Amad Diallo ( have a bun in the oven 11 July 2002 ) is an Ivorian master football player who plays as a winger for Premier League cabaret Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team. Born in the Ivory Coast, Diallo moved to Italy as a child. He joined the Atalanta youth system in 2015, where he won two Campionato Primavera 1 titles. In 2019 he became the first player born in 2002 to score in the Serie A, on his master debut for the aged team. In January 2021, Diallo joined English club Manchester United.
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Diallo made his senior international debut for the Ivory Coast at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers .
early animation [edit ]
Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, [ 3 ] Diallo emigrated to Italy at a young long time. [ 4 ] He started out at Boca Barco ‘s young team in September 2014, [ 5 ] where he impressed at a Christmas tournament the same year ; he was the tournament ‘s acme goalscorer as the youngest on the field. [ 6 ] Diallo was officially registered to the team on 14 January 2015. [ 1 ]
Club career [edit ]
Atalanta [edit ]
2015–2020 : youth [edit ]
With a number of Serie A golf club being interested in him while at Boca Barco, Diallo moved to Atalanta in 2015. [ 6 ] While initially starting out in the Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali Professionisti – the under-14 championship of Italy – during the 2015–16 season, Diallo cursorily moved to the Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali [ it ], the under-15 backing. [ 6 ] With the Atalanta Primavera, Diallo played in the Final Eight, scoring against Roma in the final and helping his side win the league title. [ 6 ] During the 2016–17 season he played for the under-15 side, before moving to the under-17 side in 2017–18 where he scored 12 goals in 27 appearances in the Campionato Nazionale Under-17 [ it ]. [ 6 ] In 2018–19, Diallo scored 12 goals and made seven assists in 16 under-17 games, and six goals and six assists in 26 games in the Campionato Primavera 1, the under-19 championship. [ 7 ] He won the 2018–19 [ it ] temper with Atalanta. [ 8 ] In 2019 [ it ] Diallo won the Supercoppa Primavera, providing both assists in a 2–1 acquire over Fiorentina. [ 9 ] He scored six goals and made six assists in 25 league games, helping Atalanta win the Campionato Primavera 1 in 2019–20 [ it ] for a second consecutive season. [ 10 ]
2019–2021 : aged [edit ]
Coming through the young person system, Diallo made his Serie A debut on 27 October 2019, coming on from the bench on the 79th infinitesimal against Udinese ; he scored his first goal for Atalanta four minutes former in a 7–1 home win. [ 11 ] Diallo became the first actor born in 2002 to score in the italian top flight. [ 12 ] His first UEFA Champions League call-up came on 11 December 2019, as an fresh alternate in a 3–0 away win against Shakhtar Donetsk. [ 10 ] Diallo ‘s beginning league game in 2020–21 was on 28 November 2020, as a 77th-minute substitute against Hellas Verona ; Atalanta lost 2–0 at home. [ 13 ] Diallo made his Champions League debut on 1 December, after being subbed on in the 68th moment against Midtjylland in a 1–1 home draw. [ 14 ]
manchester United [edit ]
On 5 October 2020, Manchester United agreed to sign Diallo in January 2021, pending the agreement of personal terms, passing a checkup and the issue of a work license. [ 15 ] [ 16 ] The report tip was of €25 million – €40 million including bonuses. [ 17 ] Diallo formally joined on 7 January 2021, on a five-year contract with the choice of an extra year. [ 18 ] Diallo scored a brace on his debut for the Under-23s, in a 6–3 acquire over Liverpool on 30 January. [ 19 ] He was inaugural called up to the aged team on 9 February, as an fresh stand-in in an FA Cup fifth cycle pit against West Ham United, [ 20 ] which ended in a 1–0 Manchester United winnings after extra time. [ 21 ] On 18 February, Diallo made his first-team debut for United as a stand-in for Mason Greenwood in a 4–0 away win over real Sociedad in the first peg of the Europa League turn of 32 tie. [ 22 ] His beginning finish for United came on 11 March, in a 1–1 home plate draw against AC Milan in the first leg of the Europa League cycle of 16 draw. [ 23 ]
