Davide Diaw
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.jpg) Diaw in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Davide Djily Diaw | ||
| Date of birth | 6 January 1992 | ||
| Place of birth | Cividale del Friuli, Italy | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Cittadella | ||
| Number | 9 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Donatello Calcio | |||
| –2010 | Ancona Udine | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2010–2012 | Sanvitese | 52 | (11) |
| 2012–2013 | Tamai | 8 | (1) |
| 2013–2015 | Virtus Corno | 45 | (34) |
| 2015–2016 | Tamai | 27 | (13) |
| 2016–2018 | Virtus Entella | 53 | (10) |
| 2019–2020 | Cittadella | 53 | (20) |
| 2020–2021 | Pordenone | 18 | (10) |
| 2021–2025 | Monza | 18 | (1) |
| 2021–2022 | → Vicenza (loan) | 32 | (7) |
| 2022–2023 | → Modena (loan) | 29 | (10) |
| 2023–2024 | → Bari (loan) | 12 | (2) |
| 2025– | Cittadella | 25 | (2) |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 29 April 2026 | |||
Davide Djily Diaw (born 6 January 1992) is an Italian professional football player who plays as a forward for Serie C Group A club Cittadella.
Diaw was born in Cividale del Friuli, Italy, to an Italian mother and a Senegalese father.[1] Prior to becoming a professional footballer, he worked as a warehouse worker.[1]
Club career
Early career
A youth player for Donatello Calcio and Ancona Udine,[2] in 2010 Diaw moved to Serie D side Sanvitese.[3] After two seasons he moved to Tamai where,[4] due to a knee injury, he had limited gametime.[1] In 2013 he moved to Virtus Corno in the Eccellenza, scoring 34 league goals in 55 games in two seasons, and helping his side win the Coppa Italia Dilettanti.[2][5] Diaw returned to Tamai on 15 July 2015.[4]
Virtus Entella
On 1 July 2016, Diaw moved to Serie B side Virtus Entella, on a three-year contract.[6][7] He made his Serie B debut on 9 October, in a 1–1 draw against Bari;[8] Diaw's first goal came on 30 December, in a 2–1 away defeat to Cittadella.[9] On 27 January 2018, he sustained an ACL injury, prematurely ending his season.[10]
Cittadella
On 15 January 2019, after having played the first half of the 2018–19 Serie C with Virtus Entella, Diaw moved to Serie B club Cittadella on a three-year contract.[11][12] He scored his first goal for the club on 4 May, in a 3–0 home win over Hellas Verona.[13] Diaw scored once again on 11 May, in the last game of the regular season against Palermo. On 25 May he scored and made an assist in the promotion play-off semi-final game against Benevento. In the first leg of the play-off final, he scored his first career brace against Hellas Verona, helping his side win 2–0. Despite the two-goal advantage, Cittadella lost the second leg 3–0 and remained in the Serie B.
On 7 December Diaw scored his second brace, in a 4–3 league win over Salernitana. He finished the 2019–20 Serie B season with 15 goals between the regular season and the play-offs.[14] In a year and a half, Diaw scored 22 goals in 56 games for Cittadella.
Pordenone
On 11 September 2020, Diaw moved to Serie B side Pordenone for €2.5 million, signing a four-year contract.[15][16] He scored his first goal on 3 October in a home draw against Vicenza.[17] Two weeks later, he scored a brace in a 3–3 draw to SPAL.[18] In the first half of the 2020–21 Serie B, Diaw scored 10 goals in 18 games, and was the joint-top goalscorer to date.[19]
Monza
On 29 January 2021, Diaw joined Monza in the Serie B on a three-and-a-half-year contract.[19] He made his debut on 31 January, as a substitute against SPAL in a 1–1 league draw.[20] Diaw's first goal for Monza came on 7 May, helping his team win 3–0 in a league game against Cosenza.[21]
Loans to Vicenza, Modena and Bari
On 8 July 2021, Diaw was sent on a one-year loan to fellow-Serie B side Vicenza.[22] On 19 July 2022, he joined newly-promoted Serie B side Modena on a one-year loan.[23] On 15 August 2023, Diaw moved to Bari on a season-long loan, with Bari holding an obligation to make the transfer permanent in case of promotion to Serie A.[24]
Return to Cittadella
On 3 February 2025, Diaw returned to Cittadella.[25]
Style of play
Diaw is a quick centre forward known for his high workrate, his first touch, and his movements.[26] Despite being 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) tall, Diaw is a mobile player.[26]
Personal life
Diaw and his partner, Vanessa Mattiussi, have a daughter named Celeste.[27]
