Sofiane Diop
 Diop with Nice in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sofiane Daouda Diop[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 9 June 2000 | ||
| Place of birth | Tours, France | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Nice | ||
| Number | 10 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 2006–2014 | Tours | ||
| 2014–2015 | US Chambray | ||
| 2015–2018 | Rennes | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2018 | Rennes B | 10 | (2) |
| 2018–2019 | Monaco B | 14 | (2) |
| 2018–2022 | Monaco | 76 | (14) |
| 2019–2020 | → Sochaux (loan) | 15 | (1) |
| 2022– | Nice | 100 | (15) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2018 | France U18 | 3 | (0) |
| 2018 | France U19 | 7 | (3) |
| 2019 | France U20 | 2 | (0) |
| 2021–2022 | France U21 | 13 | (4) |
| 2025– | Morocco | 1 | (0) |
|
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 18 October 2026 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 19 November 2025 | |||
Sofiane Daouda Diop (born 9 June 2000) is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Nice. Born in France, he plays for the Morocco national team.
Club career
[edit]Monaco
[edit]On 5 July 2018, Diop signed his first professional contract with Monaco after his debut season with the reserve side of Rennes.[3] He made his professional debut in a 4–0 loss to Paris Saint-Germain on 4 August 2018 in the Trophée des Champions.[4]
Nice
[edit]On 29 August 2022, fellow Ligue 1 club Nice announced the signing of Diop from Monaco.[5]
International career
[edit]Diop holds both French and Senegalese nationalities.[6][7] He was a youth international for the France U18s.[8]
In November 2023, Diop opted to play for Morocco over France and Senegal.[9]
Two years later, Diop finally made his senior international debut in a friendly against Uganda.
Personal life
[edit]Diop was born to a Senegalese father and a Moroccan mother.[10] His younger brother, Edan Diop, is also a professional footballer.[11]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 18 October 2026[12]
| Club | Season | League | Coupe de France | Coupe de la Ligue | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Rennes B | 2017–18 | Championnat National 1 | 10 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 2 | ||||
| Monaco B | 2018–19 | Championnat National 1 | 13 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 13 | 2 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 14 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | ||||||
| Monaco | 2018–19 | Ligue 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4[a] | 0 | 1[b] | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | 35 | 7 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 30 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 11[c] | 2 | — | 45 | 9 | |||
| 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 2[a] | 0 | — | 3 | 1 | |||
| Total | 76 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 105 | 17 | ||
| Sochaux (loan) | 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 1 | ||
| Sochaux B (loan) | 2019–20 | Championnat National 3 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Nice | 2022–23 | Ligue 1 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | 5[d] | 1 | — | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | Ligue 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 10 | 0 | ||||
| 2024–25 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 6 | 3 | 0 | — | 7[e] | 0 | — | 38 | 6 | |||
| 2025–26 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 8 | 4 | 2 | — | 7[f] | 0 | 2[g] | 0 | 46 | 10 | ||
| 2026–27 | Ligue 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 7 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 100 | 15 | 8 | 2 | — | 19 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 129 | 18 | |||
| Career total | 216 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 274 | 40 | ||
- 1 2 Appearances in UEFA Champions League
- ↑ Appearance in Trophée des Champions
- ↑ Four appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, seven appearances and one goal in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa Conference League
- ↑ Appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Two appearances in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
- ↑ Appearances in Ligue 1 relegation/promotion play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 18 November 2025
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Monaco
- Coupe de France runner-up: 2020–21[13]
Nice
References
[edit]- ↑ "CAF Unveils Morocco's Provisional AFCON 2023 Squad List". 20 December 2023.
- ↑ "Sofiane Diop". OGC Nice. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ↑ "AS Monaco - Mercato : Sofiane Diop raconte ses 1ers pas sur le Rocher".
- ↑ "LFP.fr - Ligue de Football Professionnel - Trophée des Champions - Saison 2018/2019 - Finale - Paris Saint-Germain / AS Monaco". www.lfp.fr.
- ↑ "Sofiane Diop joins OGC Nice". OGC Nice. 29 August 2022. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
- ↑ "Sofiane DIOP". unfp.org. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
- ↑ "Mercato : Sofiane Diop (18 ans) quitte Rennes pour Monaco !".
- ↑ "Sofiane Diop rejoint l'AS Monaco – News – AS Monaco FC". asmonaco.com.
- ↑ "OGC Nice's Sofiane Diop opts to play for Morocco and received his first call-up". Get French Football News. 9 November 2023.
- ↑ "Tours : l'élan de générosité du footballeur Sofiane Diop". lanouvellerepublique.fr (in French). 6 December 2020. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ "Tours : les parents du footballeur Sofiane Diop ont aussi du coeur". lanouvellerepublique.fr. 27 January 2021.
- ↑ "S. Diop". Soccerway. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ↑ "PSG beat Monaco to win French Cup". BBC Sport. 19 May 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ↑ Brotherton, Alex (22 May 2026). "Lens 3-1 Nice: Lens end Coupe de France curse to lift trophy for first time in their history". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the OGC Nice website
- Sofiane Diop at the French Football Federation (in French)
- Sofiane Diop – French league stats at Ligue 1 – also available in French (archived)
- Sofiane Diop – UEFA competition record (archive)
Categories:
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Tours, France
- Moroccan men's footballers
- Morocco men's international footballers
- French men's footballers
- France men's youth international footballers
- Moroccan people of Senegalese descent
- French sportspeople of Moroccan descent
- French sportspeople of Senegalese descent
- Men's association football midfielders
- Tours FC players
- Stade Rennais FC players
- AS Monaco FC players
- FC Sochaux-Montbéliard players
- OGC Nice players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 1 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- 21st-century Moroccan sportsmen
- 21st-century French sportsmen
