page_title: Mamady Sidibé
section_title: Stoke City
hierarchical_section_title: Mamady Sidibé / Club career / Stoke City
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context_page_description: Mamady Sidibé is a Malian former footballer who played as a forward.
  Sidibé moved from his native Mali to France when he was two years old. After playing football for a number of lower French league sides he joined Swansea City in 2001. He spent a single season at the Welsh club before signing for Gillingham. After three and a half years in Kent Sidibé rejected an offer of a new contract and joined Stoke City in July 2005 on a free transfer.
  He went on to become a key member of Tony Pulis's first team and helped the club gain promotion to the Premier League in 2008. His career at Stoke was disrupted from 2010 by a serious Achilles tendon injury, which recurred after his return and was then compounded by a knee dislocation, in total keeping him out of first-team football for more than two years. After his return, Sidibé spent time out on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and Tranmere Rovers before his contract at Stoke ended in May 2013. He then briefly joined Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia, before retiring from professional football in 2015.
context_section_description: Sidibé joined Stoke City on a two-year contract on a free transfer in June 2005. Tony Pulis, who brought Sidibé to Stoke, was sacked just four days later. He performed as a lone striker for the early stages of the 2005–06 season, keeping Bruce Dyer on the bench. Eventually, new Stoke manager Johan Boskamp signed Sambégou Bangoura to play alongside him in attack. He scored his first goal for City in a 3–1 win against Norwich City in August 2005. However, he did not score again for another 15 games.
   He went on to make 47 appearances during the 2005–06 season scoring seven goals. Sidibé was more prolific during the 2006–07 season scoring nine goals as Stoke narrowly missed out on a play-off place.
  Sidibé made 33 appearances for Stoke City in the 2007–08 season, scoring four goals including a vital brace against Bristol City as Stoke were promoted to the Premier League. On 23 August 2008, Sidibé scored the third goal in Stoke City's 3–2 home win against Aston Villa, when Rory Delap's long throw was headed home by Sidibé. This was Stoke's first ever win in the Premier League. Sidibé has since gone on to score his second Premier League goal of his career and season against West Bromwich Albion in a 1–0 win against their fellow newly promoted rivals. On 6 December, Sidibé netted his third goal at Newcastle United, to start the fightback from Stoke losing 2–0 to eventually draw 2–2, putting them 13th place in the league. On 12 December, Sidibé suffered a knee injury whilst playing for Stoke City against Fulham at the Britannia Stadium. The injury kept Sidibé out for two months but he injured the same knee again during the warm up for a reserve game against Aston Villa Reserves. It was revealed that he needed surgery.
  Sidibé made his return from injury coming on as a second-half substitute in a 2–2 draw with Wolverhampton Wanderers. The decision by the management to rush Sidibé back from injury has come under heavy criticism from supporters. Sidibé thought he scored in a 1–0 defeat at Aston Villa however referee Lee Probert deemed it to be a foul on Stephen Warnock. He made his 150th appearance for City against Fulham on 6 January 2010 when he scored the third goal in a 3–2 win for Stoke. Sidibé signed a new contract at Stoke in February 2010, extending his stay at the Britannia Stadium until June 2012. 
  Sidibé snapped his achilles tendon against Tottenham Hotspur which ruled him out the rest of 2010. He returned to first team training in January 2011. He marked his return to the side by scoring in a reserve game against Burton Albion on 8 February. However two days later in a training session Sidibé again snapped his Achilles tendon ending his season. Sidibé admitted he broke down in tears when he snapped his right Achilles tendon for a second time in six months.
  After 14 months out Sidibé made his comeback from his injury in a reserve match against Nottingham Forest. However, in his next reserve match against Port Vale Sidibé suffered more injury woe as he was carried off in the second half with a dislocated knee. After suffering his third serious injury in two years Sidibé admitted that he had considered retiring from football. On 22 November 2012 Sidibé joined Sheffield Wednesday on a months loan. His loan spell at Hillsborough was extended until 19 January 2013. He scored his first goal for the "Owls" in a 1–0 win away at Bolton Wanderers. In February 2013 Sidibé joined League One side Tranmere Rovers on loan until the end of the 2012–13 season. His loan spell at Prenton Park was cut short due to an abductor injury. He left Stoke at the end of the 2012–13 season after scoring 26 goals in 186 appearances for the club in an eight-year spell.
caption: Sidibé in action at the Britannia Stadium for Stoke City.
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