BirthOctober 161997

Aliou Dieng

Aliou Dieng, Malian footballer

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When
Thursday, October 16 199729 years ago
Category
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Era
20th century · 1990s
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Person
Aliou Dieng

At a glance

Born 1997-10-16.

Known as: association football player. Citizenship: Mali.

Listed as: human.

Who they were

Aliou Dieng is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Valencia and the Mali national team.

Path and career

Career statistics Club As of 21 May 2026 Appearances and goals by club, season and competition Club Season League Cup League Cup Continental Other Total Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals MC Alger 2017–18 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 10 0 3 0 — 8 [ a ] 0 — 21 0 2018–19 27 1 2 0 — — — 32 1 Total 37 1 5 0 — 8 0 — 50 1 Al Ahly 2019–20 Egyptian Premier League 26 1 3 0 0 0 11 [ a ] 1 1 [ b ] 0 41 2 2020–21 33 0 4 0 0 0 13 [ a ] 1 4 [

Honours Al Ahly Egyptian Premier League : 2019–20 , 2022–23 , 2023–24 Egypt Cup : 2019–20 , 2021–22 , 2022–23 Egyptian Super Cup : 2018–19 , 2021–22 , 2022–23, 2023–24 CAF Champions League : 2019–20 , 2020–21 , 2022–23 , 2023–24 CAF Super Cup : 2021 (May) , 2021 (December)

Why this date

Aliou Dieng appears on our October 16 calendar for 1997 as a birth entry.

October 16 through the years

Other entries on the same calendar day, in order.

  1. 1991Luby's
  2. 1995Skye Bridge
  3. 1995Million Man March
  4. 1996Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores disaster
  5. 1997Aliou Dieng
  6. 1998Augusto Pinochet
  7. 19991999 Hector Mine earthquake
  8. 2002Bibliotheca Alexandrina
  9. 2013Lao Airlines Flight 301
  10. 2017Hurricane Ophelia (2017)
  11. 2017Daphne Caruana Galizia

Also in 1997

  • May 11Deep Blue (chess computer)Deep Blue defeated Garry Kasparov in six games to become the first chess computer to win a match against a world champion.
  • September 11NASANASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.
  • September 11Kurkse tragedyKurkse tragedy: Fourteen Estonian soldiers of the Baltic Battalion are drowned or die of hypothermia during a training exercise in the Ku…
  • September 111997 Scottish devolution referendumAfter a nationwide referendum, Scotland votes to establish a devolved parliament within the United Kingdom.
  • September 13German Air ForceA German Air Force Tupolev Tu-154 and a United States Air Force Lockheed C-141 Starlifter collide in mid-air near Namibia, killing 33.
  • September 14Howrah–Ahmedabad Superfast ExpressEighty-one killed as five bogies of the Ahmedabad–Howrah Express plunge into a river in Bilaspur district of Madhya Pradesh, India.
  • September 18Ted TurnerUnited States media magnate Ted Turner donates US$1 billion to the United Nations.
  • September 18Ottawa TreatyThe Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention is adopted.

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October 16 1997 — 29 years ago, on a Thursday.

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