Mamadou Loum

Mamadou Loum N'Diaye (born 30 December 1996) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Spanish club Deportivo Alavés, on loan from Portuguese club FC Porto. He also plays for the Senegal national team.

Mamadou Loum
Personal information
Full name Mamadou Loum N'Diaye
Date of birth (1996-12-30) 30 December 1996
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 Alavés
(on loan from Porto)
Number 6
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2014–2015 Ouakam
2015–2019 Braga B 68 (4)
2018–2019 → Moreirense (loan) 17 (3)
2019 → Porto (loan) 2 (0)
2019– Porto 11 (1)
2019 Porto B 1 (0)
2021– → Alavés (loan) 24 (2)
National team‡
2015 Senegal U20 10 (0)
2019– Senegal 3 (0)
Honours
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
African U-20 Championship
2015 Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner2021 Cameroon
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 4 December 2021
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 14 January 2022

Club career

Loum made his professional debut in the Segunda Liga for S.C. Braga B on 15 August 2015 in a game against Gil Vicente F.C., as a 70th-minute substitute for Carlos Fortes.[1] He was called up once for S.C. Braga for their Primeira Liga game away to F.C. Paços de Ferreira on 23 April 2017, remaining unused in a 3–1 loss.[2] A day before the anniversary of that game, he was sent off at the end of a 2–2 home draw with Académico de Viseu FC.[3]

On 30 July 2018, Loum was loaned to top-flight team Moreirense F.C. for the season.[4] He scored his first goal on 2 November in a 3–1 win at eventual champions S.L. Benfica.[5]

In January 2019, Loum moved to FC Porto on a loan deal for the rest of the season with an option to turn the deal permanent.[6] He played three games over the rest of the season and then the club paid €7.75 million for 75% of his economic rights.[7] On 2 December, he started a 2–0 home win over Paços de Ferreira and scored the opening goal.[8]

On 23 July 2021, after featuring rarely for Porto, Loum was loaned to La Liga side Deportivo Alavés for the 2021–22 campaign.[9]

International career

Loum represented Senegal at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup. He made his debut for the senior team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Mali, playing the full 90 minutes of a 2–1 win in Dakar.[10] He was called up for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, which the team won in Cameroon at the start of the following year; his one appearance was a goalless draw with neighbours Guinea in the final group game.[11]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 9 March 2021[12]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Braga B 2015–16 LigaPro 191——191
2016–17 LigaPro 222——222
2017–18 LigaPro 271——271
Total 6840000684
Moreirense (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 17320—193
Porto (loan) 2018–19 Primeira Liga 2010—30
Porto B 2019–20 LigaPro 10——10
Porto 2019–20 Primeira Liga 61301[lower-alpha 1]0101
2020–21 Primeira Liga 50303[lower-alpha 2]0110
Total 1116040211
Alavés (loan) 2021–22 La Liga 0000—00
Career total 99890401128
  1. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
  2. Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League

International
As of match played 14 January 2022[13]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 201920
202000
202100
202210
Total30

Honours

Porto

Senegal

References
  1. "Game Report by Soccerway". Soccerway. 15 August 2015.
  2. "Paulinho, Loum e Stojiljkovic chamados para deslocação a Paços de Ferreira" [Paulinho, Loum and Stojiljkovic called up for trip to Paços de Ferreira]. Record (in Portuguese). 22 April 2017. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  3. "COMENTÁRIO: Sporting de Braga B e Académico de Viseu empatam em jogo intenso" [COMMENTARY: Sporting de Braga B and Académico de Viseu draw in intense game]. Diário de Notícias (in Portuguese). 22 April 2018. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  4. "Mamadou Loum chega por empréstimo do Braga" [Mamadou Loum arrives on loan from Braga]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 30 July 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  5. "Moreirense gela a Luz e Benfica já vai em três derrotas seguidas" [Moreirense freeze the Luz and Benfica now on three consecutive defeats]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 2 November 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  6. "Oficial: Loum é reforço do FC Porto" [Official: Loum is addition to FC Porto]. O Jogo (in Portuguese). 31 January 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  7. "FC Porto: Loum custou 7,75 milhões de euros, Manafá três milhões" [FC Porto: Loum cost 7.75 million euros, Manafá three million] (in Portuguese). TVI 24. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  8. "Loum abriu, Zé Luís fixou de bicicleta. FC Porto vence Paços" [Loum opened, Zé Luís sealed it with bicycle kick. FC Porto defeat Paços] (in Portuguese). TSF. 2 December 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  9. "Mamadou Loum refuerza el centro del campo del Deportivo Alavés" [Mamadou Loum bolsters the centre of midfield of Deportivo Alavés] (in Spanish). Deportivo Alavés. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
  10. "Senegal v Mali game report". ESPN. 26 March 2019.
  11. "Senegal 0–0 Guinea". BBC Sport. 14 January 2022. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
  12. Mamadou Loum at Soccerway
  13. Mamadou Loum at National-Football-Teams.com
  14. Reuters (15 July 2020). "Juventus held by Sassuolo in thriller, Porto win Primeira Liga title". the Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  15. "Porto defeat Benfica to win 17th Portuguese Cup". sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  16. "Benfica vs. Porto - 1 August 2020 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  17. "Africa Cup Of Nations: Senegal Beat Egypt To Win Final (AFCON)". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
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