Cheikh Sidibé
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| Full name | Cheikh Tidiane Sidibé | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 25 April 1999 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Thiaroye, Senegal | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Left back | ||||||||||||||||
| Team information | |||||||||||||||||
Current team | HJK | ||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12 | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–2020 | Jaraaf | ||||||||||||||||
| 2020–2021 | Génération Foot | ||||||||||||||||
| 2021–2023 | Teungueth | ||||||||||||||||
| 2023–2025 | Azam | 27 | (2) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | HJK | 0 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| 2025– | Klubi 04 | 1 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
| International career‡ | |||||||||||||||||
| 2022– | Senegal | 8 | (0) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 23 April 2025 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 9 September 2023 | |||||||||||||||||
Cheikh Tidiane Sidibé (born 25 April 1999) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a left back for Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki and the Senegal national team.
Club career
[edit]Sidibé started football in his native Senegal, representing Jaraaf, Génération Foot and Teungueth Rufisque in Senegal Ligue 1 during 2019–2023. With Jaraaf, Sidibé also played in CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.
Since 2023, he played for Azam FC in Tanzanian Premier League, and represented the club in CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup.
In March 2025, Sidibé moved to Finland and signed with Veikkausliiga club HJK Helsinki on a two-year deal with a one-year option.[1][2][3]
International career
[edit]Sidibé made his international debut for the Senegal national team on 14 January 2023 in the 2022 African Nations Championship group stage match against Ivory Coast.[4] He made six appearances for Senegal in the tournament as they were crowned the champions.
Career statistics
[edit]Club
[edit]- As of 23 April 2025[5]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | League cup | Continental | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Jaraaf | 2018–19 | Senegal Premier League | – | – | 3[a] | 0 | 3 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Senegal Premier League | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Génération Foot | 2020–21 | Senegal Premier League | – | – | – | |||||||
| Teungueth | 2021–22 | Senegal Ligue 1 | – | – | – | |||||||
| 2022–23 | Senegal Ligue 1 | – | – | – | ||||||||
| Azam | 2023–24 | Tanzanian Premier League | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 2[b] | 0 | 20 | 1 | |
| 2024–25 | Tanzanian Premier League | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 1[c] | 0 | 10 | 1 | ||
| Total | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | 2 | ||
| HJK Helsinki | 2025 | Veikkausliiga | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Klubi 04 | 2025 | Ykkösliiga | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | 1 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 35 | 2 | ||
- ^ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup and CAF Champions League
- ^ Appearances in CAF Confederation Cup
- ^ Appearance(s) in CAF Champions League
International
[edit]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2022 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 8 | 0 | |
Honours
[edit]Jaraaf
- Senegal Ligue 1 runner-up: 2018–19
Azam FC
- Tanzanian Premier League runner-up: 2023–24
Senegal
References
[edit]- ^ Vasen puolustaja Cheikh Sidibé Klubiin, hjk.fi, 7 March 2025
- ^ HJK hankki seitsemän maaottelua pelanneen puolustajan, Helsingin Sanomat, 7 March 2025
- ^ “HJK Helsinki right place to continue my progress” - Senegal's Cheikh Sidibe, panafricafootball.com, 8 March 2025
- ^ a b Cheikh Sidibé at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ Cheikh Sidibé at Global Sports Archive
- ^ Cheikh Sidibé at WorldFootball.net
External links
[edit]- Cheikh Sidibé at Soccerway