Amadou Haidara

Amadou Haidara

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Club career

Red Bull Salzburg

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. 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. 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. On 3 May 2018, he played in the Europa League semi-finals as Olympique 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.

RB Leipzig

On 22 December 2018, Haidara was signed by German club RB Leipzig. On 30 March 2019, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 5–0 win over Hertha BSC. 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.

Lens

On 23 December 2025, after seven years with RB…

International career

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. He took part in his first international tournament at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations. In December 2021, Haidara was named by head coach Mohamed Magassouba in Mali’s squad for the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations. On 2 January 2024, he was included in the list of twenty-seven Malian players selected by Éric Chelle to compete in the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations. On 11 December 2025, Haidara was called up to the Mali squad for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations.

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 22 August 2026

International

As of match played 9 January 2026

Scores and results list Mali's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Haidara goal.

Club
FC Red Bull Salzburg
Club
Mali men's national football team
Club
RB Leipzig
National team
Mali

Legacy

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

Austrian Bundesliga: 2016–17, 2017–18 Austrian Cup: 2016–17 RB Leipzig

DFB-Pokal: 2021–22, 2022–23; runner-up: 2020–21 Lens

Coupe de France: 2025–26 Trophée des Champions: 2026 Mali U17

FIFA U-17 World Cup runner-up: 2015 Individual

Austrian Bundesliga Team of the Year: 2017–18

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Identifiers & aliases
Description

Malian association football player (born 1998)

Position

midfielder

Extract from Wikipedia

Amadou Haidara is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Ligue 1 club Lens and the Mali national team.

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