| Cheick Doucouré | |
| Full Name: | Cheick Oumar Doucouré[1] |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Bamako, Mali |
| Height: | 1.80 m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Crystal Palace |
| Clubnumber: | 28 |
| Youthyears1: | 2009–2017 |
| Youthclubs1: | JMG Academy Bamako |
| Youthyears2: | 2016–2018 |
| Youthclubs2: | Real Bamako |
| Youthyears3: | 2018 |
| Youthclubs3: | Lens |
| Years1: | 2018–2019 |
| Clubs1: | Lens II |
| Caps1: | 5 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2018–2022 |
| Clubs2: | Lens |
| Caps2: | 115 |
| Goals2: | 6 |
| Years3: | 2022– |
| Clubs3: | Crystal Palace |
| Caps3: | 46 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2017 |
| Nationalteam1: | Mali U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 8 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2018– |
| Nationalteam2: | Mali |
| Nationalcaps2: | 12 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 19:22, 18 August 2024 (UTC) |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 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 club Crystal Palace and the Mali national team.
Doucouré developed as a youth player at JMG Academy Bamako. He then spent his 2016/17 season with AS Real Bamako before moving the following season to RC 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]
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]
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]
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Lens II | 2017–18 | Championnat National 2 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | ||||
| 2019–20 | Championnat National 2 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Total | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||||
| Lens | 2018–19 | Ligue 2 | 27 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 35 | 2 | |
| 2019–20 | Ligue 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | 24 | 1 | |||
| 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 35 | 4 | ||||
| 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 34 | 1 | 3 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 115 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 131 | 8 | |||
| Crystal Palace | 2022–23 | Premier League | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 35 | 0 | ||
| 2023–24 | Premier League | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 12 | 0 | |||
| 2024–25 | Premier League | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | |||
| Total | 46 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 48 | 0 | ||||
| Career total | 166 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 184 | 8 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mali | 2018 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2019 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Total | 12 | 0 | ||
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