Ibrahim Amadou

Ibrahim Amadou (born 6 April 1993) is a French professional footballer who plays for Spanish club CD Leganés, on loan from Sevilla FC. Primarily a defensive midfielder, he also plays as a centre back.[3]

Ibrahim Amadou
Amadou playing for Lille in 2016
Personal information
Full name Ibrahim Amadou[1]
Date of birth (1993-04-06) 6 April 1993[2]
Place of birth Douala, Cameroon
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[2]
Playing position(s) Defensive midfielder
Centre back
Club information
Current team
 Leganés
(on loan from Sevilla)
Number 23
Youth career
2003–2004 Cheminots de l'Ouest
2004–2008 RCF Paris
2008–2013 Nancy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2010–2014 Nancy II 38 (1)
2013–2015 Nancy 57 (2)
2015 Lille II 5 (1)
2015–2018 Lille 87 (2)
2018– Sevilla 17 (0)
2019–2020 → Norwich City (loan) 11 (0)
2020– → Leganés (loan) 0 (0)
National team
2012 France U19 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 13:29, 27 January 2020 (UTC)

Club career

Nancy

Born in Douala, Cameroon, Amadou moved to France at age 4 and lived in Colombe, where he played at local club AS Cheminots de l'Ouest. He then spent four years at Racing Club de France, before joining the AS Nancy academy in 2008.[4]

Amadou made his professional debut on 26 May 2013, playing one minute in the last matchday of the Ligue 1 season against Stade Brestois.[5] On 8 August 2014, he scored his first goal against US Orléans in Ligue 2.[6]

Lille

On 16 July 2015, Amadou signed a four-year contract with Lille for a reported fee of €2 million.[7] He started in the first match of the 2015–16 Ligue 1 season against Paris Saint-Germain on 7 August 2015, playing in the heart of defense alongside Renato Civelli as Lille suffered a 1–0 defeat.[8] He scored his first goal for the club in the 2–1 win over SC Bastia on 12 March 2016.[9]

At the start of the 2017–18 season, manager Marcelo Bielsa appointed Amadou as club captain.[10] On 13 August 2017, he took over the goalkeeping role in the 3–0 loss to RC Strasbourg, following the sending off of Mike Maignan.[11]

Sevilla

On 2 July 2018, Amadou joined Spanish La Liga side Sevilla FC on a four-year deal.[12]

Norwich City (loan)

On 7 August 2019, Amadou joined Norwich City on a season-long loan, with an option to buy the following summer.[13]

Leganés (loan)

On 31 January 2020, Amadou's loan to Norwich was terminated, and he joined CD Leganés until the end of the season.[14]

International career

Amadou was born in Cameroon and raised in France. He is a French youth international,[15] and was called up to the senior Cameroon national team, whom he rejected.[16]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 January 2020[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Nancy II 2010–11 CFA 40———40
2011–12 CFA 70———70
2012–13 CFA 161———161
2013–14 CFA 2 110———110
Total 381———381
Nancy 2012–13 Ligue 1 102000—30
2013–14 Ligue 2 2001010—220
2014–15 Ligue 2 3622010—392
Total 5725020—642
Lille II 2015–16 CFA 2 51———51
Lille 2015–16 Ligue 1 221205000291
2016–17 Ligue 1 351311020412
2017–18 Ligue 1 300200000320
Total 8727160201023
Sevilla 2018–19 La Liga 17060—90320
Norwich City (loan) 2019–20 Premier League 1101010—130
Leganés (loan) 2019–20 La Liga 000000—00
Career total 2156191901102547

References
  1. "Acta del Partido celebrado el 08 de febrero de 2020, en Valencia" [Minutes of the Match held on 8 February 2020, in Valencia] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football Federation. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
  2. "Ibrahim Amadou: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 28 August 2019.
  3. "Cameroon - I. Amadou - Profile with news, career statistics and history - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  4. "Qui es-tu, Ibrahim Amadou?" [Who are you, Ibrahim Amadou?] (in French). Lille OSC. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  5. "Brest vs. Nancy - 26 May 2013 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  6. "Orléans vs. Nancy - 8 August 2014 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2014.
  7. "Ibrahim Amadou (Nancy) signe à Lille" [Ibrahim Amadou (Nancy) signs for Lille] (in French). L'Équipe. 16 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  8. "Lille vs. PSG - 7 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  9. "Ibrahim Amadou scores first goal for Lille in 2-1 away win over Bastia -Sportingspree". Arthur/Sportingspree.com. Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  10. "Marcelo Bielsa évoque le capitanat d'Ibrahim Amadou" [Marcelo Bielsa talks about the captaincy of Ibrahim Amadou]. Lille OSC. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  11. "Lille field three goalkeepers during incredible Ligue 1 match". Goal.com. 13 August 2017. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  12. "Ibrahim Amadou is officially a Sevillista until 2022". Sevilla FC. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
  13. "Ibrahim Amadou signs for Norwich City". Norwich City F.C. 7 August 2019.
  14. "Amadou leaves Norwich and has joined CD Leganés on loan". Sevilla FC. 31 January 2020. Retrieved 3 February 2020.
  15. https://www.fff.fr/equipes-de-france/tous-les-joueurs/fiche-joueur/2338172398-ibrahim-amadou
  16. "Africa Cup of Nations: Liverpool's Joel Matip among seven to snub tournament". BBC Sport. 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  17. Ibrahim Amadou at Soccerway
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