Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Mali national team.
.jpg) Haidara with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Amadou Haidara | ||
| Date of birth | 31 January 1998 | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | JMG Academy Bamako | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | 48 | (8) |
| 2016 | → Liefering (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2019– | RB Leipzig | 142 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2017 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017– | Mali | 46 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 November 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15 October 2024 | |||
Club career
editRed Bull Salzburg
editHaidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016, he was signed by FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was sent out on loan to the second league side FC Liefering, which is the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. Haidara also played for the FC Red Bull Salzburg U-19 team in the UEFA Youth League. There he scored two goals versus FK Vardar.[3]
He made his first appearance in the third round of the 2016–17 league versus LASK Linz. He substituted Gideon Mensah after the halftime break and scored his first goal in the 48th minute for Liefering.[4]
During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[5] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final.[6]
RB Leipzig
editOn 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig.[7] On 30 March 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC.[8] In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
On 8 December 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season.[9]
International career
editHaidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team, scoring one goal. Haidara made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[10]
Career statistics
editClub
edit| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering (loan) | 2016–17 | Austrian First League | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18[b] | 4 | — | 55 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | — | 21 | 3 | ||
| Total | 48 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 5 | — | 83 | 13 | |||
| RB Leipzig | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6[d] | 1 | — | 43 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6[e] | 0 | — | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| 2024–25 | Bundesliga | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 18 | 0 | ||
| Total | 142 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 200 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 215 | 19 | 31 | 5 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 308 | 30 | ||
- ^ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
- ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, sixteen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ^ a b c d e Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
- ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup
International
edit- As of match played 15 October 2024.[12]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 | |
| Total | 46 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.[12]
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 1 July 2019 | Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt |  Angola |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2. | 9 October 2020 | Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey |  Ghana |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
Honours
editRed Bull Salzburg
RB Leipzig
Mali U17
- FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2015[16][17]
Individual
- Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18[18]
References
edit- ^ a b Amadou Haidara at WorldFootball.net
- ^ "Amadou Haidara". RB Leipzig. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Jungbullen schaffen sich mit Kantersieg ideale Ausgangsposition". redbulls (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "3. Runde, Saison 2016/17, FC Liefering gegen LASK – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at (in German). Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "Salzburg v Marseille background". UEFA.com. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "FC Red Bull Salzburg 2–1 Marseille". BBC Sport. 3 May 2018. Retrieved 3 May 2018.
- ^ "Amadou Haidara: Mali international 'motivated' after move to RB Leipzig". BBC Sport. 23 December 2018.
- ^ "RB Leipzig zerlegt Hertha BSC". dw.com (in German). 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Manchester United out of Champions League after leaving it too late at Leipzig". The Guardian. 8 December 2020.
- ^ FIFA.com. "2018 FIFA World Cup Russia – Matches – Mali-Ivory Coast – FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 19 August 2016.
- ^ "A. Haidara". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ a b "Amadou Haidara". National Football Teams. Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
- ^ "SK Rapid Wien - FC Red Bull Salzburg". OEFB (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- ^ Peeters, Thomas (23 May 2022). "A thriller in Berlin: how relentless RB Leipzig won their first major title". Red Bull. Archived from the original on 13 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
- ^ "Christopher Nkunku-inspired RB Leipzig beat Eintracht Frankfurt to win DFB Cup". Bundesliga. 3 June 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
- ^ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players" (PDF). fifadata.com. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 November 2019.
- ^ "Nigeria head African party in Chile". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017.
- ^ "Bundesliga.at - Das Team der Saison 2017/18". Bundesliga.at (in German). 22 June 2018. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
External links
edit
- Profile at the RB Leipzig website
- Amadou Haidara at Soccerway
- Amadou Haidara – UEFA competition record (archive)
