Remove ads
Mouctar Diakhaby (born 19 December 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder for La Liga club Valencia. Born in France, he plays for the Guinea national team.
 Diakhaby playing for Guinea at the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mouctar Diakhaby[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 19 December 1996 | ||
| Place of birth | Vendôme, France | ||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back, defensive midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Valencia | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2004–2009 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 2009–2010 | Nantes | ||
| 2010–2013 | USSA Vertou | ||
| 2013–2016 | Lyon | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014–2018 | Lyon B | 55 | (11) |
| 2016–2018 | Lyon | 34 | (2) |
| 2018– | Valencia | 142 | (7) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2014–2015 | France U19 | 11 | (1) |
| 2015–2016 | France U20 | 6 | (0) |
| 2017–2018 | France U21 | 9 | (1) |
| 2022– | Guinea | 14 | (1) |
|
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 00:34, 30 April 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 2 February 2024 | |||
Diakhaby was born in Vendôme, France, to Guinean parents, who were from Touba.[3]
Lyon
Diakhaby made his first team debut for Lyon on 10 September 2016 in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux, playing the whole match in a 3–1 home loss.[4] On 30 November 2016, he scored his first competitive goal for the Lyon first team in a 6–0 Ligue 1 away rout of Nantes.[5] On 23 February 2017, Diakhaby scored a goal (in the 89th minute) in the 2016–17 Europa League round of 32 second-leg 7–1 home win over AZ Alkmaar to register his first career UEFA Europa League or UEFA Champions League goal.[6] He also scored a goal in each of two legs of the 2016–17 Europa League round of 16 tie against Roma.
Valencia
On 28 June 2018, Diakhaby signed a five-year deal with Spanish side Valencia.[7] On 3 March 2024, he sustained a serious injury, diagnosed as a dislocated knee, following a collision with Aurélien Tchouaméni during a match against Real Madrid.[8]
Remove ads
Diakhaby was born in France, but is Guinean by descent.[9] He is a former youth international for France. In 2022 however he decided to represent the home country of his parents, Guinea, and debuted for them against Egypt.
On 23 December 2023, he was selected from the list of 25 Guinean players selected by Kaba Diawara to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations.
Club
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11[c] | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 1 | — | 21 | 2 | |||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| Valencia | 2018–19 | La Liga | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 9[e] | 1 | — | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5[f] | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| 2020–21 | 26 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 27 | 1 | |||||
| 2021–22 | 29 | 0 | 8 | 0 | — | — | — | 37 | 0 | |||||
| 2022–23 | 29 | 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 0 | 0 | 30 | 3 | ||||
| 2023–24 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 142 | 7 | 21 | 0 | — | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 177 | 8 | |||
| Career total | 176 | 9 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 232 | 15 | ||
- Includes Coupe de France, Copa del Rey
- Includes Coupe de la Ligue
- Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
International
- As of match played 2 February 2024[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 2022 | 4 | 1 |
| 2023 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 5 | 0 | |
| Total | 14 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Guinea's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diakhaby goal.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 September 2022 | Stade de la Licorne, Amiens, France |  Ivory Coast | 1–3 | 1–3 | Friendly |
Remove ads
Valencia
Remove ads
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
Remove ads