Amadou Salif Mbengue
# Amadou Salif Mbengue

Amadou Salif Mbengue (born 5 January 2002) is a professional footballer who plays as a Centre Back for EFL Championship club Reading.

## Club career

Amadou Mbengue was part of FC Melun's youth setup, before joining the FC Metz academy.

He made his professional debut for Metz on 3 October 2021 during a 3–2 Ligue 1 away loss against Angers; where he came on as an early substitute for Sikou Niakaté, who was, injured after a tackle from Mohamed-Ali Cho.

### Reading

On 13 September 2022, Reading confirmed the signing of Mbengue on a short-term contract until January 2023 after training with the club since leaving Metz during the summer of 2022. He scored his first goal for the club, and his first professional goal, on 10 December 2022 in a 1–0 win against Coventry City. On 13 January 2023, Reading announced that Mbengue had extended his contract with the club until the end of the season, with a view to a further extension.

## Career statistics

    As of match played on 7 January 2023

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition :

| Club | Season | League | League | League | National Cup | National Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Club | Season | Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| Metz II | 2021–22 | Championnat National 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| Metz | 2021–22 | Ligue 1 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Reading | 2022–23 | EFL Championship | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 |
| Career total | Career total | Career total | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
