Assane Dioussé
Full name: Assane Dioussé El Hadji
Country: Senegal
Date of birth: 20/09/1997 (18 years old)
Place of birth: Dakar (Senegal)
Height: 175cm
Youth career: Empoli FC
Current club: Empoli FC
Squad number: 14
Current national team: —
Position: defensive midfielder, central midfielder
Preferred foot: left
Market value (by transfermarkt.de): 400.000 €
Tournaments participated in: Viareggio Cup 2014 (3/0), Viareggio Cup 2015 (3/0)
Contract until: 30.06.2020
Player’s agent: unknown
Similar type of player: combined playing styles of Miguel Veloso & Giannelli Imbula
Strengths:
– passing 
– vision
– teamwork
– tactical intelligence
– ball control 
– speed 
– technique
– defensive contribution
– physicality 
Style of play:
– creative holding midfielder/regista
– elegant midfield controller
– likes to play short passes
– likes to come deep to get ball and dictate tempo
– likes to hold on to the ball and assess passing options on the move
– improves the team’s off the ball movement when in possession
– very good in combination play
– constantly asking for the ball and often is an additional passing option
– often looks for to play counter attacking passes
– possesses excellent range of passing
– very confident on the ball
– excellent positional sense and an acute tactical ability to read the game
– determined and hardworking
He is best suited to playing as:
Defensive midfielder in 4-3-1-2.
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Achievements:
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League summary:
Serie A 2015/2016 (ongoing): 4 matches/0 goals (Empoli)
Description:
Assane Dioussé came to Italy as a very young boy. His home club is Empoli, where he played for their academy. He made his professional debut on 15 August 2015 in Coppa Itaila game against Vicenza Calcio. His Serie A debut happened just a week later, in a 1-3 home loss against Chievo Verona. He formed a very interesting partnership with a talented Polish player, Piotr Zieliński, and practically on the spot became a very important player for Empoli, as well as being one of the biggest discoveries of the first round in Serie A. If he keeps this up, it is almost certain that richer club than “Azzurri” will be in for him very soon.
Quotes:
“Every year I return to Senegal and it pushes me to work even harder to make my family proud for everything they have done for me.”
(Assane Dioussé)
Football Talent Scout potential rating:
8/10 
First team material in a top European club.
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