| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Abdoulaye Diaby[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 4 July 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali[2] | ||
| Height | 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2018 | Djoliba | ||
| 2018–2019 | Royal Antwerp | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2019–2021 | Royal Antwerp | 0 | (0) |
| 2019–2020 | → Lokeren (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2021–2023 | Újpest | 45 | (5) |
| 2023–2025 | St. Gallen | 41 | (1) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2017 | Mali U17 | 9 | (0) |
| 2019 | Mali U20 | 7 | (1) |
| 2024– | Mali | 7 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 9 June 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 24 March 2025 | |||
Abdoulaye Diaby (born 4 July 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who last played as a centre-back for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen and the Mali national team.
Club career
[edit]Diaby began his career as a youth at Djoliba AC before moving to Belgium at the age of 19.[3] He was loaned to Lokeren in 2019.[4]
On 21 June 2021, Diaby signed with Újpest in Hungary.[5]
On 25 June 2023, Diaby signed for Swiss Super League club St. Gallen on a two-year contract.[6] He departed St. Gallen on 9 June 2025 at the end of his contract.[7]
International career
[edit]Diaby has played for Mali at the U17 and U20 level.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 22 May 2025[8]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Continental | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Royal Antwerp | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division A | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lokeren (loan) | 2019–20 | Belgian First Division B | 9 | 1 | 1[a] | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | |
| Újpest | 2021–22 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 20 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4[b] | 0 | – | 27 | 3 | |
| 2022–23 | Nemzeti Bajnokság I | 25 | 4 | 3 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | ||
| Total | 45 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| St. Gallen | 2023–24 | Swiss Super League | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 26 | 1 | ||
| 2024–25 | Swiss Super League | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6[b] | 0 | – | 24 | 1 | ||
| Total | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 0 | – | 50 | 2 | |||
| Career total | 95 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 115 | 10 | ||
- ^ Appearances in the Belgian Cup
- ^ a b Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
International
[edit]- As of match played 24 March 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2024 | 5 | 0 |
| 2025 | 2 | 0 | |
| Total | 7 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
- ^ Abdoulaye Diaby at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Abdoulaye Diaby : Le Malien file au Sporting Lokeren". 9 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Lokeren huurt Abdoulaye Diaby van Antwerp". 9 August 2019.
- ^ "Középhátvéd a legújabb érkező" (Press release) (in Hungarian). Újpest. 21 June 2021. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
- ^ "Abdoulaye Diaby wechselt zum FC St.Gallen 1879" [Abdoulaye Diaby moves to FC St.Gallen 1879]. www.fcsg.ch (in German). 25 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
- ^ "FCSG verabschiedet Diaby und Nsame" (in Swiss High German). 9 June 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Abdoulaye Diaby at Soccerway. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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