| Dion Lopy | |
| Fullname: | Dion Lopy[1] |
| Birth Date: | 2 February 2002 |
| Birth Place: | Dakar, Senegal |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Defensive midfielder |
| Currentclub: | Almería |
| Clubnumber: | 6 |
| Youthyears1: | –2020 |
| Youthclubs1: | Oslo Football Academy |
| Years1: | 2020–2022 |
| Clubs1: | Reims II |
| Caps1: | 4 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Years2: | 2021–2023 |
| Clubs2: | Reims |
| Caps2: | 59 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 2023– |
| Clubs3: | Almería |
| Caps3: | 30 |
| Goals3: | 0 |
| Nationalyears1: | 2019 |
| Nationalteam1: | Senegal U17 |
| Nationalcaps1: | 4 |
| Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
| Nationalyears2: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam2: | Senegal U20 |
| Nationalcaps2: | 9 |
| Nationalgoals2: | 2 |
| Nationalyears3: | 2019– |
| Nationalteam3: | Senegal |
| Nationalcaps3: | 2 |
| Nationalgoals3: | 0 |
| Club-Update: | 3 June 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 11 April 2023 |
Dion Lopy (born 2 February 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for La Liga club Almería and the Senegal national team.
Lopy played youth football for the Oslo Football Academy in the 3rd tier of Senegalese football, before being signed for a compensatory fee by French club Stade de Reims in 2020 after Lopy represented Senegal at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup.[2]
Lopy played briefly for Reims' second team in the Championnat National 2, before making his Ligue 1 debut in a 2–2 draw with Stade Rennais on 4 April 2021.[3] In the 2022–23 season, he became a first-team regular at Reims, benefitting from manager Will Still's preference for a younger age profile to his squad.[4] [5]
On 5 August 2023, Lopy was announced at La Liga side Almería on a six-year contract.[6]
Lopy played for Senegal throughout the youth levels, representing them at the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup and the 2019 U-20 Africa Cup of Nations where they were runners-up.[7]
Lopy made his debut for the senior Senegal national team on 3 August 2019, in a 3–0 victory over Liberia.[8] He had to wait until 28 March 2023 for his second first team appearance, a 1–0 away victory over Mozambique.[9]
| Club | Season | League | Cup | Other | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
| Reims II | 2020–21 | Championnat National 2 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 2021–22 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Reims | 2020–21 | Ligue 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2021–22 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 0 | |||
| 2022–23 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | |||
| Total | 53 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 57 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | 0 | |||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senegal | 2019 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2021 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2022 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2 | 0 | ||