Baïla Diallo

Baïla Diallo
Personal information
Date of birth (2001-06-24) 24 June 2001 (age 23)
Place of birth Toulouse, France
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Left-back
Team information
Current team
 Austria Lustenau
Number 11
Youth career
Toulouse
2016–2018 Colomiers
2018–2019 Clermont
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019– Clermont II 24 (3)
2021– Clermont 6 (0)
2021–2022 → Orléans (loan) 28 (1)
2023– → Austria Lustenau (loan) 13 (0)
International career‡
2022– Senegal U23 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 9 December 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 17:39, 24 October 2022 (UTC)

Baïla Diallo (born 24 June 2001) is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back for Austrian club Austria Lustenau, on loan from Ligue 2 club Clermont. Born in France, he is a youth international for Senegal.

Club career

Diallo is a youth product of Toulouse and Colomiers, before moving to the youth academy of Clermont in 2018. He began his senior career with their reserves in 2019.[1] On 20 January 2021, he made his professional debut with the senior Clermont side in a 1–1 Coupe de France tie with Grenoble.[2] A couple days later on 22 January 2021, Diallo signed his first professional contract with Clermont, keeping him at the club until June 2024.[3] He spent the 2021–22 season on loan with Orléans in the Championnat National, where he played 31 games, assisted three times and scored one goal in all competitions before returning to Clermont.[4]

On 19 July 2023, Diallo joined Austria Lustenau in Austria on loan.[5]

International career

Born in France, Diallo is of Senegalese and Guinean descent.[6] He was called up to represent the Senegal U23s for a set of 2023 Africa U-23 Cup of Nations qualification matches in September 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Premier contrat pro pour Baïla Diallo". 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Dele Alli, Mitroglou, Odegaard : les infos mercato à retenir ce vendredi". LEFIGARO. 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ AKOUETE, Isidore (22 January 2021). "Clermont : Premier contrat pro pour Baïla Diallo".
  4. ^ Benard, Pierre (24 June 2022). "Clermont Foot : Diallo, quel bilan de son prêt ?". Score.fr.
  5. ^ "BAILA DIALLO KOMMT LEIHWEISE AUS CLERMONT" [BAILA DIALLO COMES FROM CLERMONT ON LOAN] (in German). Austria Lustenau. 19 July 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Clermont : Un contrat Professionnel pour Baïla Diallo ! | Rarili News". 24 January 2021.
  7. ^ "Les résultats de nos internationaux". 1 October 2022.