Assane Dioussé
El Hadji Assane Dioussé (born 20 September 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for French Ligue 1 club Saint-Étienne and the Senegal national team.[2]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | El Hadji Assane Dioussé[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 20 September 1997 | ||
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Saint-Étienne | ||
| Number | 25 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2010–2015 | Empoli | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2015–2017 | Empoli | 48 | (0) |
| 2017– | Saint-Étienne | 37 | (1) |
| 2019 | → Chievo (loan) | 14 | (0) |
| 2020–2021 | → Ankaragücü (loan) | 20 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2017 | Senegal U20 | 1 | (0) |
| 2017– | Senegal | 3 | (0) |
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* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 15 May 2021 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 November 2019 | |||
Club career
Empoli
Dioussé is a youth product from Empoli. He made his Serie A debut on 23 August 2015 against Chievo Verona.[3]
Saint-Étienne
On 31 July 2017, Assane Dioussé signed a five-year contract with Saint-Étienne.[4]
Chievo (loan)
On 29 January 2019, Dioussé joined on loan to Serie A side Chievo Verona until 30 June 2019.[5]
International career
Dioussé debuted for the Senegal U20s in an Under-20 Four Nations Tournament 3–0 loss to France U20s on 23 March 2017.[6]
Dioussé received his first call up for the Senegal senior national team squad on 28 August 2017, ahead of the following month's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Burkina Faso.[7] On 14 November he made his Senegal debut, when he came on in the 88th minute as a substitute for Alfred N'Diaye in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against South Africa at the Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor. Senegal beat South Africa, winning the match 2–1.
Career statistics
Club
- As of match played 26 May 2019[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Empoli | 2015–16 | Serie A | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 16 | 0 | ||
| 2016–17 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | – | – | 35 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 48 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Saint-Étienne | 2017–18 | Ligue 1 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2017–18 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | – | 10 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 32 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | ||
| Chievo | 2018–19 | Serie A | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 14 | 0 | ||
| Career total | 94 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 101 | 1 | ||
References
- "El Hadji Assane Diousse". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
- Assane Dioussé at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- "Empoli vs. Chievo - 23 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
- "Assane Dioussé for the AS Saint-Étienne - 31 July 2017 - Goal.com". goal.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- "UFFICIALE: il Chievo riporta in Italia Diousse" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
- Mouhamed (23 March 2017). "Tournoi 4 nations : le 11 des lionceaux contre la France. - PointDakar". PointDakar (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- "Cisse names squad for World Cup qualifier double header". www.enca.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- "A. Dioussé". Soccerway. Retrieved 30 June 2018.