Dion Lopy
Lopy in 2023
Personal information
Full name Dion Lopy[1]
Date of birth (2002-02-02) 2 February 2002
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Almería
Number 6
Youth career
0000–2020 Oslo Football Academy
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2020–2022 Reims II 4 (0)
2021–2023 Reims 59 (0)
2023– Almería 3 (0)
International career‡
2019 Senegal U17 4 (0)
2019– Senegal U20 9 (2)
2019– Senegal 2 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 April 2023

Dion Lopy (born 2 February 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Almería and the Senegal national team.

Club career

Reims

Lopy played youth football for the Oslo Football Academy in the 3rd tier of Senegalese football, before being signed for a compensatory fee by French club Stade de Reims in 2020 after Lopy represented Senegal at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]

Lopy played briefly for Reims' second team in the Championnat National 2, before making his Ligue 1 debut in a 2–2 draw with Stade Rennais on 4 April 2021.[3] In the 2022–23 season, he became a first-team regular at Reims, benefitting from manager Will Still's preference for a younger age profile to his squad.[4][5]

Almería

On 5 August 2023, Lopy was announced at La Liga side Almería on a six-year contract.[6]

International career

Lopy played for Senegal throughout the youth levels, representing them at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup[2] and the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations where they were runners-up.[7]

Lopy made his debut for the senior Senegal national football team on 3 August 2019, in a 3–0 victory over Liberia.[8] He had to wait until 28 March 2023 for his second first team appearance, a 1–0 away victory over Mozambique.[9]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 March 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stade de Reims II 2020–21 Championnat National 2 20–0020
2021–22 20–0020
Total 40000040
Stade de Reims 2020–21 Ligue 1 40000040
2021–22 2601000270
2022–23 2302000250
Total 5303000560
Career total 5703000600

International

As of matches played 28 March 2023.[11]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 201910
202000
202100
202200
202310
Total20

References

  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Senegal" (PDF). FIFA. 13 June 2019. p. 19. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2020.
  2. 1 2 Jeggo, Luc (13 June 2019). "Dion Lopy: from the 3rd tier of Senegal to World Cup stand out". Football Bloody Hell. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "Reims vs. Rennes - 4 April 2021 - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Ellis, Adam (16 March 2023). "Stade de Reims: 3 players who have graded well for Will Still in Ligue 1 | PFF News & Analysis". PFF. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Reis, Bruna (10 April 2023). "Aston Villa linked with Ligue 1 transfer as Everton consider summer move". MSN. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "El Almería se refuerza con el fichaje de Dion Lopy" [Almería bolster themselves with the signing of Dion Lopy] (in Spanish). UD Almería. 5 August 2023. Retrieved 5 August 2023.
  7. ↑ "Summary - Africa U20 Cup of Nations - Africa - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway". int.soccerway.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  8. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Senegal vs. Liberia". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Mozambique vs. Senegal". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Dion Lopy at Soccerway. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  11. ↑ Dion Lopy at National-Football-Teams.com
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