{{Short description|Malian footballer (born 1997)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Infobox football biography |name = Aliou Dieng |image = Aliou Dieng VS C.F. Monterrey in 2021 FIFA Club World Cup.jpg |caption = Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup |full_name = Aliou Dieng<ref name="FIFA">{{cite web |url=https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |title=FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2022™: List of Players: Al Ahly SC |publisher=FIFA |page=1 |date=7 February 2023 |access-date=18 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212205323/https://fdp.fifa.org/assetspublic/ce71/pdf/SquadLists-English.pdf |archive-date=12 February 2023 |url-status=live}}</ref> |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1997|10|16|df=yes}}<ref name="FIFA"/> |birth_place = Bamako, Mali |height = 1.85 m<ref name="FIFA"/> |position = Defensive midfielder |currentclub = Al Ahly |clubnumber = 23 |years1 = 2016–2018 |clubs1 = Djoliba AC |caps1 = 20{{citation needed|date=March 2025}} |goals1 = 0 |years2 = 2018–2019 |clubs2 = MC Alger |caps2 = 37 |goals2 = 1 |years3 = 2019– |clubs3 = Al Ahly |caps3 = 140 |goals3 = 5 |years4 = 2024–2025 |clubs4 = → Al-Kholood (loan) |caps4 = 30 |goals4 = 3 |nationalyears1 = 2015–2019 |nationalteam1 = Mali U23 |nationalcaps1 = 6 |nationalgoals1 = 0 |nationalyears2 = 2016 |nationalteam2 = Mali A' |nationalcaps2 = 6 |nationalgoals2 = 2 |nationalyears3 = 2020– |nationalteam3 = Mali |nationalcaps3 = 54 |nationalgoals3 = 1 |pcupdate = 9 March 2026 |ntupdate = 31 March 2026 |medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's football}} {{MedalCountry|{{fb|MLI}}}} {{MedalCompetition|African Nations Championship}} {{Medal|RU|2016 Rwanda|}} }}
'''Aliou Dieng''' (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Mali national team.
==Club career== In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Egypt's Ahly sign Malian midfielder Aliou Dieng |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/6/51/337450/Sports/Egyptian-Football/Egypts-Ahly-sign-Malian-midfielder-Aliou-Dieng.aspx |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref>
On 23 August 2024, Dieng joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood on a one-year loan.<ref>{{cite web |title=رسميا.. الخلود يعلن ضم أليو ديانج |url=https://hihi2.com/2024/08/23/p2808848.html}}</ref>
==International career== Dieng represented a local team of Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia.<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 January 2016 |title=Le Mali et la Guinée en demi-finales du CHAN 2016 |url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/sports/2016/01/160131_mali-chan |access-date=19 September 2021 |website=BBC News Afrique |language=fr}}</ref> In 2020, Dieng played for the Malian national team for the first time at non-local level, in 2–1 victory against Namibia. With his home country, he also participated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
On 11 December 2025, Dieng was called up to the Mali squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.<ref>{{cite news |title=Voici la liste des Aigles retenus par le sélectionneur Tom Saintfiet pour la CAN Maroc 2025 |url=https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=849323614408542&set=a.182100604464183 |access-date=12 December 2025 |work=Facebook |publisher=Fédération Malienne de Football |date=11 December 2025 |language=French}}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Club=== {{updated|9 March 2026}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competition |- !rowspan="2"|Club !rowspan="2"|Season !colspan="3"|League !colspan="2"|Cup !colspan="2"|League Cup !colspan="2"|Continental !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|MC Alger |2017–18 |rowspan="2"|Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 |10||0||3||0||colspan="2"|—||8<ref name="CAFCL2" group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League</ref>||0||colspan="2"|—||21||0 |- |2018–19 |27||1||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||32||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !37!!1!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!8!