{{short description|Senegalese footballer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Matar Dieye | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1998|1|10|df=yes}}<ref>{{WorldFootball.net|matar-dieye}}</ref> | birth_place = Mbédiène, Senegal | image = | height = 1.91 m | position = Forward | currentclub = Minsk | clubnumber = 9 | youthyears1 = 2014–2016 | youthclubs1 = Sacilese | youthyears2 = 2016 | youthclubs2 = → Vicenza (loan) | youthyears3 = 2016–2017 | youthclubs3 = Vicenza | youthyears4 = 2017 | youthclubs4 = Torino | years1 = 2014–2016 | clubs1 = Sacilese | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | years2 = 2016 | clubs2 = → Vicenza (loan) | caps2 = 1 | goals2 = 0 | years3 = 2017–2018 | clubs3 = Tarxien Rainbows | caps3 = 7 | goals3 = 1 | years4 = 2018–2019 | clubs4 = Este | caps4 = 6 | goals4 = 0 | years5 = 2019–2020 | clubs5 = Olimpik Donetsk | caps5 = 23 | goals5 = 8 | years6 = 2020 | clubs6 = → Karpaty Lviv (loan) | caps6 = 3 | goals6 = 1 | years7 = 2020–2022 | clubs7 = Gorica | caps7 = 55 | goals7 = 7 | years8 = 2022–2023 | clubs8 = Debrecen | caps8 = 1 | goals8 = 0 | years9 = 2023 | clubs9 = → KuPS (loan) | caps9 = 3 | goals9 = 0 | years10 = 2023 | clubs10 = → KuPS II (loan) | caps10 = 2 | goals10 = 1 | years11 = 2023–2024 | clubs11 = Bellinzona | caps11 = 16 | goals11 = 1 | years12 = 2024–2025 | clubs12 = Maghreb of Fez | caps12 = 12 | goals12 = 1 | years13 = 2025 | clubs13 = F.C. Kiryat Yam | caps13 = 3 | goals13 = 1 | years14 = 2026– | clubs14 = Minsk | caps14 = 1 | goals14 = 0 | pcupdate = 1 May 2026 }} '''Matar Dieye''' (born 10 January 1998) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Belarusian club Minsk.
==Club career== He started his career in Italian fourth-tier Serie D with Sacilese.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=TuttoCalciatori|url=https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Dieye_Matar|title=Career Profile|language=Italian|accessdate=15 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321224904/https://www.tuttocalciatori.net/Dieye_Matar|url-status=live}}</ref>
He made his Serie B debut for Vicenza on 23 April 2016 in a game against Spezia, as an 86th-minute substitute for Filip Raičević.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Soccerway|url=https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/23/italy/serie-b/vicenza-calcio/asd-spezia-calcio-2008/2145220/|title=Vicenza v Spezia game report by Soccerway|date=23 April 2016|access-date=15 March 2019|archive-date=19 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190119132416/https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2016/04/23/italy/serie-b/vicenza-calcio/asd-spezia-calcio-2008/2145220/|url-status=live}}</ref>
For the 2017-18 season, Dieye signed with Maltese Premier League club Tarxien Rainbows, contributing in seven league appearances and scoring once.
During 2018–2020, Dieye played in Ukrainian Premier League. First he signed with Olimpik Donetsk in the summer 2018. He spent one and half years with the club, before he was loaned out to fellow Ukrainian Premier League club Karpaty Lviv for the rest of the 2019-20 season.
After playing for two years for the Croatian team HNK Gorica, during which he scored 7 goals in 55 league appearances, the club and Dieye officially parted ways on August 1, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hns-cff.hr/hns/registracije/|title=Zapisnik izvršenih registracija|date=1 August 2022|website=Croatian Football Federation official site|access-date=1 August 2022|archive-date=20 October 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221020205824/https://hns-cff.hr/hns/registracije/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In March 2023, Dieye signed for KuPS on loan for the 2023 season with the option to buy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kups.fi/kuopion-palloseura-ja-hyokkaaja-matar-dieye-pelaajasopimukseen/|title=Kuopion Palloseura ja hyökkääjä Matar Dieye pelaajasopimukseen|trans-title=Kuopio Palloseura and striker Matar Dieye to a player contract|website=kups.fi|language=Finnish|date=22 March 2023|accessdate=22 March 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322133515/https://kups.fi/kuopion-palloseura-ja-hyokkaaja-matar-dieye-pelaajasopimukseen/|url-status=live}}</ref> He made three league appearances with the first team, and additionally two appearances with the reserve team, but ultimately was unable to make an impact.
