Amadou Haidara

Amadou Haidara  (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Mali national team.

Club career
Red Bull Salzburg
Haidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016 he went to FC Red Bull Salzburg in Austria. He went on loan to the second league side FC Liefering. Haidara also played for the FC Red Bull Salzburg U-19 team in the UEFA Youth League. There he scored two goals versus FK Vardar.

He made his first match in the third round of the 2016–17 league versus LASK Linz. He substituted Gideon Mensah after the halftime break and scored his first goal in the 48th minute for Liefering.

During the 2017–18 season Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group for the fourth  before beating Real Sociedad, Borussia Dortmund and Lazio Roma. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique de Marseille played out a 1–2 away loss but a 3–2 aggregate win to secure a place in the 2018 UEFA Europa League Final. In the quarterfinal he made a goal versus Roma.

RB Leipzig
On 22 December 2018 went to RB Leipzig. On 30 March 2019 he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC. In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.

He scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season on 8 December 2020.

International career
Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team. Haidara made his team debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification match against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.

Career statistics

Club

+ Appearances and goals by club, season and competitionClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotalDivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsLiefering (loan)2016–17Austrian First League252———252Red Bull Salzburg2016–17Austrian Bundesliga512100—722017–18Austrian Bundesliga3136118Two appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, sixteen appearances and three goals in UEFA Europa League4—5582018–19Austrian Bundesliga122207Three appearances in UEFA Champions League, four appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League1—213Total486102255—8313RB Leipzig2018–19Bundesliga913000—1212019–20Bundesliga190207Appearance(s) in UEFA Champions League0—2802020–21Bundesliga3136261—4362021–22Bundesliga203216Four appearances in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League0—2842022–23Bundesliga31250701Appearance in DFL-Supercup04422023–24Bundesliga1921050—252Total129111933111018015Career total202192955661028830

International

+ Appearances and goals by national team and yearNational teamYearAppsGoalsMali201720201840201991202021202170202290202330202470Total432

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first.

+ List of international goals scored by Amadou Haidara No.  Date  Venue  Opponent  Score  Result  Competition 1.  1 July 2019  Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt    1–0  1–0  2019 Africa Cup of Nations 2.  9 October 2020  Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey    3–0  3–0  Friendly

Honours
Red Bull Salzburg
Austrian Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18
Austrian Cup: 2016–17

RB Leipzig
 DFB-Pokal: 2021–22 2022–23, runner up: 2020–21

Mali U17
FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2015

Individual
Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18

References

Other websites

Category:1998 births
Category:Living people
Category:Association football midfielders
Category:Malian footballers
Category:Bundesliga players
Category:FC Red Bull Salzburg players
Category:FC Liefering players
Category:RB Leipzig players
Category:Austrian football champions