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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. He has also played for the Senegal national team.

Club career

Diémé began his career at the

Ziguinchor Ziguinchor (; ; ) 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 214,874 (2023 census). It is the eighth largest city of Senegal ...

-based club Zig Inter; he then played for Port Autonome and Jaraaf, whom he captained in the

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. He was one of five nominees for best local player in 2018. Following a

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at Bekaa in the

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

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. On 19 January 2021, Diémé transferred to

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in the

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International career

Diémé represented

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internationally at the

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, 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 *

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* * * * 1989 births Living people Footballers from Ziguinchor Senegalese men's footballers 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen Men's association football forwards ASC Port Autonome players ASC Jaraaf players Bekaa SC players Shabab Al Sahel FC players Al Ahed FC players Al-Qasim SC players Al-Kahrabaa SC players Ligue 1 (Senegal) players Lebanese Premier League players Iraq Stars League players Senegal men's international footballers Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Iraq Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Expatriate men's footballers in Iraq {{Senegal-footy-bio-stub