 Diakhaby with Valencia in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mouctar Diakhaby[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Vendôme, France | ||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Valencia | ||
| Number | 12 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 2009–2010 | Nantes | ||
| 2010–2013 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 2013–2016 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Lyon B | 55 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | Lyon | 34 | (2) |
| 2018– | Valencia | 130 | (6) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | France U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | France U21 | 9 | (1) |
| 2022– | Guinea | 9 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 31 August 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 13 October 2023 | |||
Mouctar Diakhaby (born 19 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for La Liga club Valencia and the Guinea national team.
Early life
Club career
Lyon
Diakhaby made his first team debut for Lyon on 10 September 2016 in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux, playing the whole match in a 3–1 home loss.[3] On 30 November 2016, he scored his first competitive goal for the Lyon first team in a 6–0 Ligue 1 away rout of Nantes.[4] On 23 February 2017, Diakhaby scored a goal (in the 89th minute) in the 2016–17 Europa League round of 32 second-leg 7–1 home win over AZ Alkmaar to register his first career UEFA Europa League or UEFA Champions League goal.[5] He also scored a goal in each of two legs of the 2016–17 Europa League round of 16 tie against Roma.
Valencia
On 28 June 2018, Diakhaby signed a five-year deal with Spanish side Valencia.[6]
International career
Diakhaby was born in France, but is Guinean by descent.[7] He is a former youth international for France. In 2022 however he decided to represent the home country of his parents, Guinea and debuted for them against Egypt.
Career statistics
Club
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11[lower-alpha 1] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 2] | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| Valencia | 2018–19 | La Liga | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 9[lower-alpha 3] | 1 | — | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| Total | 128 | 6 | 20 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 162 | 7 | |||
| Career total | 162 | 8 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 217 | 14 | ||
- ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, six appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
Honours
Valencia
References
- ↑ "Acta del Partido celebrado el 18 de mayo de 2019, en Valladolid" [Minutes of the Match held on 18 May 2019, in Valladolid] (in Spanish). Royal Spanish Football. Retrieved 17 June 2019.
- ↑ "Mouctar Diakhaby". LaLiga Santander. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ↑ "Lyon vs. Bordeaux - 10 September 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Nantes vs. Olympique Lyonnais - 30 November 2016 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
- ↑ "Lyon rejoint les 8es de finale de Ligue Europa après un festival". L'Équipe. 23 February 2017.
- ↑ "Valence officialise le recrutement de Mouctar Diakhaby (Lyon)". L'Équipe. 28 June 2017.
- ↑ "Ligue 1-OL : Mouctar Diakhaby veut améliorer son jeu de tête" [Ligue 1-OL : Mouctar Diakhaby wants to improve his head game]. africatopsports.com (in French). Africa Top Sports. 15 November 2016. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- ↑ "M. Diakhaby". Soccerway. Retrieved 10 September 2016.
- ↑ "Mouctar Diakhaby". SofaScore. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
- ↑ "Barcelona 1–2 Valencia". BBC Sport. 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
External links
- Profile at the Valencia CF website
- Mouctar Diakhaby at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Mouctar Diakhaby at the French Football Federation (archived) (in French)