Lamine Dieng
{{Short description|Senegalese football manager (1951–2021)}}
{{Infobox football biography
|name = Lamine Dieng
|image =
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|birth_date = 3 February 1951
|birth_place = Saint-Louis, French Senegal, French West Africa, France
|death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|12|07|1951|02|03}}
|death_place = Dakar, Senegal
|currentclub =
|manageryears1 = 1988–1991
|managerclubs1 = AS Douanes
|manageryears2 = 1992–1993
|managerclubs2 = Senegal
|manageryears3 =
|managerclubs3 = US Gorée
|manageryears4 =
|managerclubs4 = US Ouakam
|manageryears5 = 2008–2009
|managerclubs5 = Maghreb de Fès
|manageryears6 = 2010–2011{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
|managerclubs6 = ASC Jaraaf
|manageryears7 = 2012–2013
|managerclubs7 = AS Douanes
|manageryears8 = 2014–2021
|managerclubs8 = ASC Niarry Tally
}}
Lamine Dieng (3 February 1951 – 7 December 2021) was a Senegalese football manager.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 December 2021|title=Décès de Lamine Dieng, ancien entraîneur national|trans-title= |url=http://www.aps.sn/actualites/sports/football/article/deces-de-lamine-dieng-ancien-entraineur-national|language=French|work=Agence de Presse Sénégalaise|location=Dakar|access-date=7 December 2021}}
Biography
Dieng was born in 1951 in Saint-Louis. During his childhood, he was impassioned with sport, particularly football, which led him to briefly play professionally for ASC Linguère.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=1 November 2009|title=Foot/Ligue 1 La Linguère, belle championne !|trans-title= |url=https://www.leral.net/Foot-Ligue-1-La-Linguere-belle-championne-_a6324.html|language=French|work=Leral.net|location= |access-date=7 December 2021}} He became a physical education teacher at the Institut national supérieur de l'Éducation populaire et du Sport in Dakar. He then earned a scholarship to the Université des Sports in Reims and subsequently in Hamburg, where he earned a coaching diploma from the Bundesliga.
Dieng became coach of AS Douanes in 1988. He was then hired to coach the Senegal national team in 1992, although his contract was terminated the following year due to disagreements. He subsequently coached US Gorée, US Ouakam, Maghreb de Fès, and ASC Jaraaf. However, he was left without a coaching job from 2013 to 2014 before being hired by ASC Niarry Tally.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=31 January 2014|title=Lamine Dieng remplace Abdoulaye Diaw sur le banc de Niary Tally (président)|trans-title= |url=https://www.seneweb.com/news/Sport/lamine-dieng-remplace-abdoulaye-diaw-sur-le-banc-de-niary-tally-president_n_117108.html|language=French|work=Seneweb|location= |access-date=7 December 2021}} The team earned second place in the 2015 Senegalese Ligue 1 championship behind AS Douanes.{{cite news |last=Diaw|first=Omar|date=27 July 2015|title=L’AS DOUANES, CHAMPIONNE SUR LE FIL|trans-title= |url=http://www.sudonline.sn/l-as-douanes-championne-sur-le-fil_a_25581.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126111534/http://www.sudonline.sn/l-as-douanes-championne-sur-le-fil_a_25581.html|archivedate=26 January 2016|language=French|work=Sud Quotidien|location= |access-date=7 December 2021}}
Dieng died in Dakar on 7 December 2021, at the age of 70.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=7 December 2021|title=Décès de Lamine Dieng, ancien sélectionneur de l'équipe nationale de football du Sénégal|trans-title= |url=https://www.panapress.com/Deces-de-Lamine-Dieng-ancien-sel-a_630708845-lang1.html|language=French|work=PanaPress|location=Dakar|access-date=7 December 2021}}
References
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Category:Sportspeople from Saint-Louis, Senegal
Category:Senegalese football managers
Category:AS Douanes (Senegal) managers
Category:Senegal national football team managers
Category:Maghreb of Fez managers
Category:Senegalese expatriate football managers