{{Short description|Senegalese footballer (born 1993)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Cheikhou Dieng | image = SKN St. Pölten vs. FC Red Bull Salzburg (22. April 2017) 01.jpg | upright = 0.8 | caption = Dieng with SKN St. Pölten in 2017 | full_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1993|11|23|df=y}} | birth_place = Pikine, Senegal | height = 1.80 m<ref name=sf>{{cite web|url=http://www.sandefjordfotball.no/player-profiles/playerID/242156/seasonID/11081|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801040417/http://www.sandefjordfotball.no/player-profiles/playerID/242156/seasonID/11081|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2015|title=Cheikhou Dieng|accessdate=12 August 2015|publisher=Sandefjord Fotball|language=Norwegian}}</ref> | position = Forward | currentclub = | clubnumber = | years1 = {{0|0000}}–2012 | clubs1 = Ndar Guedj | caps1 = | goals1 = | years2 = 2012–2016 | clubs2 = Sandefjord | caps2 = 103 | goals2 = 12 | years3 = 2016 | clubs3 = SKN St. Pölten | caps3 = 17 | goals3 = 6 | years4 = 2016–2019 | clubs4 = İstanbul Başakşehir | caps4 = 1 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2017 | clubs5 = → SKN St. Pölten (loan) | caps5 = 13 | goals5 = 1 | years6 = 2017 | clubs6 = → MKE Ankaragücü (loan) | caps6 = 7 | goals6 = 0 | years7 = 2018 | clubs7 = → Spartak Subotica (loan) | caps7 = 8 | goals7 = 0 | years8 = 2018–2019 | clubs8 = → Wacker Innsbruck (loan) | caps8 = 26 | goals8 = 4 | years9 = 2020–2022 | clubs9 = Wolfsberger AC | caps9 = 52 | goals9 = 7 | years10 = 2022–2023 | clubs10 = Zagłębie Lubin | caps10 = 17 | goals10 = 0 | years11 = 2022–2023 | clubs11 = Zagłębie Lubin II | caps11 = 18 | goals11 = 5 | years12 = 2024 | clubs12 = DSV Leoben | caps12 = 14 | goals12 = 3 | years13 = 2024 | clubs13 = Panevėžys | caps13 = 19 | goals13 = 1 | nationalyears1 = 2015 | nationalteam1 = Senegal U23 | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 1 | club-update = 18 February 2025 | nationalteam-update = }}
'''Cheikhou Dieng''' (born 23 November 1993) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward.
==Club career== ===Sandefjord=== Dieng began his career at Ndar Guedj in Senegal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheikhou Dieng, excentré droit des Olympiques : Mon retourné acrobatique m'a mis en lumière |url=http://www.wiwsport.com/View/detailNews.php?idN=21843 |website=wiwsport.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109134037/http://www.wiwsport.com/View/detailNews.php?idN=21843 |archive-date=9 January 2017 |language=fr |date=9 January 2017}}</ref> For the 2012 season he moved to Norwegian First Division club Sandefjord. He made his league debut in April 2012, when he came on as a substitute for Martin Torp in the 84th minute on the fourth matchday of that season against Strømmen IF.<ref>{{cite web |title=Strømmen vs. Sandefjord – 28 April 2012 |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2012/04/28/norway/1-division/strommen-if/sandefjord-fotball/1236897/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> In August 2012, he scored his first goal in Norway's second tier in a 3–0 win over Tromsdalen UIL.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tromsdalen vs. Sandefjord – 5 August 2012 |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2012/08/05/norway/1-division/tromsdalen-ungdoms-og-idretts-lag/sandefjord-fotball/1236998/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> In the 2012 season, he came to a total of 23 second division appearances, in which he scored four goals.<ref name="soccerway" /> The following season, he scored three goals in 26 games.<ref name="soccerway" /> In the 2014 season, he won the second-tier title with Sandefjord and thus won promotion to Tippeligaen.<ref>{{cite web |title=NIFS – Norsk & Internasjonal Fotballstatistikk |url=https://www.nifs.no/tabell.php |website=nifs.no |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> In the promotion season he scored two goals in 26 appearances.<ref name="soccerway" />
After promotion, Dieng made his Tippeligaen debut in April 2015 against Bodø/Glimt, recording an assist to compatriot Jean Alassane Mendy in a 3–1 win.<ref>{{cite web |title=Mendy-dobbel sikret Sandefjord-seier – VGTV |url=https://www.vgtv.no/video/110530/mendy-dobbel-sikret-sandefjord-seier |website=VG |language=no |date=6 April 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sandefjord vs. Bodø / Glimt – 6 April 2015 |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2015/04/06/norway/eliteserien/sandefjord-fotball/fotballklub-bodoglimt/1974997/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> In the same month, he scored his first goal in Tippeligaen in a 2–1 defeat against Viking.