he played in Senegal's 2–0 opening match win against Saudi Arabia.[17] Senegal were knocked out of the tournament in the round of 16 after they lost 1–0 against Mexico.[18]
In March 2019 Diatta was one of four young Senegalese players to receive a debut call-up to the national team.[19] On 23 March 2019, he made his national team debut in a 2–0 win against Madagascar in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.[20] On 13 June 2019, he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.[21] On 23 June 2019, he scored his first-ever senior international goal in Senegal's 2–0 opening match win against Tanzania, scoring in the 64th minute from a 20-yard first time finish, after a corner had not been cleared properly seconds earlier.[22] For his performance, Diatta was named the Best Young Player of the tournament.[23]
Club | Season | League | National Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Sarpsborg 08 | 2017 | Eliteserien | 22 | 3 | 5 | 5 | – | – | 27 | 8 | ||
Club Brugge | 2017–18 | Belgian Pro League | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | |
2018–19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | 28 | 2 | ||
2019–20 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 9[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | – | 35 | 8 | |||
2020–21 | 19 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | – | 24 | 10 | |||
Total | 62 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 95 | 20 | ||
Monaco | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 1 | ||
Career total | 96 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 138 | 29 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Senegal | 2019 | 13 | 1 |
2020 | 3 | 0 | |
2021 | 3 | 1 | |
Total | 19 | 2 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 23 June 2019 | 30 June Stadium, Cairo, Egypt | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
2 | 5 June 2021 | Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal | ![]() | 2–0 | 3–1 | Friendly |
Club Brugge
Individual
AS Monaco FC – current squad | |
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Senegal squad – 2019 Africa Cup of Nations runners-up | ||
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