Full name Clément Diop Degoud Playing position Years Team Weight 75 kg | Number 31 Height 1.85 m | |
Date of birth (1993-10-12) 12 October 1993 (age 23) Similar Ariel Lassiter, Daniel Steres, Bradford Jamieson IV, Jeff Larentowicz, José Leonardo Ribeiro d Profiles | ||
Clément Diop Degoud (born 12 October 1993) is a French footballer who currently plays for LA Galaxy in Major League Soccer.
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Early Career
Diop began his career with Amiens SC where he was a backup for three seasons, but never made a first team appearance. Diop was the starter of Amiens II, Amiens' reserve team for two seasons. Diop made his debut for Amiens II on August 25 2012, against Calais RUFC, where he came a clean-sheet in a 1–0 win. Diop went on to keep clean-sheets in the following two matches, against Arras and SC Feignies.
Move to the U.S.
On 20 March 2015, it was announced that Diop joined USL club LA Galaxy II for the 2015 season. He made his debut for the club two days later in a 0–0 draw against Real Monarchs SLC. In the 2015 season Diop won the USL western conference and reached the USL Championship final with LA Galaxy II. In the finals against Rochester Rhinos, Diop was replaced by Bennett Sneddon late in extra-time. LA Galaxy II lost 2–1 in the final due to a late header from Asani Samuels.
Promotion to first-team
On 16 December 2015, LA Galaxy announced that they had signed Diop to a first team contract for the forthcoming MLS season. On 14 June 2015, Diop made his debut for the first team in Fourth Round of the U.S. Open Cup against La Máquina FC, where the Galaxy won 4–1 in extra-time.
Career statistics
As of 1 October 2016