Cheick Doucouré
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cheick Oumar Doucouré[1] | ||
Date of birth | 8 January 2000 | ||
Place of birth | Bamako, Mali | ||
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Crystal Palace | ||
Number | 28 | ||
Youth career | |||
2009–2017 | JMG Academy Bamako | ||
2016–2018 | Real Bamako | ||
2018 | Lens | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2018–2019 | Lens II | 5 | (0) |
2018–2022 | Lens | 115 | (6) |
2022– | Crystal Palace | 54 | (0) |
International career‡ | |||
2017 | Mali U17 | 8 | (0) |
2018– | Mali | 12 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19:28, 21 December 2024 (UTC) ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 18 June 2023 (UTC) |
Cheick Oumar Doucouré (born 8 January 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Mali national team.
Club career
[edit]Lens
[edit]Doucouré developed as a youth player at JMG Academy Bamako. He then spent the 2016–17 season with Real Bamako before moving the following season to Lens. Doucouré quickly cemented his place at Lens in the 2018–19 Ligue 2 campaign with him playing a total of 34 games across all competitions that season.[2]
Crystal Palace
[edit]On 11 July 2022, Doucouré was signed by English club Crystal Palace on a five-year contract.[3] In his first season, he was named the club's Player of the Year.[4]
On 25 November 2023, Doucouré sustained an Achilles injury in a 2–1 loss to Luton Town, likely ruling him out for the rest of the 2023–24 season.[5] On 28 February 2024, he extended his contract with Palace until 2029.[6]
International career
[edit]In October 2018, Doucouré received his first call-up to the Mali national team.[7] He made his debut for Mali in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Gabon on 17 November 2018.[8]
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of match played 21 December 2024
Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | League cup[b] | Other | Total | ||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
Lens II | 2017–18[9] | Championnat National 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | |||
2019–20[10] | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
Total | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||||
Lens | 2018–19[11] | Ligue 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4[c] | 0 | 35 | 2 |
2019–20[12] | Ligue 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | ||
2020–21[13] | Ligue 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 4 | |||
2021–22[14] | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 1 | |||
Total | 115 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 8 | ||
Crystal Palace | 2022–23[15] | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | |
2023–24[16] | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | ||
2024–25[17] | Premier League | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 10 | 0 | ||
Total | 54 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 57 | 0 | |||
Career total | 174 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 193 | 8 |
- ^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
- ^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
- ^ Appearances in Ligue 1 promotion play-offs
International
[edit]- As of match played 18 June 2023[18]
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Mali | 2018 | 1 | 0 |
2019 | 4 | 0 | |
2020 | 2 | 0 | |
2021 | 1 | 0 | |
2022 | 2 | 0 | |
2023 | 2 | 0 | |
Total | 12 | 0 |
Honours
[edit]Individual
- Crystal Palace Player of the Season: 2022–23[19]
References
[edit]- ^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
- ^ "Cheick Doucoure 2019/20 - scout report". Total Football Analysis Magazine. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Crystal Palace sign midfielder Cheick Doucouré from Lens". Crystal Palace. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
- ^ "Cheick Doucoure: Crystal Palace midfielder might miss rest of season with Achilles injury". BBC Sport. 27 November 2023.
- ^ "Cheick Doucouré signs new long-term Palace contract". Crystal Palace F.C. 28 February 2024.
- ^ Marteh, Danesius (6 October 2018). "Mali name squad for Afcon qualifiers against Burundi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "C. Doucouré et S. Diarra victorieux et qualifiés pour la CAN 2019 avec le Mali - Lensois.com". lensois.com. 18 November 2018.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
- ^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ Cheick Doucouré at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
External links
[edit]- Profile at the Crystal Palace F.C. website
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Footballers from Bamako
- Men's association football midfielders
- Malian men's footballers
- RC Lens players
- Crystal Palace F.C. players
- Ligue 1 players
- Ligue 2 players
- Championnat National 2 players
- Premier League players
- Mali men's international footballers
- Mali men's youth international footballers
- 2019 Africa Cup of Nations players
- Malian expatriate men's footballers
- Expatriate men's footballers in England
- Expatriate men's footballers in France
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in England
- Malian expatriate sportspeople in France
- 21st-century Malian people
- JMG Academy (Bamako) players