Ousseynou Thioune (born 16 November 1993) is a Senegalese international

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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Club career

Born in

Dakar Dakar ( ; ; wo, Ndakaaru) (from daqaar ''tamarind''), is the capital and largest city of Senegal. The city of Dakar proper has a population of 1,030,594, whereas the population of the Dakar metropolitan area is estimated at 3.94 million in 2 ...

, Thioune started his career with Diambars. He took part of the club's Ligue 2 winning campaign in 2011, as well in their

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and

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accolades in 2013 and 2016, respectively. Thioune joined

Botola The Botola Pro ( ar, البطولة الاحترافية, translit=al-buṭūla l-iḥtirāfiyya), is a Moroccan professional league for men's association football clubs. At the top of the Moroccan football league system, it is the country's prima ...

Ittihad Tanger Ittihad Riadi Tanger ( ar, الاتحاد الرياضي لطنجة, lit.'Sports Union of Tangier'), known as Ittihad Riadi Tanger, abbreviation IRT, is a Moroccan football club based in Tangier, that competes in Botola, the top flight of Mo ...

in August 2016. He made his professional debut late in the month, stating in a 4–1 home routing of Difaa El Jadida. He was among the squad during the 2017–18 season which was crowned champions for the first time ever. On 18 December 2018, Thioune agreed to a six-month contract with

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side

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. In July 2019 he signed for French club

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. On 15 July 2022, Thioune signed a two-year contract with

Dijon Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earlies ...

. He moved to

in August 2023.

International career

Thioune made his full international debut for

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

on 31 May 2014, coming on as a second-half substitute for Dame Diop in a 2–2 friendly draw against

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at the

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, Argentina. Called up by the under-23 side for the

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held in his homeland, he was an undisputed starter until the semifinals, when he was

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for handballing inside the box in a match against

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; the visitors won the match 1–0.

Personal life

Thioune's elder brother Mame Saher is also a footballer. A

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, both played together at Ittihad Tanger in 2017.

Career statistics

Club

International

Honours

Diambars *

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Senegalese Super Cup The Senegalese Super Cup is a Senegalese football competition, held as a game between the reigning champions of the Senegalese Premier League (Ligue 1) and the Senegalese Cup, it challenged a winner of the Senegalese League Cup, it once had a win ...

: 2011, 2012, 2013 *

Senegalese League Cup The Senegalese League Cup is the knockout tournament of the Senegalese football featuring clubs from Ligue 1 and 2. It was created in 2009 and is organized by the LSFP, the Senegal FA.

: 2016 *Senegal Ligue 2: 2011 Ittihad Tanger *

: 2017–18 Senegal U23 *

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thioune, Oissenyou 1993 births Living people Footballers from Dakar Senegalese men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Diambars FC players Botola players IR Tanger players Segunda División players Gimnàstic de Tarragona footballers FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players Dijon FCO players Ligue 2 players Competitors at the 2015 African Games African Games gold medalists for Senegal African Games medalists in football Senegal men's international footballers Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France Cypriot First Division players