Famara Diédhiou (born 15 December 1992) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a striker for

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club

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and Senegal national team.

Club career

Sochaux

Diédhiou joined

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in 2014 from

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. He made his

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debut at 2 August 2014 against

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playing the full game in a 0–1 home defeat on the opening day of the 2014–15 season. On 22 August 2014, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal against AC Arles-Avignon.

Loan to Clermont

On 2 February 2015, Diédhiou joined

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on loan from Sochaux. For the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, he went back on loan to Clermont again. In that season, he scored 22 goals in 37 matches.

Angers

In summer 2016, he moved up a tier joining

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club

Angers SCO Angers Sporting Club de l'Ouest, commonly referred to as Angers SCO or simply Angers (), is a French professional football club based in Angers in Pays de la Loire in western France. The club was founded in 1919 and plays in Ligue 1, the fir ...

who paid Sochaux a transfer fee of £1.36 million. In 2016–17, his only season at the club, he played 35 times scoring 9 goals.

Bristol City

On 28 June 2017, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with English

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club

Bristol City Bristol City Football Club is a professional football club based in Bristol, England, which compete in the , the second tier of English football. They have played their home games at Ashton Gate since moving from St John's Lane in 1904. The ...

for a club record transfer fee of £5.3 million. He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 3–1 win over

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on 5 August 2017. During the 2017–18 season Bristol City reached the semi finals of the

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, with Diédhiou scoring in the 2—0 upset against

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opponents

Stoke City Stoke City Football Club is a professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, which competes in the . Founded as Stoke Ramblers in 1863, it changed its name to Stoke in 1878 and then to Stoke City in 1925 after Stoke ...

in the third round. In his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions, finishing the club's 2nd top scorer behind Bobby Reid for Bristol City. In May 2018 he received a six-match ban due to a spitting incident in a match against

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in April 2018. Diédhiou denied the charges, leading the club to appeal the ban on 21 June 2018. Bristol City appealed the 6 match ban, however the decision was upheld on 14 July 2018, meaning Diédhiou was suspended for the opening six matches of the 2018–19 season. During the 2018/19 season, he scored 13 league goals for the second consecutive season and finished as Bristol City's top scorer with 13 goals in all competitions. On 23 February 2021, Diédhiou scored a brace at the

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against

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to surpass 50 goals for the club in a 3-1 away victory.

Alanyaspor

On 19 July 2021, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with Turkish club

International career

Diédhiou scored his first goal for

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

in a 2–0

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win over

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. His second international goal came in a friendly vs Brazil, scoring a penalty after Sadio Mane was fouled in the penalty area. Sadio Mane's dazzling pass set him up for his third goal in the African Cup of Nations encounter against Equatorial Guinea.

Career statistics

Club

International

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

Honours

Senegal *

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References

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