Amadou Haidara
Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer. He 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) | ||
| Playing position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –2016 | JMG Academy Bamako | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2018 | Red Bull Salzburg | 48 | (18) |
| 2016 | → Liefering (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2019– | RB Leipzig | 79 | (7) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2017 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017– | Mali | 30 | (2) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 10 may 2022 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 29 March 2022 | |||
Club career
Red Bull Salzburg
Haidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016 he went to FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. He went on loan to the second league side FC Liefering. 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.[2]
He made his first match 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.[3]
During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group for the fourth before beating Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio Roma.[4] 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.[5] In the quarterfinal he made a goal versus Roma.
RB Leipzig
On 22 December 2018 went to RB Leipzig.[6] On 30 March 2019 he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC.[7] In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
He scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season on 8 December 2020.[8]
International career
Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team. Haidara made his team debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification match against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[9]
Honours
Club
Red Bull Salzburg
- Austrian Bundesliga: 2017, 2018
- Austrian Cup: 2017[10]
- UEFA Youth League: 2017 [11]
International
Mali U17
References
- ↑ Amadou Haidara at WorldFootball.net
- ↑ "FC Red Bull Salzburg - Jungbullen schaffen sich mit Kantersieg ideale Ausgangsposition". redbulls (in Deutsch). Archived from the original on 11 December 2021. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ "3. Runde, Saison 2016/17, FC Liefering gegen LASK – FC Salzburg Wiki". wiki.salzburg12.at (in Deutsch). 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. https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/46661547.
- ↑ "RB Leipzig zerlegt Hertha BSC". dw.com (in Deutsch). 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 August 19, 2016.
- ↑ "SK Rapid Wien - FC Red Bull Salzburg". OEFB (in German). 1 June 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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- ↑ "FIFA U-17 World Cup Chile 2015 – List of Players" (PDF). fifadata.com. 28 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-11-03.
- ↑ "Nigeria head African party in Chile". fifa.com. Archived from the original on January 22, 2017.
Other websites
- Amadou Haidara at Soccerway