Djibril Sidibé (footballer, born 1992)

Djibril Sidibé
Sidibé with France in 2018
Personal information
Full name Djibril Sidibé[1]
Date of birth (1992-07-29) 29 July 1992
Place of birth Troyes, France
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current team
 Monaco
Number 19
Youth career
2000–2010 Troyes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2012 Troyes 41 (1)
2012–2016 Lille 96 (7)
2016– Monaco 56 (4)
National team‡
2011–2013 France U20 10 (0)
2013 France U21 1 (0)
2016– France 18 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 February 2018
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15:58, 26 June 2018 (UTC)

Djibril Sidibé (French pronunciation: ​[dʒibʁil sidibe]: born 29 July 1992) is a French professional footballer who plays as a full back for Monaco.

Club career

Early career

Djibril Sidibé plays as a full back, but can also be utilized in midfield. He began his career at his hometown club Troyes in 2000 at the age of eight.[2] Sidibé made his club debut during the 2009–10 season while the club was playing in the Championnat National, the third division of French football. He made his professional debut on 17 September 2010 in a league match against Grenoble.[3]

Lille

After helping earn Troyes promotion to Ligue 1, the 19-year-old signed for Lille in July 2012, as cover for Mathieu Debuchy.[4] Sidibé made his debut for Lille on 25 August 2012 against OGC Nice, the start was his first appearance in Ligue 1 and he marked it with a goal, scoring a 59' minute equalizer in a 2–2 draw.[5][6] In Lille's 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage matchday 5 game against BATE Borisov in Minsk on 20 November, Sidibé helped Lille avenge their 3–1 matchday 1 home defeat against BATE Borisov by scoring from a long angled strike in the first half. Sidibé was sent off in the second half, for a second bookable offense, but Lille held on for a 2–0 victory, securing their only points of their 2012–13 UEFA Champions League group stage campaign.[7]

Sidibé scored Lille's equalizing goal against Paris Saint-Germain in the 2016 Coupe de la Ligue Final; however PSG won the match 2–1.

Monaco

2016–17 season

On 8 July 2016, Sidibé joined AS Monaco on a five-year deal.[8] On 22 November, Sidibé headed home Benjamin Mendy's cross for Monaco's first goal in the 48th minute and provided the assist for Thomas Lemar in the 53rd minute to enable Monaco to defeat Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 at home in the 2016–17 UEFA Champions League group stage Group E matchday 5 match and ensure that Monaco would finish on top of Group E at the conclusion of the group matches on 7 December.[9]

International career

Sidibé holding the FIFA World Cup Trophy

Sidibé was on stand by for France's UEFA Euro 2016 squad.[10]

On 25 August 2016, Sidibé was called up to the senior squad for the first time for a friendly against Italy and a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification against Belarus.[11] He made his debut on 1 September against the former at the Stadio San Nicola playing the whole match in a 3–1 victory.[12]

Sidibé scored his first goal for France in their 3–2 friendly victory over England on 13 June 2017.[13]

On 17 May 2018, he was called up to the 23 man French squad for the 2018 World Cup in Russia.[14]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 7 April 2018[15]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Troyes 2009–10 100000——10
2010–11 600000——60
2011–12 3413010——381
Total 41130100000451
Lille 2012–13 141201131—203
2013–14 2003010——240
2014–15 252103030—322
2015–16 3742042——436
Total 9678193610011911
Monaco 2016–17 2922040121—473
2017–18 24210303011323
Total 534307015111796
Career total 190121411732121124318

International

As of match played 26 June 2018[16]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 201660
201781
201840
Total181

International goals

As of match played 23 March 2018. France score listed first, score column indicates score after each Sidibé goal.[16]
International goals by date, venue, cap, opponent, score, result and competition
No. Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 13 June 2017Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France10 England2–13–2Friendly

Honours

Monaco

France

Individual

References

  1. 1 2 "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia: List of players: France" (PDF). FIFA. 10 June 2018. p. 11. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ↑ "Les bons débuts de Djibril Sidibé!" (in French). L'Est Eclair. 5 July 2010. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  3. ↑ "Grenoble v. Troyes Match Report" (in French). Ligue de Football Professionnel. 17 September 2010. Retrieved 17 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Lille seal Sidibe capture". ESPNFC. 25 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "OGC NICE 2 - 2 LOSC". LILLE OSC. 25 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 July 2014.
  6. ↑ "OGC Nice 2-2 LOSC Lille". LFP. 25 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "LOSC boys drain the life from BATE". UEFA. 20 November 2012.
  8. ↑ "Djibril Sidibé pour 5 saisons". AS Monaco.
  9. ↑ "AS Monaco vs Tottenham Hotspur 2016-2017 UEFA Champions League group stage Group E match summary". www.uefa.com. 22 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "N'Golo Kante in France's Euros squad; Lacazette, Gameiro, Ben Arfa miss out". espnfc.co.uk. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 10 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Corchia, Kurzawa et Sidibé appelés pour affronter l'Italie et la Biélorussie, pas Evra". lefigaro.fr. 25 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "Italy vs. France - 1 September 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
  13. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40168358
  14. ↑ https://www.skysports.com/amp/football/news/12025/11376691/alexandre-lacazette-and-anthony-martial-on-standby-for-france-world-cup-squad-and-dimitri-payet-out
  15. ↑ "D. Sidibé: Summary". Soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 23 November 2016.
  16. 1 2 "Sidibé, Djibril". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 3 April 2018.
  17. ↑ McNulty, Phil (15 July 2018). "France 4–2 Croatia". BBC. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  18. ↑ "Trophées UNFP : Le Palmarès Complet de l'Édition 2017". Retrieved 15 May 2017.
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