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ihle |first1=Marthe |title=Endelig opptur for Viking |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/sport/endelig-opptur-for-viking/60781455 |work=dagbladet.no |date=30 April 2015 |language=no}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sandefjord vs. Viking – 30 April 2015 |url=https://us.soccerway.com/matches/2015/04/30/norway/eliteserien/sandefjord-fotball/viking-fotballklubb/1975034/ |website=Soccerway |access-date=25 November 2021}}</ref> By the end of the season, he had made 27 appearances, scoring three goals.<ref name="soccerway" /> Sandefjord, however, was relegated to the second tier as bottom of the table after one season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bohinen etter nedrykk: – Har utøvet rollene for dårlig |url=https://www.abcnyheter.no/sport/fotball/2015/11/02/194880902/bohinen-etter-nedrykk-har-utovet-rollene-for-darlig |work=abcnyheter.no |date=2 November 2015 |language=no}}</ref>
===SKN St. Pölten=== Dieng then moved to Austria in January 2016 to second division club SKN St. Pölten, signing a contract until June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=U23 Teamspieler verstärkt das Wolfsrudel! |url=http://www.skn-stpoelten.at/de/39?entry=24168 |website=SKN St. Pölten |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109085933/http://www.skn-stpoelten.at/de/39?entry=24168 |archive-date=9 January 2016 |language=de |date=7 January 2016}}</ref> For SKN he made 17 appearances in the second division until the end of the season, scoring six goals.<ref name="soccerway" /> As second division champion, he won promotion to the Austrian Football Bundesliga with St. Pölten at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bundesliga.at – St. Pölten machte Bundesliga-Aufstieg mit 3:0-Sieg perfekt |url=https://www.bundesliga.at/de/redaktion/newsarchive/2016/st--poelten-machte-bundesliga-aufstieg-mit-3-0-sieg-perfekt/ |work=bundesliga.at |date=20 March 2016 |language=de}}</ref>
===İstanbul Başakşehir=== After promotion, Dieng moved to Turkey for the 2016–17 season to İstanbul Başakşehir, where he signed a three-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=SKN-Flügelflitzer Dieng wechselt in Türkei |url=https://www.weltfussball.at/news/_n2249753_/skn-fluegelflitzer-dieng-wechselt-in-tuerkei/ |website=weltfussball.at |language=de |date=1 June 2016}}</ref> In Istanbul, however, he had a difficult time and, also due to injury, he only made 1 appearance in the Süper Lig in his first half year.<ref name="soccerway" /> Therefore, he returned to St. Pölten on loan in January 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheikhou Dieng kehrt ins Wolfsrudel zurück! |url=http://www.skn-stpoelten.at/de/39?entry=31259 |website=skn-stpoelten.at |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170109131016/http://www.skn-stpoelten.at/de/39?entry=31259 |archive-date=9 January 2017 |language=de |date=9 January 2017}}</ref> For the relegation-threatened Lower Austrians he made 13 Bundesliga appearances and scored 1 goal, as he helped the club avoid relegation at the end of the season.<ref name="soccerway" /> After the end of the loan, he first returned to Başakşehir.
In August 2017, he was loaned to TFF First League club MKE Ankaragücü.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ankaragücü'nde Dieng'den önce imza sonra lisans |url=https://www.yurtspor.com/haber/20389/ankaragucunde-diengden-once-imza-sonra-lisans.html |work=YURTSPOR |date=10 August 2017 |language=tr}}</ref> In the Ankara-based club, however, he could not assert himself as a starter, and the loan was terminated prematurely in January 2018 after eight appearances in the second tier. In February 2018 he joined Serbian SuperLiga club Spartak Subotica on loan.<ref>{{cite news |title=Başakşehir Cheikhou'yu, Spartak Subotica'ya kiraladı |url=https://www.milliyet.com.tr/skorer/basaksehir-cheikhouyu-spartak-suboticaya-kiraladi-2609890 |work=Milliyet |date=14 February 2018 |language=tr}}</ref> Also in Subotica he did not get beyond the role of substitute, and he finished the season with 8 appearances in the SuperLiga, where he only made a start twice.<ref name="soccerway" />
In August 2018, he returned to Austria and joined Bundesliga club Wacker Innsbruck on loan.<ref>{{cite web |title=FC Wacker Innsbruck – Neuzugang: Variabler Offensivspieler mit Tempo |url=https://fc-wacker-innsbruck.at/news/news-kampfmannschaft/3746-neuzugang-variabler-offensivspieler-mit-tempo.html |website=fc-wacker-innsbruck.at |access-date=25 November 2021 |language=de}}</ref> For the Tyroleans, he featured as a winger and appeared in 26 Bundesliga games in the 2018–19 season, scoring 4 goals.<ref name="soccerway" /> With Wacker, however, he suffered relegation from the Bundesliga at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Geiler |first1=Christoph |title=Der FC Wacker steht nach dem Abstieg vor dem Nichts |url=https://kurier.at/sport/fussball/der-fc-wacker-steht-nach-dem-abstieg-vor-dem-nichts/400505953 |work=kurier.at |date=27 May 2019 |language=de}}</ref> After the end of the loan, his contract with İstanbul Başakşehir was not renewed, and so he left the club after four loans.
