Alassane Diatta
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 14 May 2005 | ||
| Place of birth | Diouloulou, Senegal | ||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Villarreal | ||
| Number | 5 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Mbour Petite-Côte | |||
| 2022–2023 | Keur Madior FC | ||
| 2023–2024 | Villarreal | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2024–2026 | Villarreal B | 60 | (6) |
| 2024– | Villarreal | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 27 May 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 15:13, 28 January 2026 (UTC) | |||
Alassane Diatta (born 14 May 2005) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Villarreal.
Club career
[edit]Diatta is a product of the youth academies of the Senegalese clubs Mbour Petite-Côte and Keur Madior FC, before moving to Villarreal's academy on 18 November 2023 on a 4-year contract.[1] He was promoted to Villarreal B in the Primera Federación for the 2024–25 season. He debuted with the senior Villarreal team as a substitute in a 1–0 Copa del Rey loss to Pontevedra on 4 December 2024.[2]
On 12 December 2025, Diatta renewed his contract with the Yellow Submarine until 2030.[3] The following July, after impressing in the pre-season, he was promoted to the first team in La Liga.[4]
Career statistics
[edit]- As of 1 September 2026
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Villarreal B | 2024–25 | Primera Federación | 28 | 1 | — | — | — | 28 | 1 | |||
| 2025–26 | Primera Federación | 32 | 5 | — | — | — | 32 | 5 | ||||
| Total | 60 | 6 | — | — | — | 60 | 6 | |||||
| Villarreal | 2024–25 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2025–26 | La Liga | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1[a] | 0 | — | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2026–27 | La Liga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | ||
| Total | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 3 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 62 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 63 | 6 | ||
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Champions League
References
[edit]- ↑ Rakotoaritiana, Tahiry (18 November 2023). "Alassane Diatta signe son premier contrat pro avec un club espagnol". AfricaFoot (in French). Retrieved 29 January 2026.
- ↑ "Coupe du Roi : Pontevedra gâche la première d'Alassane Diatta avec Villarreal | Wiwsport". 4 December 2024.
- ↑ "Villarreal CF renew Alassane Diatta's contract". Villarreal CF. 12 December 2025. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
- ↑ "Maciá y Diatta, los dos gigantes del Villarreal que han llegado para quedarse" [Maciá and Diatta, the two giants of Villarreal who have arrived to stay] (in Spanish). El Periódico Mediterráneo. 28 July 2026. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Villarreal CF website
- Alassane Diatta – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Alassane Diatta at LaPreferente.com (in Spanish)
- Alassane Diatta at Soccerway
Categories:
- 2005 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Ziguinchor
- Senegalese men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Villarreal CF players
- Villarreal CF B players
- Primera Federación players
- 21st-century Senegalese sportsmen
- Senegalese expatriate men's footballers
- Senegalese expatriates in Spain
- Expatriate men's footballers in Spain
