Famara Diédhiou

Famara Diédhiou
Diédhiou in 2019
Personal information
Full name Famara Diédhiou[1]
Date of birth (1992-12-15) 15 December 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth Saint-Louis, Senegal
Height 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012 ASM Belfort 11 (3)
2012–2013 Épinal 30 (12)
2013–2014 Gazélec Ajaccio 33 (13)
2014–2016 Sochaux 13 (1)
2014–2016 → Clermont (loan) 50 (23)
2016–2017 Angers 31 (8)
2017–2021 Bristol City 169 (51)
2021–2023 Alanyaspor 28 (11)
2023 → Granada (loan) 10 (0)
2023–2024 Granada 8 (0)
2024 → Cardiff City (loan) 16 (2)
2024– Clermont 9 (1)
International career‡
2014– Senegal 27 (11)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  Senegal
Africa Cup of Nations
Winner 2021 Cameroon
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22 December 2024
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 21:10, 5 December 2022 (UTC)

Famara Diédhiou (born 15 December 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker for the Senegal national team.[3]

Club career

Sochaux

Diédhiou joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2014 from Gazélec Ajaccio. He made his Ligue 2 debut at 2 August 2014 against US Orléans playing the full game in a 0–1 home defeat on the opening day of the 2014–15 season.[4] On 22 August 2014, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal against AC Arles-Avignon.[5]

Loan to Clermont

On 2 February 2015, Diédhiou joined Clermont Foot on loan from Sochaux.[6] For the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, he went back on loan to Clermont again.[7] In that season, he scored 22 goals in 37 matches.[8][9]

Angers

In summer 2016, he moved up a tier joining Ligue 1 club Angers SCO who paid Sochaux a transfer fee of £1.36 million.[8] In 2016–17, his only season at the club, he played 35 times scoring 9 goals.[8]

Bristol City

On 28 June 2017, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with English Championship club Bristol City for a club record transfer fee of £5.3 million.[8][9] He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 3–1 win over Barnsley on 5 August 2017.[10] During the 2017–18 season Bristol City reached the semi-finals of the EFL Cup,[11] with Diédhiou scoring in the 2—0 upset against Premier League opponents Stoke City in the third round.[12]

In his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions, finishing the club's 2nd top scorer behind Bobby Reid for Bristol City.[13] In May 2018 he received a six-match ban due to a spitting incident in a match against Birmingham City in April 2018.[14] Diédhiou denied the charges, leading the club to appeal the ban on 21 June 2018.[15] Bristol City appealed the 6 match ban, however the decision was upheld on 14 July 2018, meaning Diédhiou was suspended for the opening six matches of the 2018–19 season.[16]

During the 2018/19 season, he scored 13 league goals for the second consecutive season and finished as Bristol City's top scorer with 13 goals in all competitions.[17]

On 23 February 2021, Diédhiou scored a brace at the Riverside Stadium against Middlesbrough F.C. to surpass 50 goals for the club in a 3–1 away victory.[18]

Alanyaspor

On 19 July 2021, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with Turkish club Alanyaspor.[19]

Granada

On 24 January 2023, Diédhiou joined Segunda División club Granada CF on loan until the end of the season with the option to buy,[20] which was activated after the club's promotion to La Liga.

International career

Diédhiou scored his first goal for Senegal in a 2–0 win over Namibia that ensured the nation's qualification for the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations.[21] He made one appearance at the final tournament, appearing as a substitute in the group match against Algeria on 23 January 2017.[22]

He was part of Senegal's squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations, scoring once in the quarter-final win over Equatorial Guinea,[23] as the Lions of Teranga went on to win the tournament for the first time in their history.[24][25]

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.[26]

Diédhiou appeared in two of Senegal's matches at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, scoring in a 3–1 win over hosts Qatar, as the nation reached the round of 16 for the first time since its debut in 2002.[27]

In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[28]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 21 April 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
ASM Belfort 2011–12[3] CFA 11 3 0 0 0 0 — 11 3
Épinal 2012–13[3] Championnat National 30 12 4 1 0 0 — 34 13
Gazélec Ajaccio 2013–14[3] Championnat National 33 13 0 0 1 0 — 34 13
Sochaux 2014–15[3] Ligue 2 13 1 1 0 1 0 — 15 1
Sochaux B 2014–15[3] CFA 5 3 — — — 5 3
Clermont (loan) 2014–15[3] Ligue 2 14 2 — — — 14 2
2015–16[3] Ligue 2 36 21 0 0 1 1 — 37 22
Total 50 23 0 0 1 1 0 0 51 24
Angers 2016–17[3] Ligue 1 31 8 4 1 1 0 — 36 9
Bristol City 2017–18[13] Championship 32 13 0 0 4 1 — 36 14
2018–19[29] Championship 41 13 3 0 0 0 — 44 13
2019–20[30] Championship 41 12 2 1 1 1 — 44 14
2020–21[31] Championship 40 8 3 2 2 0 — 45 10
Total 154 46 8 3 7 2 — 169 51
Career total 327 109 17 5 11 3 — 355 117

International

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diédhiou goal.
List of international goals scored by Famara Diédhiou[32]
No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 3 September 2016 Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal  Namibia 2–0 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2 10 October 2019 Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore  Brazil 1–1 1–1 Friendly
3 17 November 2019 Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Eswatini  Eswatini 1–0 4–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4 2–0
5 3–0
6 9 October 2021 Stade Lat-Dior, Thiès, Senegal  Namibia 2–0 4–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
7 12 October 2021 Orlando Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa  Namibia 1–0 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification
8 2–1
9 3–1
10 30 January 2022 Ahmadou Ahidjo Stadium, Yaoundé, Cameroon  Equatorial Guinea 1–0 3–1 2021 Africa Cup of Nations
11 25 November 2022 Al Thumama Stadium, Doha, Qatar  Qatar 2–0 3–1 2022 FIFA World Cup

Honours

Granada

Senegal

Individual

References

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