===Wolfsberger AC=== After half a year without a club, Dieng moved to Wolfsberger AC from the Austrian Football Bundesliga in January 2020, where he received a contract running until June 2020.<ref>{{cite web |title=Willkommen im Lavanttal! {{!}} RZ Pellets WAC |url=https://www.rzpelletswac.at/2020/01/28/willkommen-im-lavanttal/ |website=Wolfsberger AC |language=de-DE |date=28 January 2020}}</ref> For the Carinthians he made 12 appearances in the 2019–20 Bundesliga season in which he scored once.<ref name="soccerway" /> With the club he also qualified for the UEFA Europa League after finishing third in the league table. His expiring contract with Wolfsberger AC was extended in July 2020 until June 2022.<ref>{{cite news |title=RZ Pellets WAC bindet Senegalesen: Cheikhou Dieng bleibt noch länger in Wolfsberg |url=https://www.kleinezeitung.at/sport/fussball/oesterreich/bundesliga/wac/5837833/RZ-Pellets-WAC-bindet-Senegalesen_Cheikhou-Dieng-bleibt-noch |work=kleinezeitung.at |date=10 July 2020 |language=de}}</ref>
===Zagłebie Lubin=== On 28 February 2022, Dieng joined Polish Ekstraklasa side Zagłębie Lubin, signing a two-and-a-half-year contract.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheikhou Dieng nowym zawodnikiem KGHM Zagłębia Lubin! |url=https://www.zaglebie.com/Aktualnosci/Pierwszy-zespol/cheikhou-dieng-nowym-zawodnikiem-kghm-zaglebia-lubin-_n12739 |publisher=Zagłębie Lubin |access-date=28 February 2022 |language=pl |date=28 February 2022}}</ref> On 20 July 2023, having spent the first half of the year with Zagłębie's reserve side, Dieng left the club by mutual consent.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheikhou Dieng odchodzi z Zagłębia Lubin |url=http://www.90minut.pl/news/327/news3271842-Cheikhou-Dieng-odchodzi-z-Zaglebia-Lubin.html |website=90minut.pl |language=pl |date=20 July 2023}}</ref>
===DSV Leoben=== On 12 January 2024, Dieng returned to Austria and signed with DSV Leoben.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=DSV Leoben|url=https://dsvleoben.at/offensiver-neuzugang/|title=Offensiver Neuzugang|trans-title=Offensive newcomer|date=12 January 2024|access-date=21 January 2024|language=de}}</ref>
=== FK Panevėžys === In June 2024, Dieng signed with Lithuanian club Panevėžys.<ref>[https://fk-panevezys.lt/atakuojanti-potenciala-sustiprino-senegalietis/ FK Panevėžys oficiali svetainė: Atakuojantį potencialą sustiprino senegalietis]</ref><ref>[https://www.sportas.lt/naujiena/501153/panevezys-stiprina-atakuojanti-arsenala sportas.lt naujienos: Panevėžio klubo naujokas iš Senegalo]</ref> He made his A Lyga debut in a 2–0 victory against DFK Dainava.<ref>{{cite news |title=Panevėžys – Dainava {{!}} TOPsport A lyga {{!}} Aukščiausia Lietuvos futbolo lyga |url=https://alyga.lt/rungtynes/2024-06-22-panevezys-dainava/1768 |access-date=28 October 2024 |work=A Lyga |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625072251/https://alyga.lt/rungtynes/2024-06-22-panevezys-dainava/1768 |archive-date=25 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Panevezys vs. Dainava 2–0: Summary |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/22/lithuania/a-lyga/fk-panevezys/alytis-alytus/4356473/ |website=Soccerway |publisher=Perform Group |access-date=28 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625150118/https://nr.soccerway.com/matches/2024/06/22/lithuania/a-lyga/fk-panevezys/alytis-alytus/4356473/ |archive-date=25 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=FK Panevėžys – DFK Dainava |url=https://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/rungtynes/fk-panevezys-dfk-dainava-18468601/ |website=Lietuvos Futbolas |access-date=28 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240625075605/https://lietuvosfutbolas.lt/rungtynes/fk-panevezys-dfk-dainava-18468601/ |archive-date=25 June 2024 |language=lt |date=22 June 2024}}</ref>
==International career== Dieng played for the Senegal U23 national team.<ref name="soccerway">[https://us.soccerway.com/players/cheikou-dieng/242156/ Cheikhou Dieng] at Soccerway</ref> He played at the 2015 U-23 Africa Cup of Nations, held in Senegal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18754732 |title=Senegal leave Papiss Cisse out of Olympic squad |date=7 July 2012 |publisher=BBC Sport |access-date=7 July 2012 }}</ref>
He also played with Senegal U23 at the 2015 African Games where they won the gold.<ref>[http://www.worldfootball.com/p/6550/senegal/C.%20Dieng CHeikhou Dieng] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180220033150/http://www.worldfootball.com/p/6550/senegal/C.%20Dieng |date=20 February 2018 }} at worldfootball.com</ref>
==Career statistics==