On 13 March, Diallo was selected by the IFFHS in their 2020 CAF Youth Team of the Year ( U20 ). [ 24 ] He made his FA Cup debut on 21 March, coming on as an 84th-minute stand-in in a 3–1 away get the better of against Leicester City in the quarter-finals. [ 25 ] On 11 May, Diallo made his Premier League introduction against Leicester City, assisting Mason Greenwood ‘s finish in a 2–1 defeat ; the goal was the first clock time in 15 years a adolescent assisted another for a Premier League finish. [ 26 ]
International career [edit ]
Diallo was first called up to the Ivory Coast home team on 18 March 2021, for their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Niger and Ethiopia on 26 and 30 March, respectively. [ 27 ] He made his introduction against Niger, coming on as an 86th-minute ersatz. [ 28 ] On 5 June 2021, Diallo scored his first base international goal in a friendly against Burkina Faso, through a 97th-minute exempt recoil, to help his team win 2–1 at home. [ 29 ] On 3 July 2021, Diallo was named in the Ivory Coast Olympic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 30 ] [ 31 ] Diallo made his Olympics debut with an help in a 2–1 win against Saudi Arabia on 22 July. [ 32 ]
style of play [edit ]
A winger who is besides capable of playing as a mezzala, Diallo is a quick and moral force player with a high technical ability and a good vision of the game. [ 6 ] The fact that he is bipedal makes him a versatile player. [ 6 ]
Controversies [edit ]
In July 2020, an probe into traffic of football players was launched by the public prosecutor ‘s office of Parma. [ 33 ] Among the involved was Hamed Mamadou Traorè, a aloof relative of Amad and his alleged brother Hamed Traorè, who was accused of posing as their founder to facilitate their immigration into Italy. [ 33 ] The probe besides questioned the kinship between Amad and Hamed. [ 34 ] On 11 July 2020, the day of his 18th birthday, the player changed his Instagram mention from “ Amad Traoré ” to “ Amad Diallo ”, with a caption reading “ do n’t call me Traoré anymore ”. [ 35 ] In September 2020, his name was legally changed to Amad Diallo. [ 36 ] On 9 February 2021, Diallo was found guilty of violating the italian Sports Justice Code in ordering to join the football club “ ASD Boca Barco ” in 2015 under the name “ Diallo Amad Traorè ”. [ 1 ] He was accused of falsifying documents in order to fake a relationship with Hamed Mamadou Traorè, an Ivorian citizen nonmigratory in Italy, and request a family reunion. [ 1 ] Diallo requested a plea dicker, with the Federal Prosecutor ‘s Office imposing a very well of €48,000. [ 1 ]
personal life [edit ]
Diallo is Muslim. [ 37 ] [ 38 ] He received his italian recommendation at the end of December 2020. [ 39 ]
career statistics [edit ]
club [edit ]
- As of match played 23 May 2021
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club
Season
League
National Cup[a]
League Cup[b]
Europe
Total
Division
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Apps
Goals
Atalanta
2019–20[40]
Serie A
3
1
0
0
—
0
0
3
1
2020–21[41]
Serie A
1
0
0
0
—
1[c]
0
2
0
Total
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
5
1
Manchester United
2020–21[41]
Premier League
3
0
1
0
—
4[d]
1
8
1
2021–22[42]
Premier League
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
3
0
1
0
0
0
4
1
8
1
Career total
7
1
1
0
0
0
5
1
13
2
International [edit ]
- As of match played 31 July 2021[43][44]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team
Year
Apps
Goals
Ivory Coast U23
2021
4
0
Ivory Coast
2021
3
1
Career total
7
1
- Scores and results list the Ivory Coast’s goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diallo goal.
List of international goals scored by Amad Diallo
No.
Date
Venue
Opponent
Score
Result
Competition
Ref.
1
5 June 2021
Stade National, Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Burkina Faso
2–1
2–1
Friendly
[45]
Honours [edit ]
Atalanta Youth
Manchester United
Individual
- IFFHS CAF Youth Team of the Year: 2020[24]
References [edit ]
- Amad Diallo at Soccerway
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