Habib Diallo
![]() Diallo with Metz in 2019 | |||||||||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Mouhamadou Habibou Diallo[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Date of birth | [2] | 18 June 1995||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Thiès, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[3] | ||||||||||||||||
Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team |
Damac (on loan from Al-Shabab) | ||||||||||||||||
Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
2014–2017 | Metz B | 29 | (4) | ||||||||||||||
2015–2020 | Metz | 104 | (48) | ||||||||||||||
2017–2018 | → Brest (loan) | 50 | (16) | ||||||||||||||
2020–2023 | Strasbourg | 100 | (40) | ||||||||||||||
2023– | Al-Shabab | 30 | (6) | ||||||||||||||
2024– | → Damac (loan) | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
2018– | Senegal | 30 | (7) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:41, 23 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 June 2024 |
Mouhamadou Habibou "Habib" Diallo (born 18 June 1995) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Saudi Pro League side Damac, on loan from Al-Shabab and the Senegal national team.
Club career
[edit]Metz
[edit]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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] Diallo had a successful time in Brittany, playing 16 times and scoring 7 goals.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
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.[4] Diallo was included in the year-end UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Season squad alongside 6 of his Metz teammates.[5]
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 Premier League club Chelsea, but no move materialised.[6] 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.[7]
Strasbourg
[edit]On 5 October 2020, Diallo joined Strasbourg on a five-year contract.[8]
Al-Shabab
[edit]On 14 August 2023, Diallo joined Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab for a club record €20 million.[9]
Damac (loan)
[edit]On 26 August 2024, Diallo joined Saudi Pro League club Damac on loan.[10]
International career
[edit]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.[11]
Diallo was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations; the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.[12][13]
He was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the tournament.[14]
In December 2023, Diallo was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[15]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 14 March 2024[16]
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Total | |||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Metz B | 2013–14 | CFA 2 | 5 | 0 | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||
2014–15 | CFA | 18 | 1 | — | — | 18 | 1 | |||
2015–16 | CFA 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 2 | |||
2016–17 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||||
Total | 29 | 4 | — | — | 29 | 4 | ||||
Metz | 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 9 |
2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 1 | |
2017–18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 37 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 42 | 26 | |
2019–20 | Ligue 1 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 12 | |
2020–21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 4 | 0 | |||
Total | 104 | 48 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 115 | 48 | ||
Brest (loan) | 2016–17 | Ligue 2 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 |
2017–18 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 11 | ||
Total | 50 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 18 | ||
Strasbourg | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | — | 32 | 9 | |
2021–22 | 31 | 11 | 2 | 1 | — | 33 | 12 | |||
2022–23 | 37 | 20 | 1 | 0 | — | 38 | 20 | |||
Total | 100 | 40 | 3 | 1 | — | 103 | 41 | |||
Al-Shabab | 2023–24 | Saudi Pro League | 21 | 4 | 3 | 0 | — | 24 | 4 | |
Career total | 288 | 110 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 304 | 113 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, King Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue
International
[edit]- Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[17]
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1. | 13 November 2019 | Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal | ![]() |
2–0 | 2–0 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
2. | 11 November 2021 | Stade de Kégué, Lomé, Togo | ![]() |
1–1 | 1–1 | 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification |
3. | 24 March 2023 | Diamniadio Olympic Stadium, Dakar, Senegal | ![]() |
5–1 | 5–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
4. | 20 June 2023 | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon, Portugal | ![]() |
1–1 | 4–2 | Friendly |
5. | 19 January 2024 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–1 | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
6. | 29 January 2024 | Charles Konan Banny Stadium, Yamoussoukro, Ivory Coast | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | 2023 Africa Cup of Nations |
7. | 9 June 2024 | Stade Cheikha Ould Boïdiya, Nouakchott, Mauritania | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification |
Honours
[edit]Metz
Senegal
Individual
- UNFP Ligue 2 Team of the Season: 2018–19[5]
- UNFP Ligue 2 Player of the Month: August 2018[20]
Orders
References
[edit]- ^ "SENEGAL" (PDF). Africa Cup of Nations. 3 January 2022. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ "Habib DIALLO - Attaquant".
- ^ "Habib Diallo". RC Strasbourg Alsace. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ "French Ligue 2 Statistics – Soccerway". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Le palmarès 2019 des Trophées UNFP". Le Figaro (in French). 19 May 2019. Retrieved 6 August 2019.
- ^ "Chelsea submit bid to sign Metz striker Habib Diallo". Metro. 8 January 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Who is Habib Diallo? Get to know Metz striker linked with £18m Leeds move". HITC. 27 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- ^ "Habib Diallo: Senegalese forward joins Strasbourg from Metz". Goal. 5 October 2020.
- ^ "الشباب يعلن تعاقده مع حبيب ديالو".
- ^ "أسد التيرانجا ' حبيب ديــالو ' ضمكـاوي".
- ^ "Equatorial Guinea v Senegal game report". CAF. 17 November 2018.
- ^ "Cisse unveils Senegal squad, hopes for elusive TotalEnergies AFCON title". Confederation of African Football. 25 December 2021. Archived from the original on 9 January 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Senegal 0-0 Egypt". BBC Sport. 7 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Cash prizes, real estate, and highest honours as Senegal celebrates Nations Cup heroes". Reuters. 8 February 2022. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ "Afcon 2023: Senegal and Sadio Mane set for defence of title". BBC Sport Africa. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ Mouhamadou Diallo at Soccerway
- ^ "Habib Diallo". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^ "Ligue 2 : le FC Metz termine en apothéose". ici, par France Bleu et France 3 (in French). 18 May 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Africa Cup Of Nations: Senegal Beat Egypt To Win Final (AFCON)". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 2022. Retrieved 6 February 2022.
- ^ "Habib Diallo, joueur du mois d'août de Domino's Ligue 2". UNFP. 25 August 2018. Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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External links
[edit]- Habib Diallo at National-Football-Teams.com
- Habib Diallo – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French
- Living people
- 1995 births
- Footballers from Thiès
- Senegalese men's footballers
- Senegal men's international footballers
- Men's association football forwards
- FC Metz players
- Stade Brestois 29 players
- RC Strasbourg Alsace players
- Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) players
- Damac FC players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Saudi Pro League players
- 2021 Africa Cup of Nations players
- 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Africa Cup of Nations-winning players
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia
- Recipients of orders, decorations, and medals of Senegal