Ibrahima Tandia

Ibrahima Tandia (born 12 July 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bahraini club Al-Riffa. Born in France, he represents Mali at international level.

Ibrahima Tandia

Personal information
Date of birth	(1993-07-12) 12 July 1993 (age 32)
Place of birth	Longjumeau, France
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Al-Riffa
Youth career
2000–2004	Massy
2004–2006	Boulogne-Billancourt
2006–2011	Sochaux
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2011	Sochaux II	4	(0)
2011–2013	Caen	1	(0)
2011–2013	→ Caen II	35	(11)
2014–2017	Tours	59	(6)
2014–2017	→ Tours II	24	(7)
2018–2019	Sepsi OSK	51	(16)
2019–2022	Al-Hazem	50	(15)
2020	→ CS Sfaxien (loan)	12	(2)
2021–2022	→ Al-Adalah (loan)	28	(11)
2022–2023	Al-Ahli Tripoli	4	(1)
2023–2024	Qadsia	39	(16)
2024–2025	Al-Tai	29	(8)
2025–	Al-Riffa
International career‡
2008–2009	France U16	16	(3)
2009–2010	France U17	14	(2)
2016–2017	Mali U23	4	(1)
2019–	Mali	3	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 28 July 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 6 October 2020

Club career

Born in Longjumeau, Tandia began his career playing for local amateur clubs in Paris before joining professional club Sochaux in 2006. After five years with the club, Tandia joined Caen on a three-year deal, despite reported interest from English clubs Newcastle United and Chelsea.^[2] He was assigned the number 26 shirt and made his professional debut on 28 August 2011 appearing as a substitute in a 3–2 defeat to Rennes.^[3]

On 28 June 2019, Tandia was transferred from Sepsi OSK Sfântu Gheorghe to Al-Hazem for €600,000.^[4]

On 1 September 2021, Tandia joined Al-Adalah on loan.^[5]

On 22 August 2022, Tandia joined Libyan club Al-Ahli Tripoli.^[6]

On 28 December 2022, Tandia joined Qadsia.^[7]

On 4 September 2024, Tandia joined Al-Tai.^[8]

On 9 August 2025, Tandia joined Bahrain Premier League club Al-Riffa.^[9]

International career

Tandia was born and raised in France and is of Malian and Senegalese descent. At international level, Tandia was a France youth international having represented his nation at under-16 and under-17 level.^[2] Tandia was called up to the Mali national under-20 football team for the 2016 Toulon Tournament, and made his debut in a 1–0 loss to the Czech Republic U20s.^[10] Tandia scored his first goal in a 3–3 tie with the Mexico U23s in the same tournament.^[11]

He made his debut for Mali national football team on 26 March 2019 in a friendly against Senegal, as a 73rd-minute substitute for Moussa Doumbia.^[12]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 31 May 2024^[13]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National Cup[a]		League Cup[b]		Continental		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Sochaux II	2010–11	CFA	4	0	0	0	—		—		—		4	0
Caen	2011–12	Ligue 1	1	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
	2012–13	Ligue 2	0	0	0	0	0	0	—		—		0	0
	Total		1	0	0	0	2	0	—		—		3	0
Caen II	2011–12	CFA	14	4	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2012–13	CFA	21	7	—		—		—		—		0	0
	Total		35	11	—		—		—		—		35	11
Tours	2014–15	Ligue 2	20	3	3	1	0	0	—		—		23	4
	2015–16	Ligue 2	25	3	2	2	4	1	—		—		31	6
	2016–17	Ligue 2	8	0	0	0	1	0	—		—		9	0
	2017–18	Ligue 2	6	0	1	1	0	0	—		—		7	1
	Total		59	6	6	4	5	1	—		—		70	11
Tours II	2014–15	CFA	5	1	—		—		—		—		3	0
	2015–16	CFA	6	0	—		—		—		—		0	0
	2016–17	CFA	10	3	—		—		—		—		0	0
	2017–18	CFA	3	3	—		—		—		—		0	0
	Total		24	7	—		—		—		—		24	7
Sepsi OSK	2017–18	Liga I	17	5	0	0	—		—		—		17	5
	2018–19	Liga I	34	11	0	0	—		—		—		34	11
	Total		51	16	0	0	—		—		—		51	16
Al-Hazem	2019–20	SPL	12	2	0	0	—		—		—		12	2
	2020–21	Saudi First Division	36	13	—		—		—		—		36	13
	2021–22	SPL	2	0	0	0	—		—		—		2	0
	Total		50	15	0	0	—		—		—		50	15
CS Sfaxien (loan)	2019–20	Tunisian Ligue 1	12	2	0	0	—		—		—		12	2
Al-Adalah	2021–22	Saudi First Division	28	11	—		—		—		—		28	11
Al-Ahli Tripoli	2022–23	Libyan Premier League	4	1	1	0	—		6	1	—		11	2
Al-Qadsia	2022–23	Kuwait Premier League	17	7	3	1	3	0	—		—		23	8
	2023–24	Kuwait Premier League	22	9	4	3	0	0	—		1[c]	0	27	12
	Total		39	16	7	4	3	0	—		1	0	50	20
Career total			307	85	14	8	10	1	6	1	1	0	338	95

1. Includes Coupe de France
2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
3. Appearance(s) in Kuwait Super Cup

Honours

Al-Hazem

• MS League: 2020–21,

Individual

• Liga I Team of the Regular Season: 2018–19,^[14]
• Liga I Team of the Season: 2018–19,^[15]