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Biography
Mouctar Diakhaby (born 19 December 1996) is a French professional footballer who plays for Valencia in La Liga. He has also represented the French national youth teams starting from the France national under-19 football team.
Club career
Lyon
Diakhaby made his first team debut for Lyon on 10 September 2016 in a Ligue 1 match against Bordeaux, playing the whole match in a 3–1 home loss. On 30 November 2016, he scored his first competitive goal for the Lyon first team in a 6–0 Ligue 1 away rout of Nantes. On 23 February 2017, Diakhaby scored a goal (in the 89th minute) in the 2016–17 Europa League round of 32 second-leg 7–1 home win over AZ Alkmaar to register his first career UEFA Europa League or UEFA Champions League goal. He also scored a goal in each of two legs of the 2016–17 Europa League round of 16 tie against Roma.
Valencia
On 28 June 2018, Diakhaby signed a five-year deal with Spanish side Valencia.
International career
Diakhaby was born in France and is of Guinean descent. He is a youth international for France.
Career statistics
Club
- As of 16 July 2020.
| Club | Season | League | National Cup | League Cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Lyon | 2016–17 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 5 |
| 2017–18 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Total | 34 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 7 | ||
| Valencia | 2018–19 | La Liga | 22 | 2 | 7 | 0 | — | 9 | 1 | — | 38 | 3 | ||
| 2019–20 | 21 | 0 | 3 | 0 | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | |||
| Total | 43 | 2 | 10 | 0 | — | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 77 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 122 | 10 | ||
Honours
Valencia
- Copa del Rey: 2018–19
