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Cheick Doucouré
	Doucouré with Lens in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Cheick Oumar Doucouré
Date of birth	8 January 2000 (age 25)
Place of birth	Bamako, Mali
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team	Crystal Palace
Number	28
Youth career
2009–2017	JMG Academy Bamako
2016–2018	Real Bamako
2018	Lens
Senior career*
Years	Team
2018–2019	Lens II
2018–2022	Lens
2022–	Crystal Palace
International career‡
2017	Mali U17
2018–	Mali
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:00, 4 January 2025 (UTC); ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 23:18, 18 June 2023 (UTC)

Cheick Oumar Doucouré (born 8 January 2000) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Crystal Palace and the Mali national team.

Club career

Lens

Doucouré developed as a youth player at JMG Academy Bamako. He then spent the 2016–17 season with Real Bamako before moving the following season to Lens. Doucouré quickly cemented his place at Lens in the 2018–19 Ligue 2 campaign with him playing a total of 34 games across all competitions that season.^[2]

Crystal Palace

On 11 July 2022, Doucouré was signed by English club Crystal Palace on a five-year contract.^[3] In his first season, he was named the club's Player of the Year.^[4]

On 25 November 2023, Doucouré sustained an Achilles injury in a 2–1 loss to Luton Town, likely ruling him out for the rest of the 2023–24 season.^[5] On 28 February 2024, he extended his contract with Palace until 2029.^[6]

International career

In October 2018, Doucouré received his first call-up to the Mali national team.^[7] He made his debut for Mali in a 1–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Gabon on 17 November 2018.^[8]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 4 January 2025

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club	Season	League			National cup^[a]		League cup^[b]		Other		Total
Club	Season	Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Lens II	2017–18^[9]	Championnat National 2	4	0	—		—		—		4	0
	2019–20^[10]	Championnat National 2	1	0	—		—		—		1	0
	Total		5	0	—		—		—		5	0
Lens	2018–19^[11]	Ligue 2	27	2	2	0	2	0	4^[c]	0	35	2
	2019–20^[12]	Ligue 2	21	1	1	0	2	0	—		24	1
	2020–21^[13]	Ligue 1	33	2	2	2	—		—		35	4
	2021–22^[14]	Ligue 1	34	1	3	0	—		—		37	1
	Total		115	6	8	2	4	0	4	0	131	8
Crystal Palace	2022–23^[15]	Premier League	34	0	1	0	0	0	—		35	0
	2023–24^[16]	Premier League	11	0	0	0	1	0	—		12	0
	2024–25^[17]	Premier League	12	0	0	0	1	0	—		13	0
	Total		57	0	1	0	2	0	—		60	0
Career total			177	6	9	2	6	0	4	0	196	8

^ Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup
^ Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup
^ Appearances in Ligue 1 promotion play-offs

International

As of match played 18 June 2023^[18]

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team	Year	Apps
Mali	2018	1
	2019	4
	2020	2
	2021	1
	2022	2
	2023	2
Total		12

Honours

Individual

Crystal Palace Player of the Season: 2022–23^[19]

References

^ "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
^ "Cheick Doucoure 2019/20 - scout report". Total Football Analysis Magazine. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Crystal Palace sign midfielder Cheick Doucouré from Lens". Crystal Palace. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
^ "Cheick Doucoure: Crystal Palace midfielder might miss rest of season with Achilles injury". BBC Sport. 27 November 2023.
^ "Cheick Doucouré signs new long-term Palace contract". Crystal Palace F.C. 28 February 2024.
^ Marteh, Danesius (6 October 2018). "Mali name squad for Afcon qualifiers against Burundi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
^ "C. Doucouré et S. Diarra victorieux et qualifiés pour la CAN 2019 avec le Mali - Lensois.com". lensois.com. 18 November 2018.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
^ "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
^ Cheick Doucouré at National-Football-Teams.com
^ "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

External links

Profile at the Crystal Palace F.C. website

[9] Includes Coupe de France, FA Cup

[10] Includes Coupe de la Ligue, EFL Cup

[14] Appearances in Ligue 1 promotion play-offs

[1] "2022/23 Premier League squad lists". Premier League. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.

[2] "Cheick Doucoure 2019/20 - scout report". Total Football Analysis Magazine. 22 May 2020. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[3] "Crystal Palace sign midfielder Cheick Doucouré from Lens". Crystal Palace. 11 July 2022. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[4] "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 19 June 2023.

[5] "Cheick Doucoure: Crystal Palace midfielder might miss rest of season with Achilles injury". BBC Sport. 27 November 2023.

[6] "Cheick Doucouré signs new long-term Palace contract". Crystal Palace F.C. 28 February 2024.

[7] Marteh, Danesius (6 October 2018). "Mali name squad for Afcon qualifiers against Burundi". BBC Sport. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[8] "C. Doucouré et S. Diarra victorieux et qualifiés pour la CAN 2019 avec le Mali - Lensois.com". lensois.com. 18 November 2018.

[11] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[12] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[13] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2018/2019". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[15] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2019/2020". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[16] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2020/2021". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[17] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2021/2022". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 9 August 2021.

[18] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2022/2023". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[19] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2023/2024". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2023.

[20] "Games played by Cheick Doucouré in 2024/2025". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

[nft-21] Cheick Doucouré at National-Football-Teams.com

[22] "Cheick Doucouré wins Crystal Palace Player of the Season 22/23". Crystal Palace F.C. 24 May 2023. Retrieved 28 May 2023.

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