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Mamadou Diallo
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| Mamadou Diallo | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mamadou Diallo | |
| Date of birth | August 21, 1971 (age 35) | |
| Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | |
| Nickname | Big Mamadou | |
| Playing position | striker | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | Djoliba AC | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1992 1993-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1999 1999 1999 2000-2002 2002 2002-2003 2003 2003 2004 2005-2006 2006-present |
Sotra FC Marrakesh St. Gallen(loan) Zeytinburu Lillestrøm MSV Duisburg Vålerenga Tampa Bay Mutiny New England Revolution MetroStars Al Ahli IFK Göteborg Pahang Jomo Cosmos Djoliba AC |
45 (30) 60 (31) 21 (14) 30 (14) 29 (19) 11 (5) 8 (5) 50 (35) 7 (1) 17 (11) 12 (5) 11 (8) |
| National team | ||
| 1994-2000 | Senegal | 46 (21) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Mamadou Diallo (b. August 21, 1971 in Dakar) is a Senegalese soccer player, currently playing for Djoliba AC Bamako as a striker.
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Diallo has played all over the world:, Senegal, Morocco, Switzerland, Germany, Turkey, Sweden and Norway. A prolific scorer wherever he played, he became a regular for the Senegal national team.
Major League Soccer signed Diallo in 2000 and allocated him to the Tampa Bay Mutiny. Diallo exploded on the MLS scene in his first season, combining well with midfield general Carlos Valderrama. Diallo scored 26 goals, the best in the league since Roy Lassiter had 27 in 1996; he was named to the MLS Best XI and was the league Scoring Champion. However, Diallo is also remembered for the incident on August 16th, 2000 in a game against the MetroStars, where he collided with Metro goalie Mike Ammann, breaking his ribs, and effectively ending his career in the process. While the referree saw the collision as unintentional contact, and while he was neither fined nor carded for the incident, there were those (primarily Metrostar fans) that argued the contact was intentional.
In 2001, with Valderrama traded in mid-season, Diallo had a down year, slipping to nine goals. His selfish reputation solidified, as his contract was restructured so that he was compensated by the number of goals scored.
The Mutiny was contracted after the season and Diallo was selected by the New England Revolution in the 2002 MLS Allocation Draft. He only spent seven games in New England, and was sent over to the MetroStars in a six-player deal on May 24th. The Metro fans were not happy to see him play for them; however, he pacified them early with a four-goal game against the Los Angeles Galaxy in only his second match with the team. But any love was short-lived, the Metros missed the playoffs.
Diallo was sold to Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli on October 7th. His globetrotting ways took him to the former UEFA Cup winners, the Swedish club IFK Göteborg, then Malaysian club Pahang and he is now currently with Djoliba AC.
Sotra FC games: 45 goals: 30
Marrakesh (1993-1995) games: 60 goals: 31
[FC St. Gallen|[St. Gallen]] (1995-1996) games: 21 goals: 14
Zeytinburu (1996-1997) games: 30 goals: 14
Lillestrøm (1997-1999) games: 29 goals: 19
MSV Duisburg (1999, loan) games: 11 goals: 5- Vålerenga (1999, loan) games: 8 goals: 5
Tampa Bay Mutiny (2000-2002) games: 56 goals: 36- New England Revolution (2002) games: 7
- MetroStars (2002-2003) games: 17 goals: 12
Al Ahli (2003)
IFK Göteborg (2003) games: 12 goals: 5
Pahang games: 11 goals: 8
Jomo Cosmos (2005-present)
Diallo won 46 caps for the Senegal national team, scoring 21 goals, in a career which saw him represent his country at the African Cup of Nations in both 1994 and 2000.