Boubacar Diarra (footballer, born 1994)

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Boubacar Diarra
Personal information
Full name Boubacar Diarra [1]
Date of birth (1994-04-18) 18 April 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Bamako, Mali
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [2]
Position(s) Defensive midfielder [3]
Team information
Current team
 Horoya AC
Youth career
AS Revenant
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2013 AS Korofina
2013–2016 TP Mazembe
2016 Club Africain 13 (2)
2016–2017 Wadi Degla
2017–2018 Lierse 16 (0)
2018–2019 Al-Hilal Club
2019 Najran
2019 NEROCA FC 12 (4)
2020– Horoya AC
International career‡
2013 Mali U20 3 (0)
2015 Mali U23
2014– Mali 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17:18, 3 July 2020 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 15:57, 4 September 2019 (UTC)

Boubacar Diarra (born 18 April 1994) is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Horoya AC. [2]

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Club career

Diarra's career began in Mali with AS Revenant and AS Korofina, he then left his homeland to go to the DR Congo to join Linafoot team TP Mazembe. [4] [5] During his time with TP Mazembe, Diarra won the 2013 Linafoot, the 2013–14 Linafoot and the 2015 CAF Champions League. [2] He departed in 2016 to join Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 outfit Club Africain, making his debut in a defeat to Stade Tunisien on 17 February 2016. [2] [5] Six months and thirteen appearances later, Diarra was on the move again as he signed for Wadi Degla of the Egyptian Premier League. [2] On 19 January 2017, Diarra completed a transfer to Wadi Degla's sister club Lierse. [6]

He made his Lierse debut on 27 January in a league match against OH Leuven. [7] In October 2018, Diarra joined Sudan Premier League side Al-Hilal Club. [8] A move to Saudi Arabia and Najran of the Prince Mohammad bin Salman League occurred on 26 June 2019. [9] However, in the succeeding September, Diarra headed to I-League club NEROCA; having terminated his Najran contract. [10] [11] [12] [13] He netted goals against Chennai City, East Bengal, TRAU and Real Kashmir across 2019–20. [2]

International career

Diarra has represented Mali at U20, U23 and senior level. [2] [4] He won three caps for the U20s during the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey. [2] He made his senior debut on 29 June 2016 in a friendly against China at the Shenzhen Stadium. [2]

Career statistics

Club

As of 3 July 2020. [2]
Club statistics
ClubSeasonLeagueCupLeague CupContinentalOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Lierse 2016–17 First Division B 50———8 [lower-alpha 1] 0130
2017–18 11000——2 [lower-alpha 1] 0130
Total16000——100260
NEROCA 2019–20 I-League 1240000—00124
Career total2840000—100384
  1. 1 2 Appearance(s) in the Belgian First Division A play-offs

International

As of 27 October 2018. [2]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Mali
201410
Total10

Honours

TP Mazembe [2]

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  1. ↑ "FIFA U-20 World Cup Turkey 2013 List of Players: Mali" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 23 June 2013. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 June 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "Boubacar Diarra profile". Soccerway. 22 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "Boubacar Diarra". World Football. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Boubacar Diarra avec les Espoirs du Mali". TP Mazembe. 9 May 2015. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Diarra declined to extend with TPM". TP Mazembe. 17 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
  6. ↑ "Boubacar Diarra tekende bij Lierse". Lierse S.K. 19 January 2017. Archived from the original on 24 January 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2017.
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