Diawandou Diagne
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Diawandou Diagne Niang | ||
| Date of birth | 28 July 1994 | ||
| Place of birth | Thiès, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Manila Digger F.C. | ||
| 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) |
| 2021–2023 |
KTP | 9 | (0) |
| 2023 | Manang Marshyangdi | 5 | (0) |
| 2024 | Manila Digger | ||
| International career‡ | |||
| 2011 | Senegal U17 | 6 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | Senegal U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2014–2015 | 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 | |||
Diawandou Diagne Niang (born 28 July 1994) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Manila Digger F.C.
Club career
Early career
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]
Eupen
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
Barcelona
On 7 July 2014, Diagne signed a three-year deal with
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]
Odisha
On 8 June 2019, Diagne joined the
season on a free transfer.International career
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 statistics
- As of 23 February 2020 [10]
| 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[a] | 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 | |
- ^ 6 appearances in 2013–14 Belgian Second Division play-offs.
International statistics
- As of 4 January 2015[11]
| Senegal national team | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals | |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
References
- ^ "African junior footballers land ASPIRE scholarships". Panapress. 25 February 2008. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Football (D2): Eupen a déjà accueilli Diagne, un joueur d'Aspire" [Football (D2): Eupen already welcomed Diagne, a player from Aspire] (in French). Sudinfo. 6 June 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Eupen raakt niet voorbij Sint-Truiden, OH Leuven verdwijnt definitief uit eerste" [Eupen does not get past Sint-Truiden, OH Leuven relegated from Eerste] (in Dutch). Voetbal 24. 18 May 2014. Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Diawandou Diagne reforça la defensa del filial" [Diawandou Diagne bolsters the reserves' defense] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 7 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Diagne, nuevo refuerzo para el Barça B" [Diagne, new signing for Barça B] (in Spanish). Marca. 10 July 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ "Un doblete de Nino endulza la vuelta a Segunda tras 14 años" [A Nino's double makes the return to Segunda after 14 years sweeter] (in Spanish). Marca. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "16 convocados para el Huesca con cinco jugadores del filial" [16 called up for Huesca with five players from the reserves] (in Spanish). Barcelona's official website. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
- ^ "Los suplentes culés también cuentan" [The reserves culés also count] (in Spanish). Marca. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
- ^ "Colombia 2-2 Senegal: Pekerman's men throw away two-goal lead". Goal.com. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
- ^ Diawandou Diagne at Soccerway
- ^ Diawandou Diagne at National-Football-Teams.com
External links
- Eupen official profile (in German)
- Diawandou Diagne at Soccerway
- Diawandou Diagne at National-Football-Teams.com