Fallou Diagne

Serigne Fallou Diagne (born 14 August 1989) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defender for the Senegal national football team.

Fallou Diagne

Diagne with Rennes in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Serigne Fallou Diagne
Date of birth	(1989-08-14) 14 August 1989 (age 35)
Place of birth	Pikine, Senegal
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Centre-back
Youth career
0000–2007	Génération Foot
2007–2008	Metz
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2008–2012	Metz	58	(3)
2010–2011	Metz II	2	(0)
2012–2014	SC Freiburg	57	(2)
2013–2014	SC Freiburg II	1	(1)
2014–2016	Rennes	37	(5)
2014–2015	Rennes II	1	(0)
2016–2018	Werder Bremen	2	(0)
2016–2018	Werder Bremen II	3	(0)
2017–2018	→ Metz (loan)	41	(1)
2018–2020	Konyaspor	17	(0)
2021–2022	Vllaznia Shkodër	26	(2)
2022–2023	Chennaiyin	19	(0)
2023	Dhangadhi F.C.	10	(0)
International career
2016–	Senegal	4	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Diagne began his career with Génération Foot in Dakar before being scouted by FC Metz in January 2007.

In late August 2014, he joined Stade Rennes from SC Freiburg for a reported transfer fee of €1.5 million signing a three-year contract.^[1][2]

In early July 2016, Diagne signed for Werder Bremen. The transfer fee was estimated at €1.5 to 2 million.^[3][4] On 10 January 2017, Diagne joined Ligue 1 club Metz on loan, rejoining his former club until the end of the 2017–18 season.^[5][6]

In August 2018, Diagne joined Süper Lig side Konyaspor signing a two-year contract with the option of a third year.^[7]

International career

Diagne debuted for the Senegal national team in a friendly 2–0 win over Rwanda on 28 May 2016.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of 19 April 2023^[9] As of October 28, Fallou Diagne has joined the club Dhangadhi FC in Nepal. He will play in the Nepal Super League.

Club	Season	League			National Cup		League Cup		Continental		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Metz	2008–09	Ligue 2	6	0	0	0	0	0	—		6	0
	2009–10		8	0	0	0	2[a]	0	—		10	0
	2010–11		31	1	4[b]	1	1[a]	0	—		36	2
	2011–12		13	2	1[b]	1	1[a]	0	—		15	3
	Metz total		58	3	5	2	4	0	0	0	67	5
Metz II	2010–11	National 2	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
SC Freiburg	2011–12	Bundesliga	15	1	0	0	0	0	—		15	1
	2012–13		30	1	4[c]	0	0	0	—		34	1
	2013–14		12	0	1[c]	0	0	0	3[d]	0	16	0
	2014–15		0	0	0	0	0	0	—		0	0
	SC Freiburg total		57	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	65	2
SC Freiburg II	2013–14	Regionalliga Südwest	1	1	0	0	0	0	—		1	1
Rennes	2014–15	Ligue 1	15	0	2[b]	0	1[a]	0	—		18	0
	2015–16		22	5	1[b]	0	1[a]	1	—		24	6
	Rennes total		37	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	42	6
Rennes II	2014–15	National 3	1	0	0	0	0	0	—		1	0
Werder Bremen	2016–17	Bundesliga	2	0	0	0	0	0	—		2	0
Werder Bremen II	2016–17	3. Liga	3	0	0	0	0	0	—		3	0
Metz (loan)	2016–17	Ligue 1	12	0	0	0	0	0	—		12	0
	2017–18		29	1	1[b]	0	0	0	—		30	1
	Metz total		41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	42	1
Konyaspor	2018–19	Süper Lig	13	0	1[e]	0	—		—		14	0
	2019–20		4	0	1[e]	0	—		—		5	0
	Konyaspor total		17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	19	0
Vllaznia Shkodër	2021–22	Albanian League	26	2	3[f]	0	1[g]	0	—		30	2
Chennaiyin	2022–23	Indian Super League	19	0	3[h]	0	3[i]	0	—		25	0
Career total			264	14	21	2	13	1	3	0	301	17

1. Appearance(s) in Coupe de la Ligue
2. Appearance(s) in Coupe de France
3. Appearance(s) in DFB-Pokal
4. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearance(s) in Turkish Cup
6. Appearance(s) in Albanian Cup
7. Appearance(s) in Albanian Supercup
8. Appearance(s) in Super Cup
9. Appearance(s) in Durand Cup

International

As of matches played till 23 March 2018^[10]

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Senegal	2016	2	0
	2018	1	0
Total		3	0

References

1. "Schahin stürmt für den Sportclub - Diagne geht". kicker Online (in German). 26 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
2. "Fallou Diagne, 10ème recrue du Stade Rennais F.C." [Fallou Diagne 10th recruit of Stade Rennais F.C.]. Stade Rennais F.C. (in French). 26 August 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
3. "Fallou Diagne wechselt zu Werder Bremen". Radio Bremen (in German). 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 July 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
4. Sander, Carsten; Knips, Björn (6 July 2016). "Diagne ist erst der Anfang". Kreiszeitung (in German). Retrieved 8 July 2016.
5. Walsh, Jonathan (11 January 2017). "Diagne joins Metz on loan". VAVEL. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
6. "Fallou Diagne geht zum FC Metz". Weser-Kurier (in German). 10 January 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
7. "Diagne spielt künftig in der Süper Lig". Weser Kurier (in German). 2 August 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2018.
8. "Amical, Rwanda – Sénégal (0–2): Les Lions font le travail avant de défier le Burundi". seneweb.com (in French). 28 May 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2016.
9. Fallou Diagne at Soccerway
10. Fallou Diagne at National-Football-Teams.com

External links

• Fallou Diagne at National-Football-Teams.com
• Fallou Diagne at Soccerway
• Diagné Fallou at kicker.de (in German)