Dieye joined Bellinzona on 3 August 2023.<ref>{{cite web|title=Matar Dieye è entusiasta di Bellinzona e della squadra granata|url=https://ecodellosport.ch/stories/4253/sport/e-arrivato-il-centravanti-puro|date=3 August 2023|website=ecodellosport.ch|access-date=1 September 2023|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901142311/https://ecodellosport.ch/stories/4253/sport/e-arrivato-il-centravanti-puro|url-status=live}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {{updated|17 March 2025}}
{| 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"|Cups{{efn|Includes Maltese FA Trophy, Ukrainian Cup, Croatian Cup, Suomen Cup, Finnish League Cup and Swiss Cup}} !colspan="2"|Other !colspan="2"|Total |- !Division!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals!!Apps!!Goals |- |Sacilese |2014–15 |Serie D |1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |Vicenza (loan) |2015–16 |Serie B |1||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |Tarxien Rainbows |2017–18 |Maltese Premier League |7||1||2||2||colspan="2"|–||9||3 |- |Este |2018–19 |Serie D |6||0||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||6||0 |- |rowspan="3"|Olimpik Donetsk |2018–19 |Ukrainian Premier League |13||7||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||13||7 |- |2019–20 |Ukrainian Premier League |10||1||0||0||colspan="2"|–||10||1 |- !colspan="2"|Total !23!!8!!0!!0!!–!!–!!23!!8 |- |Karpaty Lviv (loan) |2019–20 |Ukrainian Premier League |3||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||3||1 |- |rowspan="3"|Gorica |2020–21 |1. HNL |30||5||4||1||colspan="2"|–||34||6 |- |2021–22 |1. HNL |25||2||4||2||colspan="2"|–||29||4 |- !colspan="2"|Total !55!!7!!8!!3!!–!!–!!63!!10 |- |Debrecen |2022–23 |NB I |1||0||0||0||colspan="2"|–||1||0 |- |KuPS (loan) |2023 |Veikkausliiga |3||0||0||0||0||0||3||0 |- |KuPS II (loan) |2023 |Kakkonen |2||1||colspan="2"|–||colspan="2"|–||2||1 |- |Bellinzona |2023–24 |Swiss Challenge League |16||1||3||1||colspan="2"|–||19||2 |- |Maghreb of Fez |2024–25 |Botola Pro |12||1||0||0||1{{efn|Includes Moroccan Excellence Cup}}||1||13||2 |- !colspan="3"|Career total !84!!8!!7!!0!!1!!1!!92!!9 |} {{notelist}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Soccerway|matar-dieye/443154}} * {{WorldFootball.net|matar-dieye}} * [https://sfl.ch/players/matar_dieye_6znjv9ltk2z3de1r6wweerz6x/ Matar Dieye] at Swiss Football League
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dieye, Matar}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Senegalese men's footballers Category:Men's association football forwards Category:ASD Sacilese Calcio players Category:LR Vicenza players Category:Torino FC players Category:Tarxien Rainbows F.C. players Category:FC Olimpik Donetsk players Category:FC Karpaty Lviv players Category:HNK Gorica players Category:Debreceni VSC players Category:Kuopion Palloseura players Category:AC Bellinzona players Category:Maghreb of Fez players Category:F.C. Kiryat Yam players Category:FC Minsk players Category:Serie D players Category:Serie B players Category:Maltese Premier League players Category:Ukrainian Premier League players Category:Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Category:Botola players Category:Liga Leumit players Category:Belarusian Premier League players Category:Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Italy Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Malta Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Croatia Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Hungary Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Finland Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Morocco Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Belarus Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Malta Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Croatia Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Finland Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Israel Category:Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belarus Category:21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
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