french association football actor

Moussa Diaby ( hold 7 July 1999 ) is a french master football player who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen and the France national team. [ 3 ]

Club career [edit ]

Paris Saint-Germain [edit ]

Diaby is a intersection of the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy. He joined the club when he was 13 and began playing for the B team in 2017. Diaby was the recipient role of the 2016 Titi d ’ Or as the most promise and best talent in the Paris Saint-Germain academy. [ 4 ]

loan to Crotone [edit ]

Diaby was loaned to F.C. Crotone for the second-half of the 2017–18 Serie A season. [ 4 ] He made his professional introduction on 14 April 2018 in a Serie A match against Genoa. He replaced Marcello Trotta after 84 minutes in a 1–0 aside personnel casualty. [ 5 ] He would make one further first team appearance for Crotone in their 1–1 draw against eventual champions Juventus on 18 April. [ 4 ]

return to PSG [edit ]

On 14 September 2018, Diaby, who replaced Lassana Diarra at halftime, scored for PSG in the 86th minute in a 4–0 succeed over AS Saint-Étienne. [ 6 ] Diaby became the 124th academy graduate to feature for the senior side. He went on to make 25 Ligue 1 appearances in 2018–19, scoring four times across all competitions and averaging an assist every 190 minutes during the club ‘s successful title defense. [ 4 ]

Bayer Leverkusen [edit ]

On 14 June 2019, it was announced that Diaby would join Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal. [ 7 ] Diaby scored his first Bundesliga goal for Leverkusen in his beginning competitive start on 23 November 2019 in the club ‘s 1–1 draw with SC Freiburg. [ 8 ] [ 4 ] Diaby scored Leverkusen ‘s third goal in stop clock to seal a gain over 1. FC Union Berlin in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal on 4 March 2020. [ 9 ] In the adjacent round, on 9 June 2020, Diaby scored the first goal in Leverkusen ‘s 3–0 victory over fourthly division 1. FC Saarbrücken to secure a spot in the 2020 DFB-Pokal Final. [ 10 ] On 21 August 2021, he scored in the Bundesliga against Borussia Monchengladbach and it was his first goal of the season .

International career [edit ]

Diaby is a France youth external having represented the state at U18, U19, U20, and U21 levels.

He produced a goal and three assists at the 2018 UEFA European U19 Championship, earning a place in the team of the tournament. [ 11 ] The watch summer, he scored one goal and assisted two more in four matches at the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup where France were eliminated at the Round of 16 stage. [ 4 ] [ 12 ] On 26 August 2021, he received his first visit to France senior squad. [ 13 ] He made his external introduction on 1 September 2021 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup reservation match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, replacing Kylian Mbappé in the last minute of the match .

personal life [edit ]

Diaby was born in France and is of malian descent. [ 14 ]

career statistics [edit ]

club [edit ]

As of match played 7 November 2021[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Europe Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Paris Saint-Germain 2017–18 Ligue 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2018–19 Ligue 1 25 2 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 34 4
Total 25 2 6 1 2 1 1 0 0 0 34 4
Crotone (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 2 0 0 0 — — — 2 0
Bayer Leverkusen 2019–20 Bundesliga 28 5 5 2 — 6 1 — 39 8
2020–21 Bundesliga 32 4 3 2 — 8 4 — 43 10
2021–22 Bundesliga 10 4 2 0 — 4 2 — 16 6
Total 70 13 10 4 — 18 7 — 98 24
Career total 97 15 16 5 2 1 19 7 0 0 134 28

International [edit ]

As of match played 16 November 2021[15]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
France 2021 4 0
Total 4 0

Honours [edit ]

Paris Saint-Germain
France
Individual

References [edit ]