Moussa Diaby

Moussa Diaby (born 7 July 1999) is a French professional footballer who plays as a right winger or attacking midfielder for Premier League club Aston Villa and the France national team.[3]

Moussa Diaby
Diaby with Bayer Leverkusen in 2022
Personal information
Full name Moussa Diaby[1]
Date of birth (1999-07-07) 7 July 1999[2]
Place of birth Paris, France
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[2]
Position(s) Right winger, attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Aston Villa
Number 19
Youth career
2009–2013 Espérance Paris 19ème
2013–2017 Paris Saint-Germain
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2017 Paris Saint-Germain B 14 (2)
2018–2019 Paris Saint-Germain 25 (2)
2018 → Crotone (loan) 2 (0)
2019–2023 Bayer Leverkusen 125 (31)
2023– Aston Villa 5 (2)
International career‡
2016–2017 France U18 11 (2)
2017–2018 France U19 16 (5)
2018–2019 France U20 10 (7)
2019–2021 France U21 12 (0)
2021– France 10 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  France
UEFA Nations League
Winner2021 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 September 2023
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 27 March 2023

Club career

Paris Saint-Germain

Diaby is a product of the Paris Saint-Germain Youth Academy. He joined the club when he was 13 and began playing for the B team in 2017. Diaby was the recipient of the 2016 Titi d’Or as the most promising and best talent in the Paris Saint-Germain academy.[4]

Loan to Crotone

Diaby was loaned to F.C. Crotone for the second-half of the 2017–18 Serie A season.[4] He made his professional debut on 14 April 2018 in a Serie A match against Genoa. He replaced Marcello Trotta after 84 minutes in a 1–0 away loss.[5] He would make one further first team appearance for Crotone in their 1–1 draw against eventual champions Juventus on 18 April.[4]

Return to PSG

On 14 September 2018, Diaby, who replaced Lassana Diarra at halftime, scored for PSG in the 86th minute in a 4–0 win over AS Saint-Étienne.[6] Diaby became the 124th academy graduate to feature for the senior side.

He went on to make 25 Ligue 1 appearances in 2018–19, scoring four times across all competitions and averaging an assist every 190 minutes during the club's successful title defence.[4]

Bayer Leverkusen

On 14 June 2019, it was announced that Diaby would join Bayer Leverkusen on a five-year deal.[7] Diaby scored his first Bundesliga goal for Leverkusen in his first competitive start on 23 November 2019 in the club's 1–1 draw with SC Freiburg.[8][4]

Diaby scored Leverkusen's third goal in stoppage time to seal a win over 1. FC Union Berlin in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal on 4 March 2020.[9] In the next round, on 9 June 2020, Diaby scored the first goal in Leverkusen's 3–0 victory over fourth division 1. FC Saarbrücken to secure a spot in the 2020 DFB-Pokal Final.[10] On 21 August 2021, he scored in the Bundesliga against Borussia Mönchengladbach and it was his first goal of the season. He managed to score 9 goals and provided 8 assists in the 2022–23 season.[11]

Aston Villa

On 22 July 2023, Diaby joined Premier League club Aston Villa for an undisclosed fee, rejecting a move to the Saudi Pro League, which was reported to be a club-record £51.9m,[12] reuniting with former PSG manager Unai Emery.[13] On 27 July, Diaby scored minutes after coming on as a substitute in a 2–0 pre-season victory over Fulham in the Premier League Summer Series in the United States.[14] On 12 August, he scored a goal on his Premier League debut in a 5–1 away defeat against Newcastle United.[15]

International career
Diaby playing for France U-20

Diaby is a France youth international having represented the country at U18, U19, U20, and U21 levels.

He produced a goal and three assists at the 2018 UEFA European U19 Championship, earning a place in the team of the tournament.[16] The following summer, he scored one goal and assisted two more in four matches at the 2019 FIFA U20 World Cup where France were eliminated at the Round of 16 stage.[4][17]

On 26 August 2021, he received his first call to France senior squad.[18] He made his international debut on 1 September 2021 in the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina, replacing Kylian Mbappé in the last minute of the match.

Personal life

Diaby was born in Paris, France and has French nationality.[19] He is of Malian descent.[20]

Career statistics

Club
As of match played 8 October 2023[3]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Europe Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Paris Saint-Germain 2017–18 Ligue 1 000000000000
2018–19 Ligue 1 25261211[lower-alpha 3]000344
Total 25261211000344
Crotone (loan) 2017–18 Serie A 2000———20
Bayer Leverkusen 2019–20 Bundesliga 28552—6[lower-alpha 4]1—398
2020–21 Bundesliga 32432—8[lower-alpha 5]4—4310
2021–22 Bundesliga 321320—8[lower-alpha 5]4—4217
2022–23 Bundesliga 33910—14[lower-alpha 6]5—4814
Total 12531114—3614—17249
Aston Villa 2023–24 Premier League 9200102[lower-alpha 7]0—122
Career total 161351753139140022055
  1. Includes Coupe de France, DFB-Pokal
  2. Includes Coupe de la Ligue
  3. Appearance in UEFA Champions League
  4. Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
  5. Appearances in UEFA Europa League
  6. Six appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, eight appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League
  7. Appearance in UEFA Europa Conference League

International
As of match played 27 March 2023[21]
Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
France 202140
202240
202320
Total100

Honours

Paris Saint-Germain

France

Individual

References
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  8. "Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1:1 SC Freiburg". BBC. 23 November 2019. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  10. "Fourth-tier Saarbrucken's German Cup fairy tale came to an end as they were well beaten by Bayer Leverkusen in an empty stadium in the semi-final". BBC. 9 June 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2020.
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  12. Fisher, Ben (21 July 2023). "Aston Villa agree club-record £51.9m deal for Leverkusen's Moussa Diaby". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 July 2023.
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  22. "PSG Champions as Lille held at Toulouse". Ligue 1. 21 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 June 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2019.
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