Dion Lopy

{{short description|Senegalese footballer (born 2002)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Dion Lopy | image = Lens - Reims (12-05-2023) 14 (cropped).jpg | caption = Lopy in 2023 | fullname = Dion Lopy<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |title=FIFA U-20 World Cup Poland 2019: List of Players: Senegal |publisher=FIFA |page=19 |date=13 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200206013743/https://www.fifadata.com/document/FWYC/2019/pdf/FWYC_2019_SquadLists.pdf |archive-date=6 February 2020}}</ref> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|2002|02|02|df=y}} | birth_place = Dakar, Senegal | height = 1.84 m | position = Defensive midfielder | currentclub = Almería | clubnumber = 17 | youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–2020 | youthclubs1 = Oslo Football Academy | years1 = 2020–2022 | clubs1 = Reims II | caps1 = 4 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2021–2023 | clubs2 = Reims | caps2 = 59 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2023– | clubs3 = Almería | caps3 = 88 | goals3 = 4 | nationalyears1 = 2019 | nationalteam1 = Senegal U17 | nationalcaps1 = 4 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | nationalyears2 = 2019 | nationalteam2 = Senegal U20 | nationalcaps2 = 9 | nationalgoals2 = 2 | nationalyears3 = 2019– | nationalteam3 = Senegal | nationalcaps3 = 5 | nationalgoals3 = 0 | club-update = 17:04, 16 April 2026 (UTC) | nationalteam-update = 22:30, 26 March 2024 (UTC) }} '''Dion Lopy''' (born 2 February 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for {{Spanish football updater|Almería}} club Almería and the Senegal national team.

== Club career == ===Reims=== Lopy played youth football for the Oslo Football Academy in the 3rd tier of Senegalese football, before being signed for a compensatory fee by French club Stade de Reims in 2020 after Lopy represented Senegal at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Jeggo |first=Luc |date=13 June 2019 |title=Dion Lopy: from the 3rd tier of Senegal to World Cup stand out |url=https://footballbh.net/2019/06/13/tactical-analysis-dion-lopy-senegal-fifa-u20s-world-cup-analysis/ |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=Football Bloody Hell}}</ref>

Lopy played briefly for Reims' second team in the Championnat National 2, before making his Ligue 1 debut in a 2–2 draw with Stade Rennais on 4 April 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reims vs. Rennes - 4 April 2021 - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2021/04/04/france/ligue-1/stade-de-reims/stade-rennais-fc/3287704/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref> In the 2022–23 season, he became a first-team regular at Reims, benefitting from manager Will Still's preference for a younger age profile to his squad.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ellis |first=Adam |date=2023-03-16 |title=Stade de Reims: 3 players who have graded well for Will Still in Ligue 1 {{!}} PFF News & Analysis |url=https://www.pff.com/news/ligue-1-stade-de-reims-3-players-who-have-graded-well-for-will-still |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=PFF |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Reis |first=Bruna |date=10 April 2023 |title=Aston Villa linked with Ligue 1 transfer as Everton consider summer move |url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/newsbirmingham/aston-villa-linked-with-ligue-1-transfer-as-everton-consider-summer-move/ar-AA19GKh0 |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=MSN |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Almería=== On 5 August 2023, Lopy was announced at La Liga side Almería on a six-year contract.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.udalmeriasad.com/noticias/el-almeria-se-refuerza-con-el-fichaje-de-dion-lopy|title=El Almería se refuerza con el fichaje de Dion Lopy|trans-title=Almería bolster themselves with the signing of Dion Lopy|publisher=UD Almería|language=es|date=5 August 2023|accessdate=5 August 2023}}</ref>

== International career == Lopy played for Senegal throughout the youth levels, representing them at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup<ref name=":0" /> and the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations where they were runners-up.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Summary - Africa U20 Cup of Nations - Africa - Results, fixtures, tables and news - Soccerway |url=https://int.soccerway.com/international/africa/caf-u20-championship/2020/s15586/final-stages/ |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=int.soccerway.com}}</ref>

Lopy made his debut for the senior Senegal national team on 3 August 2019, in a 3–0 victory over Liberia.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Senegal vs. Liberia |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/23780/Senegal_Liberia.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref> He had to wait until 28 March 2023 for his second first team appearance, a 1–0 away victory over Mozambique.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strack-Zimmermann |first=Benjamin |title=Mozambique vs. Senegal |url=https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/36603/Mozambique_Senegal.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |website=www.national-football-teams.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Career statistics==

===Club=== {{updated|match played 12 April 2026}}<ref>{{Soccerway|dion-lopy/594706|accessdate=22 November 2020}}</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 Coupe de France, Copa del Rey}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="3"|Reims II |2020–21 |Championnat National 2 |2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- |2021–22 |Championnat National 2 |2||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !4!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!colspan="2"|–!!4!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|Reims |2020–21 |Ligue 1 |4||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||4||0 |- |2021–22 |Ligue 1 |26||0||1||0||colspan="2"|–||27||0 |- |2022–23 |Ligue 1 |29||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||31||0 |- !colspan="2"|Total !59!!0!!3!!0!!colspan="2"|–!!62!!0 |- |rowspan="4"|Almería |2023–24 |La Liga |30||0||2||0||colspan="2"|–||32||0 |- |2024–25 |Segunda División |36||1||3||0||2{{efn|Appearances in La Liga play-offs}}||0||41||1 |- |2025–26 |Segunda División |22||3||1||0||colspan="2"|–||23||3 |- !colspan="2"|Total !88!!4!!6!!0!!2!!0!!95!!4 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !151!!4!!9!!0!!2!!0!!161!!4 |} {{notelist}}

===International===  {{updated|matches played 26 March 2024}}<ref>{{NFT player|75093}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |+ Appearances and goals by national team and year |- !National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |rowspan="6"|Senegal |2019||1||0 |- |2020||0||0 |- |2021||0||0 |- |2022||0||0 |- |2023||2||0 |- |2024||2||0 |- !colspan="2" |Total!!5!!0 |}

==References== {{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lopy, Dion}} Category:2002 births Category:Living people Category:Senegalese men's footballers Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen Category:Men's association football midfielders Category:Senegal men's international footballers Category:Senegal men's youth international footballers Category:Stade de Reims players Category:UD Almería players Category:Ligue 1 players Category:Championnat National 2 players Category:Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Expatriate men's footballers in France Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Spain Category:Footballers at the 2019 African Games

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