Aliou Dieng

Aliou Dieng (born 16 October 1997) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Egyptian Premier League club Al Ahly and the Mali national team.

Aliou Dieng

Dieng with Al Ahly at the 2021 FIFA Club World Cup
Personal information
Full name	Aliou Dieng[1]
Date of birth	(1997-10-16) 16 October 1997 (age 27)[1]
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al Ahly
Number	23
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2018	Djoliba AC	20[citation needed]	(0)
2018–2019	MC Alger	37	(1)
2019–	Al Ahly	122	(5)
2024–2025	→ Al-Kholood (loan)	30	(3)
International career‡
2015–2019	Mali U23	6	(0)
2016	Mali A'	6	(2)
2020–	Mali	44	(1)
Medal record Men's football Representing  Mali African Nations Championship Runner-up 2016 Rwanda
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 5 June 2025

Club career

In July 2019, Dieng joined Egyptian club Al Ahly on a five-year contract for an undisclosed fee.^[2]

On 23 August 2024, Dieng joined Saudi Arabian club Al-Kholood on a one-year loan.^[3]

International career

Dieng represented a local team of Mali at the 2016 African Nations Championship, and scored a penalty in their 2–1 quarter-final win over Tunisia.^[4] In 2020, Dieng played for the Malian national team for the first time at non-local level, in 2–1 victory against Namibia. With his home country, he also participated at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of 27 May 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
MC Alger	2017–18	Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1	10	0	3	0	8[a]	0	—		21	0
	2018–19		27	1	2	0	—				32	1
	Total		37	1	5	0	8	0	—		50	1
Al Ahly	2019–20	Egyptian Premier League	26	1	3	0	11[a]	1	1[b]	0	41	2
	2020–21		33	0	4	0	13[a]	1	4[c]	0	54	1
	2021–22		21	2	4	0	13[a]	0	4[c]	0	42	2
	2022–23		29	2	4	0	13[a]	0	5	0	51	2
	2023–24		13	0	1	0	9[d]	0	2[c]	0	25	0
	Total		122	5	16	0	59	2	16	0	213	7
Al-Kholood (loan)	2024–25	Saudi Pro League	30	3	1	0	—		—		31	3
Career total			189	9	21	0	67	2	16	0	293	11

1. Appearance(s) in the CAF Champions League
2. Appearance(s) in the Super Cup
3. Appearance(s) in the Super Cup/CAF Super Cup/FIFA Club World Cup
4. Five appearances in CAF Champions League, four appearances in African Football League

International

As of match played 5 June 2025

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2015	2	0
	2016	5	1
	2017	5	0
	2020	1	0
	2021	7	0
	2022	6	1
	2023	6	0
	2024	9	0
	2025	3	0
Total		44	2

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Dieng goal.

List of international goals scored by Aliou Dieng

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition	Ref.
1	31 January 2016	Kigali Pelé Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda	Tunisia	1–0	2–1	2016 African Nations Championship	[5]
1	9 June 2022	St. Mary's Stadium-Kitende, Entebbe, Uganda	South Sudan	3–1	3–1	2023 Africa Cup of Nations qualification	[6]

Honours

Al Ahly

• Egyptian Premier League: 2019–20, 2022–23, 2023–24
• Egypt Cup: 2019–20, 2021–22, 2022–23
• Egyptian Super Cup: 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24
• CAF Champions League: 2019–20, 2020–21, 2022–23, 2023–24
• CAF Super Cup: 2021 (May), 2021 (December)