Amadou Haidara

Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for German club RB Leipzig and the Mali football team.

Amadou Haidara
Personal information
Full name Amadou Haidara
Date of birth (1998-01-31) 31 January 1998
Place of birth Bamako, Mali[1]
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2016 JMG Academy Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2018 Red Bull Salzburg 48 (6)
2016 → Liefering (loan) 25 (2)
2019– RB Leipzig 46 (2)
National team‡
2015 Mali U17 7 (2)
2017 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 12 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 February 2021 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 15 July 2019 (UTC)

Domestic career

Red Bull Salzburg

Haidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016, he was signed by FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was sent out on loan to the second league side FC Liefering, which is the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. Haidara also played for the FC Red Bull Salzburg U-19 team in the UEFA Youth League. There he scored two goals versus FK Vardar.[2]

He made his first appearance in the third round of the 2016–17 league versus LASK Linz. He substituted Gideon Mensah after the halftime break and scored his first goal in the 48th minute for Liefering.[3]

During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[4] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[5]

RB Leipzig

On 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig.[6] On 30 March 2019, he scored his Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC.[7] In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.

On 8 December 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season.[8]

International career

Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team, scoring one goal. Haidara made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[9]

Honours

International

Mali U17

Career statistics

International
As of matches played on 15 July 2019[12]
Mali
YearAppsGoals
201720
201840
201961
Total121

International goals
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[12]
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
1.1 July 2019Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt Angola1–01–02019 Africa Cup of Nations

References
  1. Amadou Haidara at WorldFootball.net
  2. "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Jungbullen schaffen sich mit Kantersieg ideale Ausgangsposition". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  3. "3. Runde, Saison 2016/17, FC Liefering gegen LASK – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at (in German). Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  4. UEFA.com. "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 2018-05-07.
  5. "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
  6. "Amadou Haidara: Mali international 'motivated' after move to RB Leipzig". BBC Sport. 23 December 2018.
  7. "RB Leipzig zerlegt Hertha BSC". dw.com (in German). 30 March 2019.
  8. "Manchester United out of Champions League after leaving it too late at Leipzig". the Guardian. 8 December 2020.
  9. FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia™ - Matches - Mali-Ivory Coast - FIFA.com". FIFA.com.
  10. "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players" (PDF). fifadata.com. 28 October 2015.
  11. "Nigeria head African party in Chile". fifa.com.
  12. "Amadou Haidara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmerman. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
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