Mory Diaw

Mory Diaw
Personal information
Date of birth (1993-06-22) 22 June 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Poissy, France
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)[1]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Clermont
Number 99
Youth career
2007–2015 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2012–2015 Paris Saint-Germain B 32 (0)
2015–2017 Mafra 17 (0)
2017 Lokomotiv Plovdiv 6 (0)
2019 FC United Zürich 10 (1)
2019–2022 Lausanne-Sport 66 (0)
2022– Clermont 67 (0)
International career
2023– Senegal 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 22:58, 25 May 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 20 June 2023

Mory Diaw (born 22 June 1993) is a professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ligue 2 club Clermont. Born in France, he plays for the Senegal national team.

Club career

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Diaw began his career in the youth teams of Paris Saint-Germain (PSG). He made one senior appearance, playing 17 minutes in a friendly against TSV Hartberg on 8 July 2014.[2] After being released by PSG in 2015, Diaw signed for Portuguese Segunda Liga outfit Mafra on 29 July 2015.[3]

In April 2017, Diaw went on trial with EFL Championship side Leeds United.[4] He joined Bulgarian side Lokomotiv Plovdiv in July 2017.[5] Following a short and successful trial period, on 8 July 2017 he signed a 2-year contract.[6]

In 2019, Diaw joined FC United Zürich in Switzerland.[7] In June 2019, he signed for second-tier Swiss club Lausanne-Sport, where he replaced the injured second goalkeeper Dany Da Silva.[8]

Diaw made his return to France on 14 June 2022, signing for Ligue 1 side Clermont on a two-year contract with an option for a further year.[9]

On 8 October 2023, in a Ligue 1 match at Montpellier, Diaw was hit by a firework thrown from the crowd, leading to the abandonment of the match.[10]

International career

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Diaw made his international debut for Senegal in a 4–2 friendly win over Brazil on 21 June 2023.[11]

In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed 2023 Africa Cup of Nations held in the Ivory Coast.[12]

Personal life

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Born in France, Diaw is of Senegalese descent.[13]

During his time at Paris Saint-Germain, Diaw became a trending topic on social media site Twitter after a string of obscene tweets posted by his account. Tweets included vulgar jokes and even posting the phone number of teammate Zlatan Ibrahimović.[14][15] Club officials were quick to address the issue, claiming Diaw's account had been hacked.[16] The tweets have since been deleted.[citation needed]

Honours

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Paris Saint-Germain U19

References

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  1. ^ "Mory Diaw". Clermont Foot. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Paris Start with a Win". Paris Saint Germain. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Mafra contrata Mory Diaw". Sapo de Sporto (in Portuguese). 29 July 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Five facts on Leeds trialist Mory Diaw: including Twitter storm, comments on ex-Whites defender". HITC. 10 April 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
  5. ^ "Двама нови се присъединиха към Локомотив". PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (in Bulgarian). 5 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Локомотив подписа договор с вратаря Мори Диау" (in Bulgarian). lokomotivpd.com. 8 July 2017.
  7. ^ [ANCIENS] MORY DIAW REBONDIT AU FC UNITED ZURICH (D4/SUI), lestitisdupsg.fr, 24 March 2019
  8. ^ Sport-Center (26 June 2019). "Mory Diaw signe pour six mois au LS". 24 heures. Retrieved 26 June 2019..
  9. ^ "Mory Diaw en renfort" [Mory Diaw as reinforcement] (in French). Clermont Foot. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
  10. ^ "Mory Diaw apte à rejoindre la sélection sénégalaise après l'incident du pétard à Montpellier". L'Équipe (in French). 9 October 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  11. ^ "LES RÉSULTATS DE NOS INTERNATIONAUX". Clermont Foot 63 (in French). 21 June 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  12. ^ "Afcon 2023: Senegal and Sadio Mane set for defence of title". BBC Sport Africa. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  13. ^ Cissé, Bacary (18 June 2014). "ECHO DE LA TANIERE - MORY DIAW, GARDIEN DE BUT PARIS SG - "Intégrer la Tanière n'est plus un rêve, mais un objectif"" (in French). seneplus.com. Retrieved 11 June 2018.
  14. ^ "Mory Diaw : les tweets embarrassants d'un jeune joueur du PSG". RTL (in French). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  15. ^ "Quand Mory Diaw a Fait Disjoncter Twitter". SoFoot (in French). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  16. ^ Paris Saint Germain on Twitter
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