{{updated|match played 9 November 2024}}<ref>{{Soccerway|cheikou-dieng/242156}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Cheikhou Dieng|url=http://www.nifs.no/personprofil.php?person_id=91785|website=Nifs.no/|publisher=nifs|accessdate=28 October 2015|language=no}}</ref>
{| 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"|National cup{{efn|Includes Norwegian Cup, Austrian Cup, Turkish Cup, Polish Cup}} !colspan="2"|Europe !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="5"|Sandefjord |2012 |1. divisjon |24||4||5||1||colspan="2"|—||1{{efn|Appearance in Norwegian First Division promotion play-offs}}||0||30||5 |- |2013 |1. divisjon |26||3||3||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||29||3 |- |2014 |1. divisjon |26||2||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||27||2 |- |2015 |Tippeligaen |27||3||5||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||30||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !103!!12!!14!!1!!colspan="2"|—!!1!!0!!119!!13 |- |SKN St. Pölten |2015–16 |Erste Liga |17||6||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||19||6 |- |İstanbul Başakşehir |2016–17 |Süper Lig |1||0||4||1||1{{efn|name=UEL|Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||6||1 |- |SKN St. Pölten (loan) |2016–17 |Austrian Bundesliga |13||1||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||14||1 |- |MKE Ankaragücü (loan) |2017–18 |TFF First League |7||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |Spartak Subotica (loan) |2017–18 |Serbian SuperLiga |8||0||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||8||0 |- |Wacker Innsbruck (loan) |2018–19 |Austrian Bundesliga |26||4||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||28||4 |- |rowspan="4"|Wolfsberger AC |2019–20 |Austrian Bundesliga |12||1||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||12||1 |- |2020–21 |Austrian Bundesliga |23||3||4||2||5{{efn|name=UEL}}||0||colspan="2"|—||32||5 |- |2021–22 |Austrian Bundesliga |17||3||3||1||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||20||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !52!!7!!7!!3!!5!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!64!!10 |- |rowspan="3"|Zagłębie Lubin |2021–22 |Ekstraklasa |11||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||11||0 |- |2022–23 |Ekstraklasa |6||0||1||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||7||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !17!!0!!1!!0!!colspan="2"|—!!colspan="2"|—!!18!!0 |- |Zagłębie Lubin II |2022–23 |II liga |18||5||0||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||18||5 |- |DSV Leoben |2023–24 |2. Liga |14||3||2||0||colspan="2"|—||colspan="2"|—||16||3 |- |Panevėžys |2024 |A Lyga |19||1||0||0||7{{efn|Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League, two appearances in UEFA Conference League}}||0||colspan="2"|—||26||1 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !295!!33!!34!!5!!13!!0!!1!!0!!343!!38 |}
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==Honours== '''Sandefjord''' * 1. divisjon: 2014<ref name="soccerway"/>
'''SKN St. Pölten''' * Austrian Football First League: 2015–16<ref name="soccerway"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Worldfootball.net|cheikhou-dieng|new_id=pe279009}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dieng, Cheikhou}} Category:1993 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Dakar region Category:Senegalese men's footballers Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen Category:Sandefjord Fotball players Category:SKN St. Pölten players Category:İstanbul Başakşehir F.K. players Category:FK Spartak Subotica players Category:MKE Ankaragücü footballers Category:FC Wacker Innsbruck (2002) players Category:Wolfsberger AC players Category:Zagłębie Lubin players Category:DSV Leoben players Category:FK Panevėžys players Category:Serbian SuperLiga players Category:Norwegian First Division players Category:2. Liga (Austria) players Category:Austrian Football Bundesliga players Category:Eliteserien players Category:Süper Lig players Category:Ekstraklasa players Category:II liga players Category:A Lyga players Category:African Games gold medalists for Senegal Category:African Games gold medalists in football Category:Men's association football forwards Category:Footballers at the 2015 African Games Category:Medalists at the 2015 African Games Category:Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Austria Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Serbia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Poland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Lithuania Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Serbia Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Austria Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Poland Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Lithuania