Souleymane Diawara

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Souleymane Diawara
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Diawara with Marseille in 2010
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-12-24) 24 December 1978 (age 45)
Place of birth Dakar, Senegal
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1998–2003 Le Havre 104 (2)
2003–2006 Sochaux 84 (4)
2006–2007 Charlton Athletic 23 (0)
2007–2009 Bordeaux 63 (2)
2009–2014 Marseille 154 (9)
2014–2015 Nice 14 (0)
Total442(17)
International career
2002–2012 Senegal 48 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Souleymane Diawara (born 24 December 1978) is a Senegalese former professional footballer who played as a defender. He spent most of his career in France, playing for Le Havre, Sochaux, Bordeaux, Marseille and OGC Nice, apart from a brief stint at Charlton Athletic. At the international level, he represented Senegal.

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Career

Diawara acquired French nationality by naturalization on 2 February 1998. [1]

He began his career at Havre AC, spending two seasons in Division 1 before the club was relegated. He stayed at Le Havre until 2003, before signing for FC Sochaux.

On 19 November 2002, he made his debut with the Senegalese national team against South Africa in a friendly match.

In 2006, he was transferred to Charlton Athletic. The following year he joined Bordeaux to strengthen the central defense with Marc Planus. Represented the national team at the 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, where his team took 4th place for the third time in history. [2] Diawara was dropped from the Senegal squad in August 2006, ahead of their friendly with Ivory Coast, due to a breach of discipline. [3]

In July 2009, he signed a four-year contract with Olympique de Marseille, with the transfer fee estimated at €7 million. On 8 August, he participated in his first game for his new club against Grenoble, which Marseille won 2–0.

On 23 April 2011, Marseille won the Coupe de la Ligue for the second consecutive year. Diawara thereby became the player holding the record for most Coupe de la Ligue trophies, having won his first with Sochaux in 2004, his second with Bordeaux and his third and fourth trophies with Marseille.

In September 2015, Diawara announced his retirement from professional football. [4]

Honours

Sochaux

Bordeaux

Marseille

Senegal

Individual

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References

  1. ↑ "JORF n° 0030 du 5 février 1999 - Légifrance". www.legifrance.gouv.fr. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "African Nations Cup 2006".
  3. ↑ "Senegal expel Diawara". BBC Sport. 16 August 2006. Retrieved 9 August 2007.
  4. ↑ "Souleymane Diawara Raccroche". Sofort (in French). 10 September 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2016.
  5. ↑ "BORDEAUX – LYON : LES COMPOS". rmcsport.bfmtv.com. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  6. ↑ "Résultat et résumé Marseille - Paris-SG, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 28 Juillet 2010". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  7. ↑ "Résultat et résumé Lille - Marseille, Trophée des Champions, Trophée des Champions, Mercredi 27 Juillet 2011". lequipe.fr. Retrieved 28 February 2021.
  8. ↑ "African Nations Cup 2006".
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