Habib Diallo

Mouhamadou Habibou "Habib" Diallo (born 18 June 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Strasbourg and the Senegal national team.

Habib Diallo
Diallo with Metz in 2019
Personal information
Full name Mouhamadou Habibou Diallo[1]
Date of birth (1995-06-18) 18 June 1995[2]
Place of birth Thiès, Senegal
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Forward
Club information
Current team
 Strasbourg
Number 20
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2017 Metz II 29 (4)
2015–2020 Metz 104 (48)
2017 → Brest (loan) 16 (7)
2017–2018 → Brest (loan) 34 (9)
2020– Strasbourg 58 (20)
National team‡
2018– Senegal 10 (2)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2021 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 12:22, 20 April 2022 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 6 February 2022

Club career

Metz

In the summer of 2015, Diallo was promoted to the senior team at Metz. He played 17 games in his debut season with the club, scoring 9 times. He appeared in 19 matches for Metz during the 2016–17 Ligue 1 season, scoring once. In January 2017, he was sent out on loan to Brest for the remainder of the season after falling out of favour with new manager Frédéric Hantz. Diallo had a successful time in Brittany, playing 16 times and scoring 7 goals. He went back on loan to Brest in the summer 2017 under the management of Jean-Marc Furlan. He spent the entire season there as Brest finished 5th and he scored 9 goals in 33 games in Ligue 2.

After returning from his loan, Diallo had a prolific season with Metz, winning the Ligue 2 title and scoring 26 league goals in 37 games in the process, only bettered by Gaëtan Charbonnier who played for Diallo's old club Brest, scoring 27 times.[3] Diallo was included in the year-end UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Season squad alongside 6 of his Metz teammates.[4]

Diallo immediately got up to life in Ligue 1, scoring 6 times in his first 8 matches. In the January window he was subject to interest and a reported bid from English Premier League club Chelsea, but no move materialised.[5] By the time the Ligue 1 was suspended in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, Diallo had contributed 12 goals with Metz sitting in 15th position in the table.[6]

Strasbourg

On 5 October 2020, Diallo joined Strasbourg on a five-year contract.[7]

International career

Diallo made his debut for Senegal on 17 November 2018 in an Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Equatorial Guinea, as a 55th-minute substitute for M'Baye Niang.[8]

Career statistics

Club
As of 20 April 2022[9]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Metz II 2013–14 CFA 2 50———50
2014–15 CFA 181———181
2015–16 CFA 2 52———52
2016–17 CFA 2 11———11
Total 294000000294
Metz 2015–16 Ligue 2 1790010—189
2016–17 Ligue 1 1911030—231
2017–18 Ligue 1 100000—10
2018–19 Ligue 2 37262030—4226
2019–20 Ligue 1 26121000—2712
2020–21 Ligue 1 4000——40
Total 1044840700011548
Brest (loan) 2016–17 Ligue 2 1670000—167
2017–18 Ligue 2 3492200—3611
Total 50162200—5218
Strasbourg 2020–21 Ligue 1 32900——329
2021–22 Ligue 1 261121——2812
Total 582021——6021
Career total 2418883700025691

International
Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[10]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.13 November 2019Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal Congo2–02–02021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.11 November 2021Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo Togo1–11–12022 FIFA World Cup qualification

Honours

Senegal

Individual

References
  1. "SENEGAL" (PDF). Africa Cup of Nations. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. "Habib DIALLO - Attaquant".
  3. "French Ligue 2 Statistics – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
  4. "Le palmarès 2019 des Trophées UNFP". Le Figaro (in French). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
  5. "Chelsea submit bid to sign Metz striker Habib Diallo". Metro. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  6. "Who is Habib Diallo? Get to know Metz striker linked with £18m Leeds move". HITC. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  7. "Habib Diallo: Senegalese forward joins Strasbourg from Metz". Goal. 5 October 2020.
  8. "Equatorial Guinea v Senegal game report". CAF. 17 November 2018.
  9. Mouhamadou Diallo at Soccerway
  10. "Habib Diallo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
  11. "Africa Cup Of Nations: Senegal Beat Egypt To Win Final (AFCON)". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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