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
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 41 (0)
International career‡
2017 Mali U17 8 (0)
2018– Mali 12 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20:38, 21 August 2023 (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

Lens

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]

Crystal Palace

On 11 July 2022, Doucouré signed a five-year contract with Crystal Palace.[3] In his first season with Crystal Palace, he won the club's Player of the Year award.[4]

International career

In October 2018, Doucouré received his first call-up to the Mali national team.[5] He made his debut for Mali in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Gabon on 17 November 2018.[6]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 November 2023
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National cup[lower-alpha 1] League cup[lower-alpha 2] Other Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lens II 2017–18[7] Championnat National 2 40———40
2019–20[8] Championnat National 2 10———10
Total 50———50
Lens 2018–19[9] Ligue 2 27220204[lower-alpha 3]0352
2019–20[10] Ligue 2 2111020—241
2020–21[11] Ligue 1 33222——354
2021–22[12] Ligue 1 34130——371
Total 11568240401318
Crystal Palace 2022–23[13] Premier League 3401000—350
2023–24[14] Premier League 1000010—110
Total 4401010—460
Career total 16469250401828
  1. ↑ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
  2. ↑ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
  3. ↑ Appearances in Ligue 1 promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 18 June 2023[15]
Mali
YearAppsGoals
201810
201940
202020
202110
202220
202320
Total120

Honours

Individual

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. ↑ "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  5. ↑ Marteh, Danesius (6 October 2018). "Mali name squad for Afcon qualifiers against Burundi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ↑ "C. Doucouré et S. Diarra victorieux et qualifiés pour la CAN 2019 avec le Mali - Lensois.com". lensois.com. 18 November 2018.
  7. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  9. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  10. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  12. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  13. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  14. ↑ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
  15. ↑ Cheick Doucouré at National-Football-Teams.com
  16. ↑ "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
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