Amadou Haidara

Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Mali national team.

Amadou Haidara

Haidara with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name	Amadou Haidara
Date of birth	(1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 27)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali[1]
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	RB Leipzig
Number	8
Youth career
0000–2016	JMG Academy Bamako
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2016–2019	Red Bull Salzburg	48	(8)
2016	→ Liefering (loan)	25	(2)
2019–	RB Leipzig	159	(11)
International career‡
2015	Mali U17	7	(2)
2017	Mali U20	3	(0)
2017–	Mali	46	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 3 May 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15 October 2024

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Haidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016, he was signed by FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was sent out on loan to the second league side FC Liefering, which is the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. Haidara also played for the FC Red Bull Salzburg U-19 team in the UEFA Youth League. There he scored two goals versus FK Vardar.^[3]

He made his first appearance in the third round of the 2016–17 league versus LASK Linz. He substituted Gideon Mensah after the halftime break and scored his first goal in the 48th minute for Liefering.^[4]

During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.^[5] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.^[6]

RB Leipzig

On 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig.^[7] On 30 March 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC.^[8] In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.

On 8 December 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season.^[9]

International career

Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team, scoring one goal. Haidara made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.^[10]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 3 May 2025^[1][11]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liefering (loan)	2016–17	Austrian First League	25	2	—		—		—		25	2
Red Bull Salzburg	2016–17	Austrian Bundesliga	5	1	2	1	0	0	—		7	2
	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	31	3	6	1	18[b]	4	—		55	8
	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	12	2	2	0	7[c]	1	—		21	3
	Total		48	6	10	2	25	5	—		83	13
RB Leipzig	2018–19	Bundesliga	9	1	3	0	0	0	—		12	1
	2019–20	Bundesliga	19	0	2	0	7[d]	0	—		28	0
	2020–21	Bundesliga	31	3	6	2	6[d]	1	—		43	6
	2021–22	Bundesliga	20	3	2	1	6[e]	0	—		28	4
	2022–23	Bundesliga	31	2	5	0	7[d]	0	1[f]	0	44	2
	2023–24	Bundesliga	21	2	1	0	5[d]	0	—		27	2
	2024–25	Bundesliga	28	0	4	0	8[d]	0	—		40	0
	Total		159	11	23	3	39	1	1	0	222	15
Career total			232	19	33	5	64	6	1	0	330	30

1. Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
2. Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, sixteen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
3. Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
4. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
5. Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
6. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 15 October 2024^[12]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Mali	2017	2	0
	2018	4	0
	2019	9	1
	2020	2	1
	2021	7	0
	2022	9	0
	2023	3	0
	2024	10	0
Total		46	2

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.^[12]

List of international goals scored by Amadou Haidara

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1.	1 July 2019	Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt	Angola	1–0	1–0	2019 Africa Cup of Nations
2.	9 October 2020	Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey	Ghana	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18
• Austrian Cup: 2016–17^[13]

RB Leipzig

• DFB-Pokal: 2021–22^[14] 2022–23,^[15] runner up: 2020–21

Mali U17

• FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2015^[16][17]

Individual

• Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18^[18]