Alexander Djiku

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Alexander Djiku
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Alexander Djiku (2017)
Personnel
birthday August 9, 1994
place of birth Montpellier , 
size 182 cm
position Central defender
Juniors
Years station
SC Bastia
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
2012-2016 SC Bastia B 46 (0)
2014-2017 SC Bastia 45 (1)
2017-2019 SM Caen 59 (1)
2019– Racing Strasbourg 25 (1)
1 Only league games are given.
As of June 6, 2020

Alexander Djiku (born August 9, 1994 in Montpellier ) is a French football player of Ghanaian descent who is under contract with the first division club Racing Strasbourg .

Career

Alexander Djiku was born in Montpellier in the south of France to a Ghanaian father and a Senegalese mother. He comes from the youth department of SC Bastia , where he was promoted to the reserve team for the 2012/13 season. He made his debut for the first team on December 18, 2013 in the 1: 2 away defeat against FC Évian Thonon Gaillard , when he came on in the 83rd minute for Féthi Harek . In the following years he was only used sporadically, but in the 2015/16 season he made his breakthrough as a regular player in right full defense . This season he completed 20 league games. Due to a broken arm, he had to take a break of two months in autumn 2016, but then established himself again in the starting XI. On December 21, 2016 (19th match day) he scored his first league goal in a 2-1 home defeat against Olympique Marseille . He moved to the position of central defender in this 2016/17 season and made 23 league appearances in which he scored a goal.

After Bastia was relegated to the second highest French division , Alexander Djiku joined SM Caen on July 11, 2017 . The first division paid two million euros for his services and equipped him with a four-year contract. He made his debut on August 5, 2017 (1st matchday) in the 0-1 away defeat against HSC Montpellier . In his first season 2017/18 he was considered a regular player and was used in 28 league games. In the following season 2018/19 he retained his status as a regular player. On April 20, 2019 (33rd matchday), he scored the decisive winning goal for the Vikings in a 1-0 away win against OGC Nice . In total, he was used in 31 league games in which he was able to record this goal.

On July 5, 2019, Alexander Djiku moved to Racing Strasbourg for a transfer fee of 4.5 million euros , where he signed a four-year contract. He made his debut on July 25, 2019 in a 3-1 home win against Maccabi Haifa in qualifying for the UEFA Europa League for his new employer. He also quickly established himself as a regular at the Coureurs . On February 9, 2020 (24th matchday), he scored his first league goal in a 3-0 home win against Stade Reims . This 2019/20 season , he played 25 league games in which he scored a goal.

Web links

Commons : Alexander Djiku  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ghanaian Alexander Djiku wants to stay at French side Strasbourg In: Ghana Soccernet from May 4, 2020 (accessed June 1, 2020)
  2. ↑ Profile of Alexander Djiku In: Soccerway (accessed June 6, 2020)
  3. ↑ FC Évian Thonon Gaillard 2-1 SC Bastia In: transfermarkt.at of December 18, 2013 (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  4. ↑ a b Alexander Djiku - performance data 2015/16 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  5. ↑ a b Alexander Djiku - performance data 2016/17 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  6. ↑ Bastia 1-2 OM: Jouissif In: Le Phoceen of December 21, 2016 (accessed June 6, 2020)
  7. ↑ Mercato. SM Caen: le défenseur Alexander Djiku signe quatre ans In: ouest france from 11 July 2017 (accessed on 6 June 2020)
  8. ↑ Ligue 1: Alexander Djiku natif de Montpellier s'engage au SM Caen In: France 3 of July 12, 2017 (accessed June 6, 2020)
  9. ↑ HSC Montpellier 1-0 SM Caen In: transfermarkt.at from August 5, 2017 (accessed June 6, 2020)
  10. ↑ Alexander Djiku - performance data 2017/18 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  11. ↑ a b Alexander Djiku - performance data 2018/19 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  12. ^ Football. Le SM Caen crée la sensation à Nice! In: Actu from April 20, 2019 (accessed June 6, 2020)
  13. ↑ Alexander Djiku a signé quatre ans à Strasbourg In: L'Équipe of July 5, 2019 (accessed June 6, 2020)
  14. ↑ Racing Club de Strasbourg: le défenseur Alexander Djiku s'engage pour 4 ans In: France 3 of July 6, 2019 (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  15. ↑ Ligue Europa - Strasbourg-Maccabi Haïfa (3-1): le RCS réussit son retour en Coupe d'Europe In: Goal.com from July 25, 2019 (accessed June 6, 2020)
  16. ↑ a b Alexander Djiku - performance data 2019/20 In: transfermarkt.at (accessed on June 6, 2020)
  17. ↑ Majeed Waris on target in 3-0 Strasbourg win over Reims In: Goal.com from February 9, 2020 (accessed June 6, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Djiku, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 9, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Montpellier , France