Amadou Haidara

Amadou Haidara
Haidara with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
Personal information
Full name Amadou Haidara
Date of birth (1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 26)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
RB Leipzig
Number 8
Youth career
0000–2016 JMG Academy Bamako
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2016–2019 Red Bull Salzburg 48 (8)
2016Liefering (loan) 25 (2)
2019– RB Leipzig 123 (9)
International career
2015 Mali U17 7 (2)
2017 Mali U20 3 (0)
2017– Mali 41 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:53, 2 March 2024 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 3 February 2024

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.

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

Haidara 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.

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.

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. 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.

RB Leipzig

On 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig. On 30 March 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC. 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.

International career

Haidara 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.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 6 March 2024.
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup 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 4 55 8
2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga 12 2 2 0 7 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 0 28 0
2020–21 Bundesliga 31 3 6 2 6 1 43 6
2021–22 Bundesliga 20 3 2 1 6 0 28 4
2022–23 Bundesliga 31 2 5 0 7 0 1 0 44 2
2023–24 Bundesliga 13 0 1 0 5 0 19 0
Total 123 9 19 3 31 1 1 0 174 13
Career total 196 17 29 5 56 6 1 0 282 28
  1. ^ Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
  2. ^ Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, sixteen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  3. ^ Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  4. ^ a b c d Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League
  5. ^ Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. ^ Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 3 February 2024.
Appearances and goals by national team and year
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 5 0
Total 41 2
Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.
List of international goals scored by Amadou Haidara
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

Red Bull Salzburg

RB Leipzig

Mali U17

Individual


This page was last updated at 2024-03-14 06:51 UTC. Update now. View original page.

All our content comes from Wikipedia and under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.


Top

If mathematical, chemical, physical and other formulas are not displayed correctly on this page, please useFirefox or Safari