Clément Diop Degoud (born 13 October 1993) is a

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who plays for

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Career

Early career

Diop began his career with

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where he was a backup for three seasons, but never made a first team appearance. Diop was the starter of Amiens II, Amiens' reserve team for two seasons. Diop made his debut for Amiens II on 25 August 2012, against

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, where he came a clean-sheet in a 1–0 win. Diop went on to keep clean-sheets in the following two matches, against

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and SC Feignies.

LA Galaxy

On 20 March 2015, it was announced that Diop joined

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club

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for the 2015 season. He made his debut for the club two days later in a 0–0 draw against

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. In the 2015 season Diop won the USL Western Conference and reached the USL Championship final with LA Galaxy II. In the finals against

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, Diop was replaced by Bennett Sneddon late in extra-time. LA Galaxy II lost 2–1 in the final due to a late header from Asani Samuels. On 16 December 2015, LA Galaxy announced that they had signed Diop to a first team contract for the forthcoming MLS season. On 14 June 2015, Diop made his debut for the first team in fourth round of the

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against

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, where the Galaxy won 4–1 in extra-time.

In Montréal

Diop moved to

CF Montréal CF Montréal is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Montréal, Québec, Canada. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) in the Eastern Conference. Founded in 1992 as the Montreal Impact (french: Impact de Montréal, links=no), ...

(known as the Montreal Impact at the time) via the MLS Waiver Draft following the 2017 season. He signed with the club on 9 January 2018. On 17 August 2021, Montréal and Diop mutually agreed to part ways.

Inter Miami

In January 2022, Diop signed a one-year contract with an option for a second year with

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, after having trained with the team since September 2021.

New England Revolution

On 5 August 2022, Diop was traded to

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in exchange for $125,000 in General Allocation Money. Following the 2022 season, New England opted to decline his contract option.

Atlanta United

On 11 January 2023, Diop signed with MLS side

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International career

Born in France and of Senegalese descent, Diop originally was called up to the youth national teams for France. Diop debuted for the

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in a 0–0 friendly draw with

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on 5 June 2017.

Career statistics

Honours

Club

;Montreal Impact *

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Diop, Clement 1993 births Living people Citizens of Senegal through descent Senegalese footballers Senegal men's international footballers French footballers French sportspeople of Senegalese descent French expatriate footballers French expatriate sportspeople in the United States Amiens SC players LA Galaxy II players LA Galaxy players CF Montréal players Inter Miami CF players New England Revolution players Atlanta United FC players Men's association football goalkeepers Footballers from Paris Expatriate soccer players in the United States Expatriate soccer players in Canada USL Championship players Major League Soccer players MLS Next Pro players Atlanta United 2 players