Makhtar Thioune

Makhtar Thioune
Personal information
Full name El Hadji Makhtar Thioune
Date of birth (1984-08-05) 5 August 1984
Place of birth Richard Toll, Senegal
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Træff
Number 30
Youth career
2001–2004 ASC Linguère
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2006 Port Autonome ? (?)
2006–2008 Sarpsborg 08 75 (8)
2009–2012 Molde 71 (10)
2012 → Karlsruher SC (loan) 8 (0)
2012–2016 Viking 78 (4)
2016 Şanlıurfaspor 12 (0)
2017 Alta 20 (2)
2018 Vidar 22 (3)
2019 Hinna 14 (4)
2021 Træff 6 (1)
International career
2006–2013 Senegal 12 (0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Makhtar Thioune (born 5 August 1984) is a Senegalese footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Træff. He has previously played for Sarpsborg 08, Molde and Viking, among others, in Norway, Karlsruher SC in Germany and Şanlıurfaspor in Turkey.

Club career

After playing for ASC Linguère and Port Autonome,[1] before he joined Norwegian club Sarpsborg Sparta FK in 2006.[2] After two years in Sarpsborg, Thioune was brought to Molde by head coach Kjell Jonevret[3][4] and was one of the key players when Molde finished second in the league and the cup in 2009.[5]

In January 2012, he was loaned out to German 2. Bundesliga club Karlsruher SC[6] and returned after the end of Contract on 30 June to Molde FK.[7] He then decided to leave Molde, as he did not get many chances in Ole Gunnar Solskjær's team. Thioune transferred to Viking FK and signed a contract lasting till the end of the 2015-season, and was reunited with his old coach in Molde, Kjell Jonevret.[8]

After a stint with Sanliurfaspor in Turkey, he returned to Norway. After a trial with Egersunds IK he signed for Alta IF.[9] Thioune signed with Norwegian Fourth Division club Hinna Fotball for the 2019 season.[10] He joined Norwegian Third Division side Træff for the 2021 season.[11]

International

Thioune has been capped eleven times for Senegal.[12]

Career statistics

Club

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition[13][14][11]
Club Season Division League Cup Europe Total
AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Sarpsborg 08 2006 1. divisjon 21400—214
2007 25300—253
2008 29111—302
Total 75811—769
Molde 2009 Tippeligaen 26452—316
2010 1821040232
2011 27400—274
Total 711062408112
Karlsruher SC (loan) 2011–12 2. Bundesliga 8020—100
Viking 2012 Tippeligaen 12200—122
2013 19121—212
2014 24140—281
2015 23010—240
Total 78471—855
Şanlıurfaspor 2015–16 TFF First League 12020—140
Alta 2017 2. divisjon 20211—213
Vidar 2018 22320—243
Hinna 2019 4. divisjon 14441—185
Træff 2021 3. divisjon 6110—71
Career total 306322664033638

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year[12]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Senegal 200610
2007–
2008–
200930
201030
201130
201210
201310
Total120

Honours

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Lokkes, vrakes, dumpes – Dagens Næringsliv 9 May 2009
  2. ↑ "Importene tar styringen i eliteserien" (in Norwegian). Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  3. ↑ Thioune signs for Molde FK Archived 17 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ↑ "Solskjær selger Thioune til Viking". Norwegian News Agency (in Norwegian). Dagbladet. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Thioune til Viking for 2 millioner". aftenbladet.no (in Norwegian). Stavanger Aftenblad. 2 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "KSC holt zwei Neue" [KSC signs two new players] (in German). DFL. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  7. ↑ "Es gehen: Rada, Charalambous, Soumare und Thioune" (in German). Kicker Online. 15 May 2012. Retrieved 9 January 2012.
  8. ↑ "Thioune til Viking". rogalandsavis.no (in Norwegian). Rogalands Avis. 2 August 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2012.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  9. ↑ "Thioune fortsetter i Alta". Sarpsborg Arbeiderblad (in Norwegian). 17 March 2017.
  10. ↑ Thioune klar for ny klubb, sportsbibelen.com, 14 January 2019
  11. 1 2 Makhtar Thioune at the Norwegian Football Federation (in Norwegian)
  12. 1 2 Makhtar Thioune at National-Football-Teams.com
  13. ↑ "Makhtar Thioune". altomfotball.no (in Norwegian). TV 2. Archived from the original on 2 October 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  14. ↑ Makhtar Thioune at Soccerway
  15. ↑ "VG Live – kampoversikt". vglive.no. Retrieved 17 May 2018.