# Issiar Dia > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Issiar_Dia > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Issiar_Dia.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issiar_Dia > Source revision: 1335075877 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Issiar Dia** (born 8 June 1987) is a former professional [footballer](/source/Association_football) who played as a [winger](/source/Winger_(association_football)). Born in France, he represented [Senegal](/source/Senegal_national_football_team) at international level. ## Club career ### Nancy In summer 2006, Dia joined [AS Nancy](/source/AS_Nancy) from [SC Amiens](/source/SC_Amiens) for a €2 million transfer fee. On 10 September 2006, he made his [Ligue 1](/source/Ligue_1) debut in a match against [Toulouse FC](/source/Toulouse_FC) replacing [Monsef Zerka](/source/Monsef_Zerka) in the 68th minute. 18 days later, he scored on his international debut in a 3–1 return leg win against tournament favourites [FC Schalke 04](/source/FC_Schalke_04) in the first round of the [UEFA Cup](/source/UEFA_Cup); he was involved in all three goals. In his first spell at [AS Nancy](/source/AS_Nancy), he made a total of 115 league appearances scoring 13 goals with 8 of those coming in his last season at the club. ### Fenerbahçe On 21 July 2010, [Fenerbahçe](/source/Fenerbah%C3%A7e_S.K._(football)) announced that Dia had joined the team on a four-year contract for a sum of €8 million.[2] He ended a long scoring drought on 5 February 2011 with a goal against [Manisaspor](/source/Manisaspor), as Fenerbahçe won 3–1 in the dying minutes of the game. After a two-year spell with the Turkish club, he joined Qatari champions [Lekhwiya SC](/source/Lekhwiya_SC).[3] ### Nancy On 31 August 2016, Dia returned to [Nancy](/source/AS_Nancy) on a one-year deal.[4] He left the club at the end of the season.[5] ### Yeni Malatyaspor On 1 July 2017, Dia returned to Turkey and sign three years deal with [Yeni Malatyaspor](/source/Yeni_Malatyaspor). ## International career Dia earned a call up to the [France U-21](/source/France_national_under-21_football_team) squad, the country of his birth. After his 21st birthday, he chose to pledge his future to the [Senegalese](/source/Senegal_national_football_team). He was selected for the squad the first time possible, against Gambia, and came on as a substitute in the 61st minute for [Frederic Mendy](/source/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mendy_(footballer,_born_1981)). ## Career statistics ### Club [6][7] Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League Cup[a] Continental[b] Total Division App Goals App Goals App Goals App Goals Amiens 2004–05 Ligue 2 14 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 2005–06 29 8 3 0 0 0 32 8 2006–07 2 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 Total 45 8 4 0 0 0 49 8 Nancy 2006–07 Ligue 1 15 1 3 1 6 1 24 3 2007–08 31 1 3 1 0 0 34 2 2008–09 24 3 3 0 5 0 32 3 2009–10 33 8 2 1 0 0 35 9 Total 103 13 11 3 11 1 125 17 Fenerbahçe 2010–11 Süper Lig 25 2 3 0 1 0 29 2 2011–12 16 3 3 1 0 0 19 4 Total 41 5 6 1 1 0 48 6 Lekhwiya 2012–13 Qatar Stars League 16 3 0 0 7 2 23 5 2013–14 12 0 3 2 1 0 16 2 Total 28 3 3 2 8 2 39 7 Al Kharaitiyat SC 2014–15 Qatar Stars League 19 2 0 0 0 0 19 2 2015–16 11 1 0 0 0 0 11 1 Total 30 3 0 0 0 0 30 3 Gazélec Ajaccio 2015–16 Ligue 1 11 0 1 0 0 0 12 0 Nancy 2016–17 Ligue 1 31 8 3 0 0 0 34 8 Yeni Malatyaspor 2017-18 Süper Lig 12 0 3 0 0 0 15 0 2018-19 Süper Lig 2 0 2 0 0 0 4 0 Total 14 0 5 0 0 0 19 0 Career total 303 40 33 6 20 3 356 49 1. Includes [Coupe de France](/source/Coupe_de_France), [Coupe de la Ligue](/source/Coupe_de_la_Ligue), [Turkish Cup](/source/Turkish_Cup), [Qatari Stars Cup](/source/Qatari_Stars_Cup) 1. Includes [UEFA Champions League](/source/UEFA_Champions_League), [UEFA Europa League](/source/UEFA_Europa_League), [AFC Champions League](/source/AFC_Champions_League) ### International - *Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dia goal.* List of international goals scored by Issiar Dia No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 17 November 2010 Saint Gratien Gabon 2–1 Friendly ## Honours **Fenerbahçe** - [Süper Lig](/source/S%C3%BCper_Lig): [2010–11](/source/2010%E2%80%9311_S%C3%BCper_Lig)[citation needed] - [Turkish Cup](/source/Turkish_Cup): [2011–12](/source/2011%E2%80%9312_Turkish_Cup)[citation needed] ## References 1. ["Issiar Dia"](https://www.tff.org/Default.aspx?pageId=526&kisiId=1343699). Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020. 1. ["FINISHED: Official: Fenerbahce Sign Issiar Dia From Nancy | Goal.com"](http://www.goal.com/en/news/11/transfer-zone/2010/07/21/2035175/official-fenerbahce-sign-issiar-dia-from-nancy). *www.goal.com*. Retrieved 22 March 2018. 1. ["Senegal's Issiar Dia signs for Lekhwiya in Qatar"](https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/18767690). [BBC Sport](/source/BBC_Sport). Retrieved 9 July 2012. 1. ["Le retour de Dia"](http://www.asnl.net/58/actualites/actualites/fiche/21549) [Dia returns] (in French). AS Nancy. 31 August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016. 1. ["Transfert : Dia, Diarra et Puyo quittent Nancy"](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/Actualites/Transfert-dia-diarra-et-puyo-quittent-nancy/806592) (in French). *L'Équipe*. 2 June 2017. Retrieved 18 June 2017. 1. ["Issiar DIA - Football : la fiche de Issiar DIA (Nancy)"](https://www.lequipe.fr/Football/FootballFicheJoueur22134.html) (in French). *L'Equipe*. Retrieved 2 September 2016. 1. ["I. Dia"](https://int.soccerway.com/players/issiar-dia/4658/). *Soccerway*. Retrieved 15 April 2017. ## External links - [France U-21 squad 2006–07](http://www.roulf.free.fr/index.php?page=http://www.roulf.free.fr/Selections/selectionsFRA.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012254/http://www.roulf.free.fr/index.php?page=http://www.roulf.free.fr/Selections/selectionsFRA.htm) 9 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in French) - [Roulf.free.fr profile](http://www.roulf.free.fr/index.php?page=http://www.roulf.free.fr/Selections/selectionsFRA.htm) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190109012254/http://www.roulf.free.fr/index.php?page=http://www.roulf.free.fr/Selections/selectionsFRA.htm) 9 January 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in French) - [stats.globesports.com](https://archive.today/20070812003344/http://stats.globesports.com/fran/players.asp?player=44845) - [fanatik.ekolay.net](http://fanatik.ekolay.net/Fenerbahce-Haberleri-Issiar-Dia-Fenerbahce-de_3_Detail_34_185943.htm) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Issiar Dia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issiar_Dia) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Issiar_Dia?action=history)). 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