Famara Diédhiou
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Famara Diédhiou[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 15 December 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Saint-Louis, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Bristol City | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| 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 | Sochaux B | 5 | (3) |
| 2014–2016 | → Clermont (loan) | 50 | (23) |
| 2016–2017 | Angers | 31 | (8) |
| 2017– | Bristol City | 35 | (15) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2014– | Senegal | 6 | (1) |
|
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 01:08, 19 September 2018 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 23 March 2017 | |||
Famara Diédhiou (born 15 December 1992) is a Senegalese footballer who currently plays for English Football League Championship side Bristol City, and the Senegal national team as a striker.[2]
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 2014–2015 season.[3] On 22 August 2014, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal against AC Arles-Avignon.[4]
Clermont (loan)
On 2 February 2015, Diédhiou joined Clermont Foot on loan from Sochaux.[5] For the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, he went back on loan to Clermont again.[6] In that season, he scored 22 goals in 37 matches.[7][8]
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.[7] In 2016–17, his only season at the club, he played 35 times scoring 9 goals.[7]
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.[7][8] He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 3–1 win over Barnsley on 5 August 2017.[9]
In his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions, finishing the clubs 2nd top scorer behind Bobby Reid for Bristol City.[10] In May 2018 he received a six-match ban due to a spitting incident in a match against Birmingham City in April 2018.[11] Diédhiou denied the charges, leading the club to appeal the ban on 21 June 2018.[12] 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.[13]
International career
Diédhiou scored his first goal for Senegal in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Namibia.[14]
International goals
- Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[15]
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 3 September 2016 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal |  | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |
Career Statistics
- As of 23 July 2018[16]
| Club | Season | League | FA Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| ASM Belfort | 2011–12 | CFA | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 |
| Épinal | 2012–13 | Championnat National | 30 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 |
| Gazélec Ajaccio | 2013–14 | Championnat National | 33 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 13 |
| Sochaux | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1 |
| Sochaux B | 2014–15 | CFA | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Clermont (loan) | 2014–15 | Ligue 2 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 |
| 2015–16 | Ligue 2 | 36 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 22 | |
| Total | 50 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 24 | ||
| Angers | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 31 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 9 |
| Bristol City | 2017–18 | EFL Championship | 32 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 14 |
| Career total | 205 | 76 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 222 | 80 | ||
References
- ↑ "Club list of registered players: As at 19th May 2018: Bristol City" (PDF). English Football League. p. 9. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ↑ "Senegal - F. Diedhiou - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ↑ "Sochaux vs. Orléans - 2 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ↑ "Arles vs. Sochaux - 22 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2014-09-10.
- ↑ "Diedhiou (Sochaux) prêté à Clermont (in French)". m.lequipe.fr. February 2, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Diedhiou prêté à Clermont (in French)". lequipe. June 9, 2015. Retrieved September 12, 2015.
- 1 2 3 4 "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City sign Senegal striker in club-record £5.3m deal". BBC Sport. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- 1 2 "Club record fee lands Senegal international Diédhiou". Bristol City. 28 June 2017. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Bristol City 3-1 Barnsley". BBC. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 5 August 2017.
- ↑ http://www.soccerbase.com/players/player.sd?player_id=79517&season_id=150
- ↑ "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City striker banned for six matches for spitting". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
- ↑ "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City to appeal against striker's six-game spitting ban". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ↑ "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City fail in appeal against striker's six-match ban". BBC Sport. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
- ↑ Football, CAF - Confederation of African. "CAF - Competitions - Q CAN 2017 - Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
- ↑ "Diedhiou, Famara". National Football Teams. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
- ↑ "F. DIEDHIOU". Soccerway. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
