Position: Defender
Birthdate: June 8, 1993
Hometown: Nantes, France
Height: 5-foot-10
Pronunciation: Amadou Dia
Previous Team: Sporting Kansas City
2025: Dia returns to Louisville for a fourth season in purple after signing a new contract in July of last year.
Last season: Dia’s season was highlighted by netting his first two goals in purple while tallying 91 duels won and 29 clearances.
Highlights in purple: Dia quickly established himself as LouCity’s left back of choice during the 2022 season. He ranked second on the team in tackles won (31) at a 73.8 percent success rate, tied for second in interceptions (41), ranked second in key passes (41) and third in minutes played (2,723).
Before Louisville City: Dia won an Atlantic Coast Conference title and qualified for two NCAA tournaments during his collegiate years at Clemson. Sporting KC selected Dia 20th overall in the 2015 MLS SuperDraft, and he also went on to play for the Montreal Impact before three years with Phoenix Rising FC. Dia was part of three Rising playoff teams, including the 2018 squad that won a Western Conference title. The left-footer went all 90 minutes against LouCity in that year’s league final, a 1-0 City victory. Dia went on to be named Phoenix’s Defender of the Year in both 2018 and 2019.
