| Amadou Mbengue | |
| Fullname: | Amadou Salif Mbengue |
| Birth Date: | 5 January 2002 |
| Birth Place: | France |
| Position: | Centre back, Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Reading |
| Clubnumber: | 27 |
| Youthclubs1: | Melun |
| Youthclubs2: | Metz |
| Years1: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Metz II |
| Caps1: | 11 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Metz |
| Caps2: | 12 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Caps3: | 63 |
| Goals3: | 2 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2023– |
| Nationalteam1: | Senegal U23 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 29 April 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 12:15, 29 March 2023 (UTC) |
Amadou Salif Mbengue (born 5 January 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a centre-back or defensive midfielder, for club Reading.
Amadou Mbengue was part of FC Melun's youth setup, before joining the FC Metz academy.[1]
He made his professional debut for Metz on 3 October 2021 during a 3–2 Ligue 1 away loss against Angers; where he came on as an early substitute for Sikou Niakaté, who was, injured after a tackle from Mohamed-Ali Cho.[2]
On 13 September 2022, Reading confirmed the signing of Mbengue on a short-term contract until January 2023 after training with the club since leaving Metz during the summer of 2022.[3] He scored his first goal for the club, and his first professional goal, on 10 December 2022 in a 1–0 win against Coventry City.[4] On 13 January 2023, Reading announced that Mbengue had extended his contract with the club until the end of the season, with a view to a further extension.[5] On 17 May 2023, with his contract due to expire at the end of June 2023, Reading confirmed that they had offered Mbengue a new two-year contract,[6] which was signed on 19 July 2023.[7]
In March 2023, Mbengue was called up to the Senegal U23 team for the first time.[8]
| Season! | League | National Cup | League Cup | Other | Total | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Metz II | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Metz | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Reading | 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 26 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 28 | 2 | ||
| 2023–24 | EFL League One | 37 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 44 | 1 | ||
| Total | 63 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 72 | 3 | |||
| Career total | 86 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 96 | 3 | |||