Amadou Haidara, born on 31 January 1998 (age 28), is a Mali midfielder now with Lens, where he wears number 21. Primarily used in central midfield, his current market value is around £17m, according to Transfermarkt.
He first came to wider European attention at Red Bull Salzburg, with the 2017-2018 league campaign standing out: 31 appearances and three goals. That was enough to mark him as more than just another tidy midfield runner from the Red Bull production line, though the real weight of his career came after that.
RB Leipzig has been the main body of Haidara’s club career. Across seven seasons he made 159 league appearances and scored 11 league goals, giving him a long, steady presence in a side built around intensity, athleticism and quick midfield circulation. He was not always the headline act, but he was around often enough for that to matter.
At Lens in 2026-2027, he remains part of the first-team picture. He has made 17 appearances across all competitions, including seven in Ligue 1, three in the Champions League, three in the Coupe de France and one in the Trophée des Champions. He has also played three times for Mali in World Cup qualifying in Africa this season.
Haidara’s career has run from Salzburg promise to a long Leipzig spell and on to Lens, with Mali still part of the story. It is a solid senior career, shaped above all by his years in Germany and still active at a decent level.
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