Baba Diawara

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Baba Diawara
Personal information
Full name Papa Babacar Diawara [1]
Date of birth (1988-01-05) 5 January 1988 (age 36) [1]
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal [1]
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2006–2007 Jeanne d´Arc 24 (9)
2007–2008 Marítimo B 23 (6)
2008–2012 Marítimo 103 (37)
2012–2015 Sevilla 30 (3)
2013–2014 → Levante (loan) 20 (3)
2014–2015 → Getafe (loan) 21 (1)
2015–2016 Marítimo 25 (4)
2017–2019 Adelaide United 23 (7)
2019–2020 Mohun Bagan 12 (10)
2021 Punjab 9 (5)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11:24, 26 August 2021 (UTC)

Papa Babacar "Baba" Diawara (born 5 January 1988) is a Senegalese professional footballer who plays as a striker.

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Club career

Marítimo

Born in Dakar, Diawara started his career with Senegal Premier League club ASC Jeanne d'Arc, moving to Europe aged just 19 to sign for C.S. Marítimo in Portugal due to his friendship with former footballer Paul Tisdale. [2] Having risen to prominence in their reserves, he made his debut for the main squad late into the 2007–08 season, appearing in the second half of a 1–1 Primeira Liga home draw against C.F. Estrela da Amadora. [3]

Promoted to the first team the following summer, Diawara scored ten goals in the 2008–09 campaign from 25 league games. [4] [5] His form attracted the attention of several clubs, including Sporting CP, [6] Olympiacos F.C. from Greece and Scotland's Heart of Midlothian, with the latter however being put off by Marítimo's £2.5 million (€2.75 million) valuation of the player. [7]

Diawara bettered his individual totals to 11 goals in 2010–11, with Marítimo finishing in ninth position. Celtic came close to signing him in August 2011, but the deal collapsed on the last day of the transfer window due to visa issues. [8]

Diawara netted ten goals in only 15 matches in the first half of the 2011–12 season, including the last-minute winner at Sporting in a 3–2 win. [9]

Sevilla

Diawara signed with Sevilla FC on 17 January 2012, penning a 4+1⁄2-year contract. [10] He made his La Liga debut on the 29th, coming on as a substitute for José Antonio Reyes late into the first half of a 2–1 loss at Málaga CF. [11] His first goal came on 3 March, starting the first time due to Álvaro Negredo's injury and equalising in a 1–1 draw against Atlético Madrid at the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán Stadium. [12]

On 17 April 2012, Diawara scored the opening goal in the new National Stadium in Warsaw, during a friendly with local Legia Warsaw, adding another in a 2–0 win. [13] He netted twice on 5 May as Sevilla won 5–2 in their final home match of the season, against Rayo Vallecano. [14] In the following campaign he did not find the net in the league, featuring mainly from the bench. [15]

In July 2013, Diawara was one of three Sevilla players deemed surplus to requirements by coach Unai Emery. [16] On 19 August, he was loaned to fellow Spaniards Levante UD for the duration of 2013–14. [17]

Adelaide United

In February 2017, after one and a half seasons with former club Marítimo, Diawara joined Adelaide United FC in the Australian A-League. [18] He scored three goals in only seven matches in his first season (five in all competitions), [19] the first coming on 19 March in the 2–1 home defeat of Brisbane Roar FC. [20]

Diawara agreed to a new two-year deal on 11 May 2017. [21]

Mohun Bagan

In December 2019, Diawara signed a one-year contract with India's Mohun Bagan AC. [22] He scored his first I-League goal for his new team the following 19 January, heading home from a corner kick in the 65th minute to help the hosts defeat East Bengal F.C. 2–1.His goal also helped Mohun Bagan win the I-league title just before Covid lockdown in India just at the time of Holi/ Dol Jatra around March 2020, under Kibu Vicuna's coaching. Mohun Bagan was declared champions with 4 games still left to play as even the 2nd placed team would not have toppled Mohun Bagan at the top of the table even if they had won all of their remaining matches. [23]

Punjab

Diawara joined Punjab FC of the same country and league on 1 February 2021. [24] On his debut eight days later, he scored twice in a 2–1 away victory over Indian Arrows. [25]

Career statistics

As of 27 March 2021 [26]
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Marítimo 2007–08 Primeira Liga 4000——40
2008–09 25102020—2910
2009–10 3063221—359
2010–11 29112110623814
2011–12 15104134—2215
Total10337114856212848
Sevilla 2011–12 La Liga 11300——113
2012–13 19041——231
Total303410000344
Levante (loan) 2013–14 La Liga20300——203
Getafe (loan) 2014–15 La Liga21120——231
Marítimo 2015–16 Primeira Liga1640031—195
2016–17 901000—100
Total254103100295
Adelaide United 2016–17 A-League 73——62135
2017–18 12250——172
2018–19 4220——62
Total237700062369
Mohun Bagan 2019–20 I-League 1210———1210
Punjab 2020–21 I-League95———95
Career Total243702511612429185

Honours

Mohun Bagan

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  2. ↑ "Un inglés en Dakar: la historia de Babá, un jugador diferente" [An Englishman in Dakar: the story of Babá, a different player] (in Spanish). Misitio. July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2019.
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  25. ↑ @RGPunjabFC (9 February 2021). "90' | FULL TIME!! A terrific team performance & a brilliant brace on his debut by our star Senegalese forward 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐀 𝐃𝐈𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐀 help RGPFC to secure our second consecutive win!" (Tweet). Retrieved 9 February 2021– via Twitter.
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  28. ↑ Mergulhao, Marcus (19 April 2020). "AIFF concludes season, Mohun Bagan declared I-League champions". The Times of India . Retrieved 10 October 2021.
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