Famara Diédhiou
Famara Diédhiou is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays for English Football League Championship side Bristol City, and the Senegal national team as a striker.
Club career
Sochaux
Diédhiou joined FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in 2014 from Gazélec Ajaccio. He made his Ligue 2 debut at 2 August 2014 against US Orléans playing the full game in a 0–1 home defeat on the opening day of the 2014–15 season. On 22 August 2014, he scored his first Ligue 2 goal against AC Arles-Avignon.Clermont (loan)
On 2 February 2015, Diédhiou joined Clermont Foot on loan from Sochaux. For the 2015–16 Ligue 2 season, he went back on loan to Clermont again. In that season, he scored 22 goals in 37 matches.Angers
In summer 2016, he moved up a tier joining Ligue 1 club Angers SCO who paid Sochaux a transfer fee of £1.36 million. In 2016–17, his only season at the club, he played 35 times scoring 9 goals.Bristol City
On 28 June 2017, Diédhiou signed a four-year contract with English Championship club Bristol City for a club record transfer fee of £5.3 million. He scored on his debut for Bristol City in a 3–1 win over Barnsley on 5 August 2017. During the 2017–18 season Bristol City reached the semi finals of the EFL Cup, with Diédhiou scoring in the 2—0 upset against Premier League opponents Stoke City in the third round.In his first season at the club scoring 14 goals in 36 appearances in all competitions, finishing the club's 2nd top scorer behind Bobby Reid for Bristol City. In May 2018 he received a six-match ban due to a spitting incident in a match against Birmingham City in April 2018. Diédhiou denied the charges, leading the club to appeal the ban on 21 June 2018. Bristol City appealed the 6 match ban, however the decision was upheld on 14 July 2018, meaning Diédhiou was suspended for the opening six matches of the 2018–19 season.
He scored 13 goals in the league for the second consecutive seasons during the 2018/19 campaign, and finished as Bristol City's top scorer with 13 goals in all competitions.
International career
Diédhiou scored his first goal for Senegal in a 2–0 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Namibia.His second international goal came in a friendly vs Brazil, scoring a penalty after Sadio Mane was fouled in the penalty area.
Career statistics
Club
International goals
| No | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
| 1. | 3 September 2016 | Stade Léopold Sédar Senghor, Dakar, Senegal | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2017 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 2. | 10 October 2019 | Singapore National Stadium, Kallang, Singapore | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly | |
| 3. | 17 November 2019 | Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Eswatini | 1–0 | 4–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 4. | 17 November 2019 | Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Eswatini | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification | |
| 5. | 17 November 2019 | Mavuso Sports Centre, Manzini, Eswatini | 3–0 | 4–1 | 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification |