Amad Diallo

He made his FA Cup debut on 21 March, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute in a 3–1 away defeat against Leicester City in the quarter-finals.

On 11 May, Diallo made his Premier League debut against Leicester City, assisting Mason Greenwood's goal in a 2–1 defeat; the goal was the first time in 15 years a teenager assisted another for a Premier League goal.

Diallo played his first game of the 2021–22 season on 8 December 2021, starting the UEFA Champions League group stage match against Young Boys.

Diallo was loaned to Scottish Premiership club Rangers on 27 January 2022, for the remainder of the 2021–22 season.

He made his debut on 29 January, scoring the opener of the game as a starter in a 3–3 away draw to Ross County.

On 31 August 2022, Diallo joined Sunderland in the EFL Championship on a season-long loan.

He scored his first goal for Sunderland on 22 October, in a 4–2 home defeat to Burnley.

With three goals in five games in December, Amad won the EFL Young Player of the Month award.

Diallo finished the season with 14 goals and 4 assists across all competitions, including a free kick from 25 yards in the play-off semi final against Luton Town.

Diallo made his Champions League debut on 1 December, after being subbed on in the 68th minute against Midtjylland in a 1–1 home draw.

Amad Diallo (born 11 July 2002) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger or midfielder for club Manchester United and the Ivory Coast national team.

Born in the Ivory Coast, Diallo moved to Italy as a child.

He became the first player born in 2002 to score in the Italian top flight.

He started out at Boca Barco's youth team in September 2014, where he impressed at a Christmas tournament the same year; he was the tournament's top goalscorer as the youngest on the field.

He joined the Atalanta youth system in 2015, where he won two Campionato Primavera 1 titles.

Diallo was officially registered to the team on 14 January 2015.

With a number of Serie A clubs being interested in him while at Boca Barco, Diallo moved to Atalanta in 2015.

While initially starting with the under-14s during the 2015–16 season, Diallo quickly moved to the under-15 team.

He played in the Final Eight, scoring against Roma in the final and helping his side win the league title.

During the 2016–17 season, he played for the under-15 side before moving to the under-17s in 2017–18, where he scored 12 goals in 27 appearances.

In 2018–19, Diallo scored 12 goals and made seven assists in 16 under-17 games, and six goals and six assists in 26 games in the Campionato Primavera 1, the under-19 championship.

He won the 2018–19 season with Atalanta.

In 2019, he scored on his debut for the senior team, making him the first player born in 2002 to score in Serie A.

In January 2021, Diallo joined English club Manchester United.

He has had loan spells at Rangers and Sunderland.

Diallo made his senior international debut for the Ivory Coast in March 2021, in a 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification game.

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Diallo emigrated to Italy at a young age.

In 2019, Diallo won the Supercoppa Primavera, providing both assists in a 2–1 win over Fiorentina.

He scored six goals and made six assists in 25 league games, helping Atalanta win the Campionato Primavera 1 in 2019–20 for a second successive season.

Diallo made his Serie A debut on 27 October 2019, coming on as a 79th-minute substitute against Udinese, and scored his first goal four minutes later in a 7–1 home win.

His first UEFA Champions League call-up came on 11 December 2019, as an unused substitute in a 3–0 away win against Shakhtar Donetsk.

Diallo's first league game in the 2020–21 season was on 28 November 2020, as a 77th-minute substitute against Hellas Verona; Atalanta lost 2–0 at home.

On 5 October 2020, Manchester United agreed to sign Diallo in January 2021, pending the agreement of personal terms, passing a medical and the issue of a work permit.

The reported fee was of €25 million – €40 million including bonuses.

Diallo officially joined on 7 January 2021, on a five-year contract with the option of an extra year.

Diallo scored a brace on his debut for the Under-23s, in a 6–3 win over Liverpool on 30 January.

He was first called up to the senior team on 9 February, as an unused substitute in an FA Cup fifth round match against West Ham United, which ended in a 1–0 Manchester United win after extra time.

On 18 February, Diallo made his first-team debut for United as a substitute for Mason Greenwood in a 4–0 away win over Real Sociedad in the first leg of the Europa League round of 32 tie.

His first goal for United came on 11 March, in a 1–1 home draw against AC Milan in the first leg of the Europa League round of 16 tie.

On 13 March, Diallo was selected by the IFFHS in their 2020 CAF Youth Team of the Year (U20).