Amad Diallo (born 11 July 2002) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Premier League club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team.
Born in the Ivory Coast, Diallo moved to Italy as a child. He joined the Atalanta youth system in 2015, where he won two Campionato Primavera 1 titles. In 2019 he became the first player born in 2002 to score in the Serie A, on his professional debut for the senior team. In January 2021, Diallo joined English club Manchester United.
Diallo made his senior international debut for the Ivory Coast at the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers.
Club Career
Atalanta
2015–2020: Youth
With a number of Serie A clubs being interested in him while at Boca Barco, Diallo moved to Atalanta in 2015. While initially starting out in the Campionato Giovanissimi Regionali Professionisti – the under-14 championship of Italy – during the 2015–16 season, Diallo quickly moved to the Campionato Giovanissimi Nazionali, the under-15 championship. With the Atalanta Primavera, Diallo played in the Final Eight, scoring against Roma in the final and helping his side win the league title.
During the 2016–17 season he played for the under-15 side, before moving to the under-17 side in 2017–18 where he scored 12 goals in 27 appearances in the Campionato Nazionale Under-17. In 2018–19, Diallo scored 12 goals and made seven assists in 16 under-17 games, and six goals and six assists in 26 games in the Campionato Primavera 1, the under-19 championship. He won the 2018–19 season with Atalanta.
In 2019 Diallo won the Supercoppa Primavera, providing both assists in a 2–1 win over Fiorentina. He scored six goals and made six assists in 25 league games, helping Atalanta win the Campionato Primavera 1 in 2019–20 for a second successive season.
2019–2021: Senior
Coming through the youth system, Diallo made his Serie A debut on 27 October 2
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