Cheick Doucouré

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.

Not to be confused with Cheick Doukouré.

Cheick Doucouré
Doucouré with Lens in 2019
Personal information
Full name Cheick Oumar Doucouré[1]
Date of birth (2000-01-08) 8 January 2000
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club 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 117 (5)
2022– Crystal Palace 20 (0)
International career‡
2017 Mali U17 8 (0)
2018– Mali 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 18:46, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 22:40, 15 November 2022 (UTC)

Club career

Doucouré developed as a youth player at JMG Academy Bamako. He then spent his 2016/17 season with AS Real Bamako before moving the following season to RC 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]

On 11 July 2022, Doucouré signed a five-year contract with Crystal Palace.[3]

International career

In October 2018 he received his first call-up to the Mali national football team.[4] He made his debut for Mali in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Gabon on 17 November 2018.[5]

Career statistics
As of match played 11 February 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
RC Lens II 2017–18[6] Championnat National 2 4000004080
2019–20[7] Championnat National 2 1000000010
RC Lens 2018–19[8] Ligue 2 292202000332
2019–20[9] Ligue 2 211101000231
2020–21[10] Ligue 1 332220000354
2021–22[11] Ligue 1 341201000371
Crystal Palace 2022–23[12] Premier League 200100000210
Career total 14268240401588

International
As of matches played on 15 November 2022[13]
Mali national team
YearAppsGoals
201940
202010
202230
Total80

References
  1. "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  2. "Cheick Doucoure 2019/20 - scout report". Total Football Analysis Magazine. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  3. "Crystal Palace sign midfielder Cheick Doucouré from Lens". Crystal Palace. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
  4. Marteh, Danesius (6 October 2018). "Mali name squad for Afcon qualifiers against Burundi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  5. "C. Doucouré et S. Diarra victorieux et qualifiés pour la CAN 2019 avec le Mali - Lensois.com". lensois.com. 18 November 2018.
  6. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  7. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  10. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  12. "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  13. Cheick Doucouré at National-Football-Teams.com
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