Haidara with Red Bull Salzburg in 2018
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| Personal information | |||
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| Full name | Amadou Haidara | ||
| Date of birth | (1998-01-31) 31 January 1998 (age 26) | ||
| Place of birth | Bamako, Mali[1] | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[2] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | RB Leipzig | ||
| Number | 8 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 0000–2016 | JMG Academy Bamako | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2016–2019 | Red Bull Salzburg | 48 | (8) |
| 2016 | → Liefering (loan) | 25 | (2) |
| 2019– | RB Leipzig | 131 | (11) |
| International career‡ | |||
| 2015 | Mali U17 | 7 | (2) |
| 2017 | Mali U20 | 3 | (0) |
| 2017– | Mali | 44 | (2) |
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 21 May 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 6 June 2024 | |||
Amadou Haidara (born 31 January 1998) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Mali national team.
Haidara started his career with the Malian side JMG Academy Bamako. In July 2016, he was signed by FC Red Bull Salzburg. He was sent out on loan to the second league side FC Liefering, which is the farm team of Red Bull Salzburg. 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.[3]
He made his first appearance 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.[4]
During the 2017–18 season, Salzburg had their best ever European campaign. They finished top of their Europa League group, for a record fourth time, before beating Real Sociedad and Borussia Dortmund thus making their first ever appearance in the UEFA Europa League semi-final.[5] On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finalsasOlympique 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.[6]
On 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig.[7] On 30 March 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC.[8] In the 2019–20 season, RB Leipzig managed to reach the Champions League semi-finals.
On 8 December 2020, he scored his first Champions League goal in a 3–2 win over Manchester United in the 2020–21 season.[9]
Haidara played five matches for the Malian U17 team, scoring one goal. Haidara made his senior debut for the Mali national football team in a 2018 World Cup qualification tie against Ivory Coast on 6 October 2017.[10]
| Club | Season | League | National cup[a] | Europe | Other | Total | ||||||
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| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Liefering (loan) | 2016–17 | Austrian First League | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | 25 | 2 | |||
| Red Bull Salzburg | 2016–17 | Austrian Bundesliga | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | — | 7 | 2 | |
| 2017–18 | Austrian Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 18[b] | 4 | — | 55 | 8 | ||
| 2018–19 | Austrian Bundesliga | 12 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7[c] | 1 | — | 21 | 3 | ||
| Total | 48 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 5 | — | 83 | 13 | |||
| RB Leipzig | 2018–19 | Bundesliga | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 12 | 1 | |
| 2019–20 | Bundesliga | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
| 2020–21 | Bundesliga | 31 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 6[d] | 1 | — | 43 | 6 | ||
| 2021–22 | Bundesliga | 20 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6[e] | 0 | — | 28 | 4 | ||
| 2022–23 | Bundesliga | 31 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 7[d] | 0 | 1[f] | 0 | 44 | 2 | |
| 2023–24 | Bundesliga | 21 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5[d] | 0 | — | 27 | 2 | ||
| Total | 131 | 11 | 19 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 182 | 15 | ||
| Career total | 204 | 19 | 29 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 290 | 30 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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| Mali | 2017 | 2 | 0 |
| 2018 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 2 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 7 | 0 | |
| 2022 | 9 | 0 | |
| 2023 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2024 | 8 | 0 | |
| Total | 44 | 2 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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| 1. | 1 July 2019 | Ismailia Stadium, Ismailia, Egypt |  Angola |
1–0 | 1–0 | 2019 Africa Cup of Nations |
| 2. | 9 October 2020 | Emirhan Sport Center Stadium, Side, Turkey |  Ghana |
3–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
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