Famara Diédhiou

Famara Diédhiou (born 15 December 1992) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for English Football League Championship side Bristol City, and the Senegal national team as a striker.[3]

Famara Diédhiou

Personal information
Full name	Famara Diédhiou[1]
Date of birth	15 December 1992
Place of birth	Saint-Louis, Senegal
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2]
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Bristol City
Number	9
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2012	ASM Belfort	11	(3)
2012–2013	Épinal	30	(12)
2013–2014	Gazélec Ajaccio	33	(13)
2014–2016	Sochaux	13	(1)
2014–2016	→ Clermont (loan)	50	(23)
2016–2017	Angers	31	(8)
2017–	Bristol City	139	(44)
National team^‡
2014–	Senegal	10	(5)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 7 February 2021 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 17 November 2019

Club career

Sochaux

Diédhiou joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2014 from Gazélec Ajaccio. He made his Ligue 2 debut at 2 August 2014 against US Orléans playing the full game in a 0–1 home defeat on the opening day of the 2014–15 season.[4] On 22 August 2014, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal against AC Arles-Avignon.[5]

Clermont (loan)

On 2 February 2015, Diédhiou joined Clermont Foot on loan from Sochaux.[6] For the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, he went back on loan to Clermont again.[7] In that season, he scored 22 goals in 37 matches.[8][9]

Angers

In summer 2016, he moved up a tier joining Ligue 1 club Angers SCO who paid Sochaux a transfer fee of £1.36 million.[8] In 2016–17, his only season at the club, he played 35 times scoring 9 goals.[8]

Bristol City

On 28 June 2017, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with English Championship club Bristol City for a club record transfer fee of £5.3 million.[8][9] He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 3–1 win over Barnsley on 5 August 2017.[10] During the 2017–18 season Bristol City reached the semi finals of the EFL Cup,[11] with Diédhiou scoring in the 2—0 upset against Premier League opponents Stoke City in the third round.[12]

In his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions, finishing the club's 2nd top scorer behind Bobby Reid for Bristol City.[13] In May 2018 he received a six-match ban due to a spitting incident in a match against Birmingham City in April 2018.[14] Diédhiou denied the charges, leading the club to appeal the ban on 21 June 2018.[15] Bristol City appealed the 6 match ban, however the decision was upheld on 14 July 2018, meaning Diédhiou was suspended for the opening six matches of the 2018–19 season.[16]

He scored 13 goals in the league for the second consecutive seasons during the 2018/19 campaign, and finished as Bristol City's top scorer with 13 goals in all competitions.[17]

International career

Diédhiou scored his first goal for Senegal in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Namibia.[18] His second international goal came in a friendly vs Brazil, scoring a penalty after Sadio Mane was fouled in the penalty area.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 26 January 2021[19]

Club	Season	League			FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
ASM Belfort	2011–12	CFA	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	3
Épinal	2012–13	Championnat National	30	12	4	1	0	0	0	0	34	13
Gazélec Ajaccio	2013–14	Championnat National	33	13	0	0	1	0	0	0	34	13
Sochaux	2014–15	Ligue 2	13	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	15	1
Sochaux B	2014–15	CFA	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3
Clermont (loan)	2014–15	Ligue 2	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	2
	2015–16	Ligue 2	36	21	0	0	1	1	0	0	37	22
	Total		50	23	0	0	1	1	0	0	51	24
Angers	2016–17	Ligue 1	31	8	4	1	1	0	0	0	36	9
Bristol City	2017–18	Championship	32	13	0	0	4	1	0	0	36	14
	2018–19	Championship	41	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	44	13
	2019–20	Championship	41	12	2	1	1	1	0	0	44	14
	2020–21	Championship	22	6	2	2	2	0	0	0	26	8
	Total		136	44	7	3	7	2	0	0	150	49
Career total			309	107	16	5	11	3	0	0	336	115

International goals

Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first.[20]

No	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	3 September 2016	Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal	Namibia	2–0	2–0	2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
2.	10 October 2019	Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore	Brazil	1–1	1–1	Friendly
3.	17 November 2019	Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Eswatini	Eswatini	1–0	4–1	2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification
4.				2–0
5.				3–0

References

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14. "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City striker banned for six matches for spitting". BBC Sport. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
15. "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City to appeal against striker's six-game spitting ban". BBC Sport. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
16. "Famara Diedhiou: Bristol City fail in appeal against striker's six-match ban". BBC Sport. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
17. "Top Scorers – Bristol City – Football". BBC Sport.
18. Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – Q CAN 2017 – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
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