Ablaye Mbengue

Ablaye Mbengue
Personal information
Full name Vieux Ablaye Mbengue[1]
Date of birth (1992-05-19) 19 May 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal[1]
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Forward
Team information
Current team
 Al-Arabi Unaizah
Number 19
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–2013 ASC Jaraaf
2013–2015 Sapins 14 (15)
2015–2021 Akhmat Grozny 106 (22)
2021 → Dinamo Minsk (loan) 15 (10)
2022 Al-Arabi Kuwait 11 (10)
2022– Al-Arabi Unaizah 53 (43)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 March 2024

Vieux Ablaye Mbengue (born 19 May 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Saudi Arabian club Al-Arabi.

Career

Mbengue began his career at ASC Jaraaf before joining Sapins.[2] In January 2015, Mbengue went on trial with Turkish First League side Adana Demirspor.[3] On 24 February 2015, Mbengue signed for Russian Premier League side FC Terek Grozny.[4] Mbengue made his professional debut on 2 May 2015 for Terek Grozny in their Russian Premier League game against FC Rostov, coming in as a substitute shortly before half-time for the injured Aílton. With 7 minutes left in the game, he scored the only goal of the match, giving his team a 1–0 away victory.[5] In his first game in the starting lineup on 11 May 2015, he scored twice to help Terek beat FC Spartak Moscow with a score of 4–2.[6]

On 27 May 2019 Mbengue signed a new three-year contract with Akhmat Grozny, keeping him in Grozny until the summer of 2022.[7] In August 2020, Mbengue went AWOL from Akhmat Grozny.[8]

On 29 March 2021, Mbengue joined Dinamo Minsk on loan until the end of the 2021 season from Akhmat Grozny.[9][2]

On 5 October 2021, Dinamo Minsk announced that Mbengue had unilaterally terminated his loan deal with Dinamo Minsk, and contract with Akhmat Grozny, to join Maccabi Petah Tikva.[10][11]

On 16 June 2022, Mbengue joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Arabi Unaizah.[12]

Career statistics

As of match played 28 March 2024[13]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup Continental Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Akhmat Grozny 2014–15 RPL 5 4 0 0 - - 5 4
2015–16 21 3 1 0 - - 22 3
2016–17 22 7 1 0 - - 23 7
2017–18 17 2 1 0 - - 18 2
2018–19 25 5 1 0 - - 26 5
2019–20 16 1 2 1 - - 18 2
2020–21 0 0 0 0 - - 0 0
Total 106 22 6 1 - - - - 112 23
Dinamo Minsk (loan) 2021 BPL 15 10 0 0 - - 15 10
Al-Arabi 2021–22 KPL 11 10 0 0 3 3 2 2 16 15
Al-Arabi 2022–23 SFDL 32 29 0 0 — — 33 29
2023–24 21 14 0 0 - - 21 14
Total 53 43 0 0 - - - - 53 43
Career total 182 82 6 1 - - - - 188 83

Honours

References

  1. ^ a b "Ablaye Mbengue". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 19 May 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Ablaye Vieux Mbengue - is a new player of "Dinamo-Minsk"". dinamo-minsk.by. FC Dinamo Minsk. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.[permanent dead link‍]
  3. ^ "İşte Demirspor'un yeni yabancı golcüsü" (in Turkish). Haberads. 23 January 2015. Retrieved 1 September 2015.
  4. ^ "Терек подписал двух новичков - Тейку и Мбенгуе" (in Russian). FC Terek Grozny. 24 February 2015. Archived from the original on 3 June 2017. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Rostov-Terek Match Report". Russian Football Premier League. 2 May 2015.
  6. ^ "Terek-Spartak Match Report". Russian Football Premier League. 11 May 2015.
  7. ^ "Аблайе Мбенг подписал с "Ахматом" новый контракт". fc-akhmat.ru/ (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 30 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Форвард "Ахмата" Мбенг уехал в Африку и полгода не выходит на связь. 5 лет назад он забил "Спартаку" шикарный гол". sport24.ru/ (in Russian). Sport 24. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  9. ^ "Аблайе Мбенг перешел в "Динамо" из Минска на правах аренды". fc-akhmat.ru (in Russian). FC Akhmat Grozny. 29 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  10. ^ "ОФИЦИАЛЬНОЕ ЗАЯВЛЕНИЕ ЗАО "ФК "ДИНАМО-МИНСК"". dinamo-minsk.by (in Russian). FC Dinamo Minsk. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Футбол. "Динамо-Минск": Мбенг в одностороннем порядке расторг контракты с "Ахматом" и "Динамо". Его действия оценит ФИФА". pressball.by (in Russian). Press Ball. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  12. ^ "تكفل رئيس النادي العربي :امين الملاح بصفقة انتقال لاعب نادي العربي الكويتي السنغالي أبلاي".
  13. ^ "A.Mbengue". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 May 2015.


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