| 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: | 41 |
| Goals3: | 1 |
| 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: | 21 November 2024 |
| Nationalteam-Update: | 11 April 2023 |
Dion Lopy (born 2 February 2002) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for 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 | ||