Malian association football player From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Mali national team.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amadou Haidara | ||
Date of birth | 31 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali[1] | ||
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
Number | 8 | ||
Youth career | |||
–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 | 129 | (11) |
National team‡ | |||
2015 | Mali U17 | 7 | (2) |
2017 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
2017– | Mali | 43 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 22:28, 3 May 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024 |
Haidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016 he went to FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. He went on loan to the second league side FC Liefering. 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 match 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 the fourth before beating Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio Roma.[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] In the quarterfinal he made a goal versus Roma.
On 22 December 2018 went to 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.
He scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season on 8 December 2020.[9]
Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team. Haidara made his team debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification match against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[10]
Club | Season | League | National cup[lower-alpha 1] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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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[lower-alpha 2] | 4 | — | 55 | 8 | ||
2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 3] | 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[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
2020–21 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6[lower-alpha 4] | 1 | — | 43 | 6 | ||
2021–22 | Bundesliga | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6[lower-alpha 5] | 0 | — | 28 | 4 | ||
2022–23 | Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | 1[lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
2023–24 | Bundesliga | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[lower-alpha 4] | 0 | — | 25 | 2 | ||
Total | 129 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 180 | 15 | ||
Career total | 202 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 288 | 30 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mali | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
2018 | 4 | 0 | |
2019 | 9 | 1 | |
2020 | 2 | 1 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 9 | 0 | |
2023 | 3 | 0 | |
2024 | 7 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 2 |
Red Bull Salzburg
RB Leipzig
Mali U17
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