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Amidou Diop
Personal information
Date of birth	February 25, 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Missirah, Senegal
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Sarpsborg 08
Number	31
Youth career
2009–2010	Diambars
Senior career*
Years	Team
2010–2014	Diambars
2014–2017	Molde
2015	→ Mjøndalen (loan)
2016	→ Kristiansund (loan)
2017–2019	Kristiansund
2020	Adanaspor
2020–2022	Kristiansund
2023–2024	Aalesund
2024–	Sarpsborg 08
International career
2009	Senegal U17
2009–2010	Senegal U20
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 4 December 2024

Amidou Diop (born 25 February 1992) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a midfielder for Norwegian club Sarpsborg 08.^[1]

Career

Club

Diop had previously been on trial at Lyon and Nancy,^[2] before signing for Molde summer 2014,^[3] and making his debut on November 2, 2014 against Strømsgodset.

In the spring of 2015 Diop was loaned from Molde FK to Mjøndalen IF.^[4]

On 1 August 2017, Diop moved permanently to Kristiansund BK.^[5]

In August 2024, Diop joined Sarpsborg on a short-term deal until the end of the 2024 season.^[6]

Career statistics

As of match played 13 November 2022^[7]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National Cup		Continental		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Molde	2014	Eliteserien	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
	2015		10	0	0	0	0	0	10	0
	2016		8	0	0	0	1	0	9	0
	2017		2	0	2	0	0	0	4	0
	Total		21	0	2	0	1	0	24	0
Mjøndalen (loan)	2015	Eliteserien	10	0	3	0	-		13	0
Kristiansund (loan)	2016	1. divisjon	14	6	1	1	-		15	7
Kristiansund	2017	Eliteserien	8	0	3	0	-		11	0
	2018		24	1	2	0	-		26	1
	2019		27	1	2	0	-		29	1
	Total		59	2	7	0	0	0	66	2
Adanaspor	2019–20	TFF First League	11	0	0	0	-		11	0
Kristiansund	2020	Eliteserien	18	0	0	0	-		18	0
	2021		27	0	1	1	-		28	1
	2022		28	4	2	0	-		30	4
	Total		73	4	3	1	0	0	76	5
Career total			188	13	16	2	1	0	205	15

References

^ "AMIDOU DIOP". WEST AFRICAN FOOTBALL.
^ Reidar Løfaldli. "Han kan bli Moldes nye Berg Hestad". rbnett.no.
^ NRK. "Molde signerer to senegalesere". NRK.
^ Eivind Brennhovd Holth. "Drammens Tidende – Dette er Mjøndalens nye midtbanespiller". www.dt.no.
^ "DIOP TIL KRISTIANSUND BK". www.moldefk.no (in Norwegian). Molde FK. August 1, 2017. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
^ "Amidou Diop klar for Sarpsborg 08" [Amidou Diop ready for Sarpsborg 08]. www.sarpsborg08.no (in Norwegian). August 22, 2024. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
^ "A.Diop". soccerway.com. Soccerway. Retrieved February 12, 2016.