Assane Dioussé

Assane Dioussé
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Assane Dioussé[1]
Date of birth (1997-09-20) 20 September 1997
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
Auxerre
Number 18
Youth career
2010–2015 Empoli
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2015–2017 Empoli 48 (0)
2017–2022 Saint-Étienne 41 (1)
2019 → Chievo (loan) 14 (0)
2020–2021 → Ankaragücü (loan) 20 (0)
2018–2019 Saint-Étienne B 3 (0)
2022–2023 OFI 33 (3)
2023– Auxerre 66 (0)
International career
2017 Senegal U20 1 (0)
2017–2018 Senegal 3 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 20 May 2026

El Hadji Assane Dioussé (born 20 September 1997) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Ligue 1 club Auxerre.[2]

Club career

Empoli

Dioussé is a youth product from Empoli. He made his Serie A debut on 23 August 2015 against Chievo Verona.[3]

Saint-Étienne

On 31 July 2017, Assane Dioussé signed a five-year contract with Saint-Étienne.[4]

Loan to Chievo

On 29 January 2019, Dioussé joined on loan to Serie A side Chievo Verona until 30 June 2019.[5]

OFI

On 13 July 2022, Dioussé signed a two-year contract with OFI in Greece.[6]

International career

Dioussé debuted for the Senegal U20s in an Under-20 Four Nations Tournament 3–0 loss to France U20s on 23 March 2017.[7]

Dioussé received his first call up for the Senegal senior national team on 28 August 2017, ahead of the following month's 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against Burkina Faso.[8] On 14 November he made his Senegal debut, when he came on in the 88th minute as a substitute for Alfred N'Diaye in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification match against South Africa at the Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor. Senegal won the match 2–1.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 17 May 2024[2]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Empoli 2015–16 Serie A 15010———160
2016–17 Serie A 33020———350
Total 48030———510
Saint-Étienne 2017–18 Ligue 1 2511000——261
2018–19 Ligue 1 702010——100
2019–20 Ligue 1 40501010—110
2020–21 Ligue 1 1000———10
2021–22 Ligue 1 4020——1[a]070
Total 411100201010551
Saint-Étienne B 2018–19 National 2 10————10
2019–20 National 2 20————20
Total 30————30
Chievo (loan) 2018–19 Serie A 14000———140
Ankaragücü (loan) 2020–21 Süper Lig 20010———210
OFI 2022–23 Super League Greece 33310———343
Auxerre 2023–24 Ligue 2 34030———370
Career total 19341802010102154

Honours

Saint-Étienne

Auxerre

References

  1. ↑ "El Hadji Assane Diousse". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  2. 1 2 Assane Dioussé at Soccerway. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Empoli vs. Chievo - 23 August 2015 - Soccerway". soccerway.com. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "Assane Dioussé for the AS Saint-Étienne - 31 July 2017 - Goal.com". goal.com. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
  5. ↑ "UFFICIALE: il Chievo riporta in Italia Diousse" (in Italian). Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  6. ↑ "Στον ΟΦΗ ο Assane Dioussé" (in Greek). OFI. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Mouhamed (23 March 2017). "Tournoi 4 nations : le 11 des lionceaux contre la France. - PointDakar". PointDakar (in French). Archived from the original on 24 March 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  8. ↑ "Cisse names squad for World Cup qualifier double header". www.enca.com. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Mbappé suffers ankle injury as PSG beat 10-man Saint-Étienne to lift French Cup". The Guardian. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Football : champion de Ligue 2, l'AJ Auxerre est officiellement de retour dans l'élite". Le Parisien (in French). 11 May 2024. Retrieved 11 May 2024.