El Hadji Assane Dioussé (born 20 September 1997) is a Senegalese professional
footballer who plays as a
defensive midfielder for
Super League Greece
The Super League Greece 1 ( el, Ελληνική Σούπερ Λιγκ 1), or Super League 1, is the highest professional association football league in Greece. The league was formed on 16 July 2006 and replaced ''Alpha Ethniki'' at the top of ...
club
OFI.
Club career
Empoli
Dioussé is a youth product from
Empoli
Empoli () is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy, about southwest of Florence, to the south of the Arno in a plain formed by the river. The plain has been usable for agriculture since Roman times. The comm ...
. He made his
Serie A debut on 23 August 2015 against
Chievo Verona.
Saint-Étienne
On 31 July 2017, Assane Dioussé signed a five-year contract with
Saint-Étienne
Saint-Étienne (; frp, Sant-Etiève; oc, Sant Estève, ) is a city and the prefecture of the Loire department in eastern-central France, in the Massif Central, southwest of Lyon in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.
Saint-Étienne is the t ...
.
Loan to Chievo
On 29 January 2019, Dioussé joined on loan to
Serie A side
Chievo Verona until 30 June 2019.
OFI
On 13 July 2022, Dioussé signed a two-year contract with
OFI in Greece.
International career
Dioussé debuted for the
Senegal U20s in an
Under-20 Four Nations Tournament 3–0 loss to
France U20s on 23 March 2017.
Dioussé received his first call up for the
Senegal senior national team squad on 28 August 2017, ahead of the following month's
2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
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matches against
Burkina Faso. On 14 November he made his Senegal debut, when he came on in the 88th minute as a substitute for
Alfred N'Diaye
Alfred John Momar N'Diaye (born 6 March 1990) is a professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Spanish club Málaga CF. Born in France, he represents the Senegal national team. He can also play as a centre back.
Club career ...
in a
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification
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match against
South Africa at the
Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor
Léopold Sédar Senghor Stadium, formerly the Stade de l'Amitie, is a multi-purpose stadium in Dakar, Senegal. It is currently used mostly for football matches. It serves as a home ground of ASC Jeanne d'Arc and the Senegal national football t ...
. Senegal beat South Africa, winning the match 2–1.
Career statistics
Club
Honours
Saint-Étienne
*
Coupe de France runner-up:
2019–20
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diousse, Assane
1997 births
Living people
Association football midfielders
Senegalese footballers
Senegal international footballers
Senegal youth international footballers
Empoli F.C. players
AS Saint-Étienne players
A.C. ChievoVerona players
MKE Ankaragücü footballers
OFI Crete F.C. players
Serie A players
Ligue 1 players
Championnat National 2 players
Süper Lig players
Super League Greece players
Senegalese expatriate footballers
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate footballers in Italy
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate footballers in France
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate footballers in Turkey
Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Greece
Expatriate footballers in Greece