Sidiki Maiga
Malian footballer (born 1998)
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Sidiki Maiga (born 28 December 1998) is a Malian footballer who most recently played as a forward or winger for Azuqueca. Besides Mali, he has played in Spain.[1][2][3][4][5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 January 1999 | ||
| Positions | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Real Bamako | |||
| 2017–2019 | Alcorcón B | ||
| 2019–2021 | Toledo | ||
| 2021–? | Azuqueca | ||
| International career | |||
| Mali U17 | |||
| Mali U20 | |||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
As of November 2015, aged 16, Maiga was playing for Real Bamako.[6]
In June 2015 he won the 2015 African U-17 Championship with the Mali under-17 national team.[7] British newspaper The Guardian listed Maiga in its "Next Generation 2015" list of "50 of the best young talents in world football" in early October 2015.[7]
Maiga represented Mali at the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup, helping them finish second place.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]
In 2016, Maiga was one of five nominees for the Golden Boy award for the best young player in Africa.[19]
In January 2017, Maiga joined Spanish club Alcorcón along with Mali U20 teammate Moussa Diakite, being initially assigned to the side's B team.[19] In July 2019, while contracted to Alcorcón, he trialled with Betis Deportivo, the reserves of La Liga side Real Betis, and scored two goals in a friendly against Écija Balompié.[20]
In October 2019 Maiga was expected to make his debut for Spanish club Toledo under manager Manu Calleja.[21] He was competing for Toledo's best player of the season award in December 2020, being placed fifth in the rankings.[22] He had scored four goals in nine appearances by early January 2020, averaging a goal every 90 minutes.[23] In late January 2020, he underwent surgery on a scaphoid fracture in his wrist.[24] In April, while the season was interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, he was living with his Mali teammate and friend Samu Diarrá, who played as a goalkeeper for Villarrubia in Segunda División B.[25]
Maiga extended his contract for a season with Azuqueca in June 2022, having scored 15 goals in 28 appearances in the previous season.[26]