Krépin Diatta (born 25 February 1999) is a Senegalese professional

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who plays as a

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for

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club

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and the Senegal national team.

Club career

Sarpsborg 08

On 26 February 2017, Diatta signed a four-year contract with

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. On 4 April 2017, he made his Sarpsborg debut in a 3–1 home win against

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, subbing-in, in the 83rd minute for

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. On 26 April 2017, he scored his first goal for the club in a 10–1 win against Division 3 side Drøbak-Frogn, scoring a hat-trick along with teammates Erton Fejzullahu and Jørgen Larsen. On 13 August 2017, he scored his first league goal for Sarpsborg in a 2–2 away draw against

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, heading in, in the 80th minute from a cross from Halvorsen. He helped Sarpsborg reach the 2017 Norwegian Football Cup Final, scoring 5 goals in the process. Sarpsborg eventually lost 3–2 against

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and finished as runners-up.

Club Brugge

On 3 January 2018, Diatta signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with

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. On 8 April 2018, he made his Club Brugge debut in a 1–0 away loss against Gent, subbing-in, in the 46th minute for Ahmed Touba. On 22 July 2018, Diatta played in the 2018 Belgian Super Cup, playing 80 minutes until he was subbed-out for Dion Cools. The match eventually ended 2–1 in favour of Club Brugge. On 24 October 2018, Diatta made his

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debut in a 1–1 home draw against

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, coming on as an injury time substitute for Emmanuel Dennis. On 14 February 2019, he made his

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debut in a 2–1 home win against FC Salzburg in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League round of 32. On 10 March 2019, he scored his first goal for the club in a 4–0 away win against

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, shooting from the left side of the box and into the bottom right corner of the net in the 23rd minute.

Monaco

On 21 January 2021, Diatta joined

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in a deal running until 2025. He scored his first European goal for Monaco against

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with a header in a win in the group stage of the

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. On 19 November 2021, he scored his first league goal in Ligue 1 of the season against

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. During the match, he suffered an injury of the

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of the left knee.

International career

Under-20

Diatta was part of the Senegal U20s who participated in the

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. He scored two goals in the tournament, both of which came in the group stage his first a 70th minute header against

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in a 7 goal thriller, and his second, a goal in the added time of the first half against

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. Senegal eventually lost 2–0 against

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in the final and finished runners-up. They thus qualified for the

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. Diatta was part of the Senegal U20s who participated in the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup in South Korea. On 22 May 2017, he played in Senegal's 2–0 opening match win against

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. Senegal were knocked out of the tournament in the round of 16 after they lost 1–0 against

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Senior

In March 2019, Diatta was one of four young Senegalese players to receive a debut call-up to the national team. On 23 March 2019, he made his national team debut in a 2–0 win against

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in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. On 13 June 2019, he was named in Senegal's 23-man squad for the

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in Egypt. On 23 June 2019, he scored his first-ever senior international goal in Senegal's 2–0 opening match win against

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, scoring in the 64th minute from a 20-yard first time finish. He appeared in all of Senegal's matches during the tournament, including a substitute appearance in the team's 1–0 loss to

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in the

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. For his performances, Diatta was named the Best Young Player of the tournament by CAF. Diatta missed Senegal's successful

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due to an anterior cruciate ligament injury. In November 2022, he was named in coach Aliou Cissé's squad for the

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and went on to play in three of Senegal's four matches as the nation reached the round of 16 for the first time since its debut in

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. In December 2023, he was named in Senegal's squad for the postponed

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held in the

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Career statistics

Club

International

:''Scores and results list Senegal's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diatta goal.''

Honours

Sarpsborg 08 *

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runner-up:

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Club Brugge *

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: 2017–18, 2019–20 *

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runner-up: 2019–20 *

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Monaco *

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runner-up: 2020–21 Individual * Africa U-20 Cup of Nations Best XI:

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Breakthrough of the Year:

*Best Young Player in African Cup of Nations 2019

References

External links

Profile
at the AS Monaco FC website * {{DEFAULTSORT:Diatta, Krepin 1999 births Living people Men's association football midfielders Senegalese men's footballers Senegal men's youth international footballers Senegal men's international footballers Eliteserien players Belgian Pro League players Ligue 1 players Sarpsborg 08 FF players Club Brugge KV players AS Monaco FC players Senegalese expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Norway Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Monaco Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Norway Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Monaco 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players 2022 FIFA World Cup players 2023 Africa Cup of Nations players Footballers from Dakar 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen