Daouda Guèye Diémé (born 23 October 1989) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a striker for Iraqi club

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Club career

Diémé began his career at

Ziguinchor Ziguinchor (; wo, Siggcoor ; ar, زيغينكور) is the capital of the Ziguinchor Region, and the chief town of the Casamance area of Senegal, lying at the mouth of the Casamance River. It has a population of over 230,000 (2007 estimate). It ...

-based club Zig Inter; he then played for Port Autonome and Jaraaf, whom he captained in the Senegal Premier League. He was one of five nominees for best local player in 2018. Following a

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Bekaa The Beqaa Valley ( ar, links=no, وادي البقاع, ', Lebanese ), also transliterated as Bekaa, Biqâ, and Becaa and known in classical antiquity as Coele-Syria, is a fertile valley in eastern Lebanon. It is Lebanon's most important ...

in the

Lebanese Premier League The Lebanese First Division ( ar, الدوري اللبناني الدرجة الأولى), commonly known as the Lebanese Premier League (), is the top division of the Lebanese football league system. There are 12 teams competing in the league, ...

, Diémé joined Shabab Sahel on 22 May 2019. He moved to Ahed on 27 January 2020, to compete in the

2020 AFC Cup The 2020 AFC Cup was the 17th edition of the AFC Cup, Asia's secondary club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The competition was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic after group stage matches on 11 March ...

. On 19 January 2021, Diémé transferred to

in the

Iraqi Premier League The Iraqi Premier League ( ar, الدوري العراقي الممتاز) is the top level of the Iraqi football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it is operated by the Iraq Football Association (IFA) and operates on a system of promotion ...

International career

Diémé represented

Senegal Senegal,; Wolof: ''Senegaal''; Pulaar: 𞤅𞤫𞤲𞤫𞤺𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭 (Senegaali); Arabic: السنغال ''As-Sinighal'') officially the Republic of Senegal,; Wolof: ''Réewum Senegaal''; Pulaar : 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 � ...

internationally at the

2018 African Nations Championship qualification The 2018 African Nations Championship qualification was a men's football competition which decided the participating teams of the 2018 African Nations Championship. Only national team players who were playing in their country's own domestic lea ...

, scoring a goal in a 3–1 win over

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on 22 July 2017.

Career statistics

International

: ''Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diémé goal.''

Honours

Shabab Sahel *

Lebanese Elite Cup The Lebanese Elite Cup () is a Lebanese football annual cup competition contested by the top six teams of the previous Lebanese Premier League season. Founded in 1996 as the Super League Cup, the first edition was contested by the top five finish ...

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* * * * 1989 births Living people People from Ziguinchor Senegalese footballers Association football forwards Port Autonome players ASC Jaraaf players Bekaa SC players Shabab Al Sahel FC players Al Ahed FC players Al-Qasim SC players Senegal Premier League players Lebanese Premier League players Iraqi Premier League players Senegal international footballers Senegalese expatriate footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Expatriate footballers in Lebanon Expatriate footballers in Iraq {{Senegal-footy-bio-stub