Sofiane Diop
Diop with Sochaux in 2019
Personal information
Full name Sofiane Daouda Diop[1]
Date of birth (2000-06-09) 9 June 2000
Place of birth Tours, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2]
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Nice
Number 10
Youth career
2006–2014 Tours
2014–2015 US Chambray
2015–2018 Rennes
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Rennes B 10 (2)
2018–2019 Monaco B 14 (2)
2018–2022 Monaco 76 (14)
2019–2020 → Sochaux (loan) 15 (1)
2022– Nice 30 (1)
International career‡
2018 France U18 3 (0)
2018 France U19 7 (3)
2019 France U20 2 (0)
2021–2022 France U21 13 (4)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 10 November 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 26 September 2022

Sofiane Daouda Diop (born 9 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice. Born in France, he has opted to play for the Morocco national team.

Club career

Monaco

On 5 July 2018, Diop signed his first professional contract with Monaco after his debut season with the reserve side of Rennes.[3] He made his professional debut in a 4–0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 4 August 2018 in the Trophée des Champions.[4]

Nice

On 29 August 2022, fellow Ligue 1 club Nice announced the signing of Diop from Monaco.[5]

International career

Diop was born in France to a Senegalese father and Moroccan mother.[6] He holds both French and Senegalese nationalities.[7] He was a youth international for the France U18s.[8]

Sofiane Diop opted to play for Morocco over France and Senegal.

On 9 November 2023 he was named in Morocco's 25 man squad for the 2026 World Cup qualifier against Tanzania.

Personal life

Sofiane's younger brother Edan Diop is also a professional footballer.[9]

Career statistics

As of match played 27 May 2023[10]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup League cup Europe Other Total
Division AppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Rennes B 2017–18 Championnat National 2 102————102
Monaco B 2018–19 Championnat National 2 132————132
2019–20 Championnat National 2 10————10
Total 142————142
Monaco 2018–19 Ligue 1 13010304[lower-alpha 1]01[lower-alpha 2]0220
2020–21 Ligue 1 32730———357
2021–22 Ligue 1 30641—11[lower-alpha 3]2—459
2022–23 Ligue 1 1100—2[lower-alpha 1]0—31
Total 761481301721010517
Sochaux (loan) 2019–20 Ligue 2 1510000——151
Sochaux B (loan) 2019–20 Championnat National 3 10————10
Nice 2022–23 Ligue 1 21110—5[lower-alpha 4]1—272
Career total 1362091302231017224
  1. 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
  2. ↑ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
  3. ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ↑ Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa Conference League

Honours

Monaco

References

  1. ↑ "CAF Unveils Morocco's Provisional AFCON 2023 Squad List".
  2. ↑ "Sofiane Diop". AS Monaco FC. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
  3. ↑ "AS Monaco - Mercato : Sofiane Diop raconte ses 1ers pas sur le Rocher".
  4. ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Trophée des Champions - Saison 2018/2019 - Finale - Paris Saint-Germain / AS Monaco". www.lfp.fr.
  5. ↑ "Sofiane Diop joins OGC Nice". OGC Nice. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
  6. ↑ "Mercato : Sofiane Diop (18 ans) quitte Rennes pour Monaco !".
  7. ↑ "Sofiane DIOP". unfp.org. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sofiane Diop rejoint l'AS Monaco - News - AS Monaco FC". www.asmonaco.com.
  9. ↑ "Tours : les parents du footballeur Sofiane Diop ont aussi du coeur". lanouvellerepublique.fr.
  10. ↑ "S. Diop". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  11. ↑ "PSG beat Monaco to win French Cup". BBC Sport. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2022.
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