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!50!!1 |- |rowspan="8"|Al Ahly |2019–20 |rowspan="7"|Egyptian Premier League |26||1||3||0||0||0||11<ref name="CAFCL2" group="lower-alpha" />||1||1<ref name="ESC2" group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in the Super Cup</ref>||0||41||2 |- |2020–21 |33||0||4||0||0||0||13<ref name="CAFCL2" group="lower-alpha" />||1||4<ref name="ESC22" group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in the Super Cup/CAF Super Cup/FIFA Club World Cup</ref>||0||54||1 |- |2021–22 |21||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||13<ref name="CAFCL2" group="lower-alpha" />||0||4<ref name="ESC22" group="lower-alpha"/>||0||42||2 |- |2022–23 |29||2||4||0||colspan="2"|—||13<ref name="CAFCL2" group="lower-alpha"/>||0||5||0||51||2 |- |2023–24 |13||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||9<ref group="lower-alpha">Five appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League</ref>||0||2<ref name="ESC22" group="lower-alpha"/>||0||25||0 |- |2024–25 |0||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||0||0||1<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance in FIFA Club World Cup</ref>||0||1||0 |- |2025–26 |18||0||0||0||1||0||10<ref name="CAFCL2" group="lower-alpha" />||1||2<ref group="lower-alpha">Appearance(s) in Egyptian Super Cup</ref>||0||31||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !140!!5!!16!!0!!1!!0!!69!!3!!19!!0!!245!!8 |- |Al-Kholood (loan) |2024–25 |Saudi Pro League |30||3||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||31||3 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !207!!9!!21!!0!!0!!0!!77!!3!!19!!0!!324!!12 |} {{Reflist|group=lower-alpha}}
===International=== {{updated|match played 31 March 2026}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="10"|Mali |2015||2||0 |- |2016||5||1 |- |2017||5||0 |- |2020||1||0 |- |2021||7||0 |- |2022||6||1 |- |2023||6||0 |- |2024||9||0 |- |2025||10||0 |- |2026||3||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total!!54!!2 |}
:''Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dieng goal.''
{| class="wikitable" |+ List of international goals scored by Aliou Dieng |- !scope="col"|No. !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Opponent !scope="col"|Score !scope="col"|Result !scope="col"|Competition !scope="col"|{{Abbr|Ref.|References}} |- |align="center"|1 |31 January 2016 |Kigali Pelé Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda |{{fb|TUN}} |align="center"|1–0 |align="center"|2–1 |2016 African Nations Championship |align="center"|<ref name="Tunisia 1-2 Mali Soccerway">{{cite web |title=Tunisia vs. Mali - 31 January 2016 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/01/31/africa/african-nations-championship/tunisia/mali/2187567/ |access-date=31 January 2016 |website=Soccerway}}</ref> |- |align="center"|1 |9 June 2022 |St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda |{{fb|SSD}} |align="center"|3–1 |align="center"|3–1 |2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |align="center"|<ref name="South Sudan 1-3 Mali Soccerway">{{cite web |title=South Sudan vs. Mali - 9 June 2022 |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/06/09/africa/africa-cup-of-nations-qualification/south-sudan/mali/3783035/ |access-date=9 June 2022 |website=Soccerway}}</ref> |}
==Honours== ;Al Ahly * Egyptian Premier League: 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24 * Egypt Cup: 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23 * Egyptian Super Cup: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24 * CAF Champions League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24 * CAF Super Cup: 2021 (May), 2021 (December)
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{soccerway|aliou-dieng/432260}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dieng, Aliou}} Category:1997 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Bamako Category:Malian men's footballers Category:Men's association football defenders Category:Djoliba AC players Category:MC Alger players Category:Al Ahly SC players Category:Al-Kholood Club players Category:Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 players Category:Egyptian Premier League players Category:Saudi Pro League players Category:CAF Champions League–winning players Category:Mali men's A' international footballers Category:Mali men's international footballers Category:2016 African Nations Championship players Category:2021 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:2025 Africa Cup of Nations players Category:Malian expatriate men's footballers Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Egypt Category:Malian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Algeria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Egypt Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Saudi Arabia Category:21st-century Malian sportsmen