Seny Dieng
Footballer (born 1994)
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Seny Timothy Dieng (born 23 November 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for EFL Championship club Middlesbrough. Born in Switzerland, Dieng represents Senegal at international level.
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Dieng with Senegal in 2022 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Seny Timothy Dieng[1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 23 November 1994 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Zürich, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Middlesbrough | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| –2010 | Red Star Zürich | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2010–2011 | Red Star Zürich | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2011–2016 | Grasshoppers II | 42 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2012–2013 | → FC Grenchen (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2013–2016 | Grasshoppers | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | MSV Duisburg | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | MSV Duisburg II | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | AFC Fylde | 2 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2016–2023 | Queens Park Rangers | 116 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2017–2018 | → Whitehawk (loan) | 8 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018 | → Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2019 | → Stevenage (loan) | 13 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019 | → Dundee (loan) | 16 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2019–2020 | → Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 27 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2023– | Middlesbrough | 52 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2026 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 3 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021– | Senegal | 7 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 17:05, 28 February 2026 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 November 2024 (UTC) | |||||||||||||||||
Club career
Early career
In July 2011, Dieng signed for Grasshoppers from Red Star Zurich.[3]
In November 2012, Dieng made his debut in adult football at the age of 17, for FC Grenchen whilst on loan from Grasshoppers.[4] He signed his first professional contract with Grasshoppers on 1 August 2014.[2]
In 5 August 2014, Dieng was named on the bench in a 3rd qualifying round Champions League match against Lille.[5]
On 2 February 2016, aged 21, Dieng signed for MSV Duisburg on a free transfer but relegation to 3. Liga meant he was released months later without having made any appearances.[4]
Dieng left for a career in England where he went on trial with AFC Fylde, Rochdale and Barnsley.[6]
Queens Park Rangers
On 26 August 2016, Dieng signed for Queens Park Rangers on a free transfer until 2018.[4]
On 3 July 2019, Dieng signed a new two-year deal with QPR, keeping him at the club until 2021.[7]
Loan spells
On 2 December 2017, while playing for Whitehawk (in National League South) on loan, Dieng scored a goal in the 91st minute of a game against Chippenham Town.[8] Going up into the Chippenham box for a late corner, he headed in from 8 yards.[9]
Dieng spent the first half of the 2018–19 season, on loan at Stevenage,[10] making his debut on 14 August 2018 in an EFL Cup match against Norwich City.[11]
On 10 January 2019, Dieng joined Dundee on a loan deal for the remainder of the 2018–19 season.[12]
On 26 July 2019, having still not made a senior appearance for QPR, Dieng went out on loan again, this time joining League One side Doncaster Rovers until 4 January 2020.[13] Dieng made his Rovers debut in an EFL Cup match against Grimsby Town on 13 August 2019. This loan was extended to the end of the season on 3 January 2020,[14] with, at the time, only 3 sides having conceded fewer in the division.
Return to QPR
On 20 September 2020, Dieng signed a new four-year deal with QPR, keeping him at the club until 2024.[15]
Dieng made his first league start for Queens Park Rangers on 26 September 2020, in a 1–1 draw at home to Middlesbrough.[16] Dieng was named QPR's Player of the Month on two occasions during the season, in November[17] and January.[18] On 17 April 2021, Dieng received a red card on the 58th minute after a late challenge on Duncan Watmore in a 2–1 away win at Middlesbrough.[19] Throughout the 2020–21 season, Dieng made 42 appearances and kept 11 clean sheets in his first full season for QPR.[20] At the end of the season, Dieng was named Players' Player of the Year alongside Rob Dickie.[21] He also finished the season having made the most saves of any goalkeeper in the Championship.
Dieng was handed the No.1 jersey for the 2021–22 campaign.[22]
On 13 August 2022 he scored his first goal for the club with a last minute header to equalise away to Sunderland.[23]
Middlesbrough
On 8 July 2023, Dieng completed a transfer for Middlesbrough for a reported transfer fee of £2 million, signing a four-year contract.[24]
During October 2023 he conceded just one goal, and was praised by manager, Michael Carrick, for how well he had settled into his new side.[25]
On 20 February 2026, Dieng joined Sheffield Wednesday on an emergency seven-day loan, following an injury to Murphy Cooper.[26] He made his debut in the 1–2 defeat in the Steel City derby against Sheffield United, which saw Wednesday relegated to League One.[27] His loan was extended by a further seven-days so he could play against Southampton.[28] He returned to Middlesbrough having played three times.[29]
International career
In May 2014, Dieng received his first call-up for Senegal for their friendly against Colombia, remaining on the bench for the 2–2 draw.[30]
Dieng was again called up to the Senegal team in March 2021[31] and made his debut on 30 March in a 1–1 draw with Eswatini as Senegal qualified top of 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification Group I .[32] Dieng was subsequently named in the Senegal squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations[33] and following a positive test for COVID-19 from first-choice goalkeeper Edouard Mendy, Dieng started in Senegal's two opening matches. He kept a clean sheet in each of those appearances, actions proving to be vital given Senegal only managed 1 goal throughout the entirety of the group stages before going on to win the tournament, beating Egypt on penalties.
Dieng was non-playing member of Senegal's squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.[34]
In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[35]
Personal life
Dieng was born and raised in Zürich to a Senegalese father and a Swiss mother. Parallel to his football education at Red Star and Grasshopper Club, he completed his school education at the Sport Academy Zurich.[36]
He was appointed a Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion by President of Senegal Macky Sall following the nation's victory at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.[37]
Career statistics
Club
- As of 28 February 2026
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Queens Park Rangers | 2016–17 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017–18 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2018–19 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2019–20 | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2020–21[38] | Championship | 42 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 0 | |
| 2021–22[39] | Championship | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0 | |
| 2022–23[40] | Championship | 46 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 1 | |
| Total | 116 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 | 1 | ||
| Whitehawk (loan) | 2017–18[41] | National League South | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 1 |
| Hampton & Richmond Borough (loan) | 2017–18[41] | National League South | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Stevenage (loan) | 2018–19[42] | League Two | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dundee (loan) | 2018–19[42] | Scottish Premiership | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0 |
| Doncaster Rovers (loan) | 2019–20[43] | League One | 27 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| Middlesbrough | 2023–24[44] | Championship | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 2024–25[45] | Championship | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |
| 2025–26[46] | Championship | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | 52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52 | 0 | ||
| Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 2025–26[46] | Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Career total | 172 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 189 | 2 | ||
- Includes FA Cup, Scottish Cup
International
- As of match played 14 January 2022
Honours
Senegal
Individual
- Queens Park Rangers Goal of the Season: 2022–23 (vs. Sunderland, 13 August 2022)[49]
- Grand Officer of the National Order of the Lion: 2022[37]