Mamady Sidibé
Sidibé playing for Sheffield Wednesday in 2012
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mamady Sidibé | ||
| Date of birth | 18 December 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Kremis, Mali | ||
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Bagneux | ||
| 1997–1998 | Massy Palaiseau | ||
| 1998–2000 | Red Star 93 | ||
| 2000–2001 | CA Paris-Charenton | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2001–2002 | Swansea City | 31 | (7) |
| 2002–2005 | Gillingham | 106 | (10) |
| 2005–2013 | Stoke City | 168 | (24) |
| 2012–2013 | → Sheffield Wednesday (loan) | 9 | (1) |
| 2013 | → Tranmere Rovers (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2013 | CSKA Sofia | 11 | (1) |
| Total | 335 | (43) | |
| National team | |||
| 2002–2008 | Mali | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 December 2013 (UTC). |
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Mamady Sidibé (born 18 December 1979) is a Malian former footballer who played as a forward.
Sidibé moved from his native Mali to France when he was two years old. After playing football for a number of lower French league sides he joined Swansea City in 2001. He spent a single season at the Welsh club before signing for Gillingham. After three and a half years in Kent Sidibé rejected an offer of a new contract and joined Stoke City in July 2005 on a free transfer.
He went on to become a key member of Tony Pulis first team and help to the club to gain promotion to the Premier League in 2008. Since the 2009–10 season Sidibé has picked up numerous long term injuries. Sidibé spent time out on loan at Sheffield Wednesday and Tranmere Rovers before his contract at Stoke ended in May 2013. He then joined Bulgarian side CSKA Sofia in August 2013.
Sidibé was born in Kremis, Kayes Region in Mali before his family migrated to France when he was two years old. He lived in Pantin before moving to Bagneux, Hauts-de-Seine where he joined the local under thirteen football team. At the age of 15 he joined Massy Palaiseau, a youth team in the 91st district where he played for a whole season as a defender. He impressed watching scouts and was signed by local team Red Star 93 where he played along with Fousseni Diawara, Samba Diawara, Diomansy Kamara and Abdoulaye Méïté. On the last day of the 1999–2000 season, the coach decided to play him as a striker and he scored his first goal of the season while playing what was his last game for Red Star. The following season, he joined CA Paris-Charenton as a result of Red Star's financial demise which led to the club almost filing for bankruptcy. He left for England when he was 21 years old to join Swansea City.
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