 Diakhaby with Valencia in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mouctar Diakhaby[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Vendôme, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Valencia | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 2009–2010 | Nantes | ||
| 2010–2013 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 2013–2016 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Lyon B | 55 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | Lyon | 34 | (2) |
| 2018– | Valencia | 130 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | France U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | France U21 | 9 | (1) |
| 2022– | Guinea | 9 | (1) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023 | |||
Mouctar Diakhaby (born 19 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for La Liga club Valencia and the Guinea national team.
Early life
Diakhaby was born in Vendôme, France, to Guinean parents, who were from Touba, Boké.[3]
Club career
Lyon
Diakhaby made his first team debut for Lyon on 10 September 2016 in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux, playing the whole match in a 3–1 home loss.[4] On 30 November 2016, he scored his first competitive goal for the Lyon first team in a 6–0 Ligue 1 away rout of Nantes.[5] On 23 February 2017, Diakhaby scored a goal (in the 89th minute) in the 2016–17 Europa League round of 32 second-leg 7–1 home win over AZ Alkmaar to register his first career UEFA Europa League or UEFA Champions League goal.[6] He also scored a goal in each of two legs of the 2016–17 Europa League round of 16 tie against Roma.
Valencia
On 28 June 2018, Diakhaby signed a five-year deal with Spanish side Valencia.[7]
International career
Diakhaby was born in France, but is Guinean by descent.[8] He is a former youth international for France. In 2022 however he decided to represent the home country of his parents, Guinea and debuted for them against Egypt.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| Valencia | 2018–19 | La Liga | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 9[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 128 | 6 | 20 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 162 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 14 | ||
- ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Valencia
References
- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valladolid" [Minutes of the Match held on 18 May 2019, in Valladolid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mouctar Diakhaby". LaLiga Santander. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ↑ "Player profile — Mouctar Diakhaby". thesportsdb.com. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
- ↑ "Lyon vs. Bordeaux - 10 September 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nantes vs. Olympique Lyonnais - 30 November 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Lyon rejoint les 8es de finale de Ligue Europa après un festival". L'Équipe. 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "Valence officialise le recrutement de Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon)". L'Équipe. 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ligue 1-OL : Mouctar Diakhaby veut améliorer son jeu de tête" [Ligue 1-OL : Mouctar Diakhaby wants to improve his head game]. africatopsports.com (in French). Africa Top Sports. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "M. Diakhaby". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Mouctar Diakhaby". SofaScore. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ↑ "Barcelona 1–2 Valencia". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
External links
- Profile at the Valencia CF website
- Mouctar Diakhaby at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Mouctar Diakhaby at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)
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