Sadou Diallo

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Full name Sadou Diallo[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea[2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Sadou Diallo
Diallo playing for Manchester City in 2013.
Personal information
Full name Sadou Diallo[1]
Date of birth (1999-06-10) 10 June 1999 (age 26)
Place of birth Conakry, Guinea[2]
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[3]
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Bohemians
Number 5
Youth career
2012–2018 Manchester City
2018–2019 Wolverhampton Wanderers
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–2021 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 (0)
2019–2020Accrington Stanley (loan) 9 (0)
2021–2022 Forest Green Rovers 9 (0)
2022–2025 Derry City 86 (4)
2026– Bohemians 4 (0)
International career
2017 England U19 1 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20:40, 14 April 2026 (UTC)

Sadou Diallo (born 10 June 1999) is a professional footballer who plays for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians as a midfielder. Born in Guinea, he has represented England at youth level.

Diallo was born in Conakry, Guinea,[2] and lived there until the age of 8, when he moved to Rotherham, England with his mother.[4][5] He is a practising Muslim, meaning he abstains from drinking alcohol and also fasts during the month of Ramadan as part of his faith.[6]

Club career

Early career

Diallo began his career with Manchester City at the age of 13, moving to Wolverhampton Wanderers in August 2018.[4][7] He signed on loan for Accrington Stanley in September 2019.[8] He scored his first professional goal in an EFL Trophy tie against Oldham Athletic on 8 October 2019.[9] He was released by Wolves at the end of the 2020–21 season.[10]

Forest Green Rovers

On 2 July 2021 it was announced that Forest Green Rovers had signed Diallo.[11]

Derry City

On 15 July 2022, Derry City announced the signing of Diallo on an 18-month contract.[12] Diallo cited Derry player Will Patching, who played with Diallo at Manchester City, as helping convince him to sign for the club.[13] In the 2023–24 UEFA Europa Conference League Diallo scored twice as Derry eliminated Havnar Bóltfelag and Kuopion Palloseura.[14][15] On 23 November 2023, he signed a new two-year-contract with the club.[16] He departed Derry at the end of his contract in November 2025, having made 108 appearances in all competitions during his three and a half years with the club.[17]

Bohemians

On 22 January 2025, Diallo signed for League of Ireland Premier Division club Bohemians.[18][19]

International career

He has represented England at under-19 youth level.[20]

Career statistics

Honours

References

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