Amara Diouf
Senegalese footballer (born 2008)
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Amara Diouf (born 7 June 2008) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a winger for Génération Foot and the Senegal national team.[1]
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| Date of birth | 7 June 2008 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Pikine, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Winger | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Génération Foot | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2023 | Génération Foot | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Génération Foot | ||||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Senegal U17 | 10 | (8) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Senegal | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10 September 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 00:04, 1 May 2026 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Born in Pikine, in Dakar's suburbs, Amara Diouf joined the Génération Foot academy in 2017, after impressing in the Danone Nations Cup.[2][3]
In 2023, he was a standout in the Mohammed VI under-19s tournament in Morocco, where Génération Foot won the competition, after eliminating the likes of Real Madrid.[2][3][4][5] It was reported that Diouf will join FC Metz when he comes of age, following the same path as his compatriot Sadio Mané.[6]
International career
Youth
In 2022, Diouf had joined the Senegal National U17 team following the qualification matches for the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored a brace against Cape Verde and a goal against Mali.
Diouf was called up to the 2023 U-17 Africa Cup of Nations.[2] He had scored a brace against Algeria and a goal against Somalia which ultimately helped Senegal qualify for the knockout stage. After a great performance, Diouf was elected best player of the group stage and was a part of the group stage best starting XI.[7][8][9] Diouf went on to score a brace against South Africa in the quarter finals, qualifying his team for the 2023 U-17 World Cup and getting his third man of the match accolade.[3][10][11] Having scored his 5th goal in the competition, he surpassed Victor Osimhen's record of most goals scored in one edition of the under-17 cup.[7][12] In the semi-final against Burkina Faso, Diouf missed a penalty while his team was leading 1–0, but eventually proved to be decisive in the penalty shoot-out, scoring his team last winning goal.[13] Senegal went on to defeat Morocco in the finals to win tournament for their first time.[14] with 5 goals in the tournament, Diouf had won the golden boot.
Senior
In August 2023, Diouf was called up to the senior squad to face Rwanda in the African Cup of Nations qualifiers and a friendly against Algeria. On 9 September, he made his debut in a 1–1 draw against Rwanda, to be his country's youngest debutant, aged 15 years and 94 days.[6]
Honours
Senegal U17
Individual
- U-17 Africa Cup of Nations Golden Boot: 2023