Amad Diallo

Atalanta

2015–2020: Youth

With a number of Serie A clubs being interested in him while at Boca Barco, Amad moved to Atalanta in 2015. While initially starting with the under-14s during the 2015–16 season, Amad 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, Amad 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, Amad 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.

2019–2021: Senior

Amad 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. He became the first player born in 2002 to score in the Italian top flight. 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. Amad's first league game in the 2020–21 season was on 28 November 2020, as a 77th-minute substitute…

Amad was first called up to the Ivory Coast national team on 18 March 2021 for their 2021 Africa Cup of Nations qualification matches against Niger and Ethiopia on 26 and 30 March, respectively. He made his debut against Niger, coming on as an 86th-minute substitute. On 5 June 2021, Amad scored his first international goal in a friendly against Burkina Faso, through a 97th-minute free kick, to help his team win 2–1 at home. On 3 July 2021, Amad was named in the Ivory Coast under-23 team for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Amad made his Olympics debut, and assisted a goal, in a 2–1 win against Saudi Arabia on 22 July. He made four appearances at the tournament. Amad was included in the list of Ivorian players selected by coach Emerse Faé to participate in the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations. He scored three goals from five matches at the tournament as the team reached the quarter-final stage. On 15 May 2026, Amad was named in the Ivory Coast's 26-man squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. He scored a 90th minute game-winning goal with a left-footed strike from inside the box to seal a 1–0 win in Ivory Coast's opening match against Ecuador on 14 June. On 30 June, he scored a goal in their round of 32 match against Norway, which saw his team eliminated after a 2–1 defeat.

Amad is a winger who also plays as a mezzala, he is a player with a high technical ability and good vision of the game. He is two-footed, which makes him a versatile player. He is known for creating opportunities and cutting inside from the right flank, occasionally playing as a right wing-back under Ruben Amorim. Amad possesses quick acceleration and dribbling skills, often dribbling using small touches on the ball and taking on defenders rather than bursting into space. He is known to perform back-heel passes and other tricks.

Born in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Amad emigrated to Italy aged eight. He started out at Boca Barco, in Bibbiano, in September 2014, where he impressed at a Christmas youth tournament the same year; he was the tournament's top goalscorer as the youngest on the field. Amad was officially registered to the team on 14 January 2015.