Senegal national team forward Boulaye Dia joined Italian Serie A side Salernitana on loan from Villarreal so he could receive more playing time but his time in Italy has turned into a renaissance. Dia’s strong performances are helping Salernitana in their bid to avoid relegation with his goal and assist leading the way in I Granata’s 3-0 victory over Sassuolo on Saturday. The 26-year-old now has eleven goals and six assists in twenty-eight appearances this season and looks set for a permanent transfer considering his loan has a purchase clause for Salernitana.

Watch Dia’s contributions for Salernitana this weekend as well as the first Bundesliga goal of 2023 for his Senegal teammate Sadio Mané in our compilation of goals and assists from African players in Europe’s top five leagues below.

Mohamed Salah (Egypt) gives Liverpool a victory against Nottingham Forest with his 27th goal in all competitions

Kelechi Iheanacho (Nigeria) converts a penalty kick to help Leicester defeat Wolves and climb out of the relegation zone

Great work on the right wing from Bryan Mbeumo (Cameroon) sets up Ivan Toney in Brentford’s draw against Aston Villa

Mario Lemina (Gabon) wins the ball and assists Matheus Cunha to give Wolves the lead at Leicester

Boulaye Dia (Senegal) scores the second for Salernitana and then assists Lassana Coulibaly (Mali) in a dominant victory over Sassuolo

Christian Kouamé (Ivory Coast) provides a goal and an assist inside the opening fifteen minutes to give Fiorentina a hot start at Monza

Isaac Success (Nigeria) finishes for his first Serie A goal this season in Udinese’s victory over Cremonese

Sadio Mané (Senegal) scores his first Bundesliga goal of 2023 in Bayern Munich’s defeat at Mainz

Youssef En-Nesyri (Morocco) leaps up to head in a dramatic late winner in Sevilla’s victory against Villarreal

Habib Diallo (Senegal) scores twice to bring his Ligue 1 total to seventeen goals in victory at Reims

A North African connection hands Toulouse victory at Lorient after Farès Chaïbi (Algeria) cleverly sets up Zakaria Aboukhlal (Morocco) for the only goal of the match

Abdallah Sima (Senegal) sets up Sada Thioub (Senegal) for Angers’ consolation goal in defeat to PSG

Saif-Eddine Khaoui (Tunisia) comes on as a substitute and scores the match winner in Clermont’s victory at Nice

M’Baye Niang (Senegal) fires in a penalty kick to level the match in Auxerre’s draw with Lille

Mama Baldé (Guinea-Bissau) converts a penalty kick for his twelfth Ligue 1 goal this season in Troyes’ draw at Nantes