Yan Diomande

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Yan Diomande
Personal information
Date of birth (2006-11-14) 14 November 2006 (age 19)
Place of birth Abidjan, Ivory Coast [1]
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) [1]
Position Winger
Team information
Current team
 RB Leipzig
Number 49
Youth career
Yulee Hornets
2022–2024 DME Academy
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
2023–2024 AS Frenzi
2025 Leganés B 3 (0)
2025 Leganés 10 (2)
2025– RB Leipzig 14 (6)
International career‡
2022 Ivory Coast U17 1 (1)
2025– Ivory Coast U23 1 (0)
2025– Ivory Coast 7 (2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 23:33, 12 December 2025 (UTC)
‡ National team caps and goals as of 23:11, 31 December 2025 (UTC)

Yan Diomande (born 14 November 2006) is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Bundesliga club RB Leipzig and the Ivory Coast national team.

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Club career

Early career

Born in Abidjan, Diomande moved to the United States at a young age and joined DME Academy in 2022, after playing for Boys High School Soccer for Yulee Hornets. [2] At the side, he was named 2023 STARI Player of the Year [3] and also helped their affiliate team AS Frenzi to win the 2023 United Premier Soccer League Premier Division. [4]

In October 2023, Diomande went on a trial at Scottish side Rangers, [5] but ended up not signing a contract and returned to DME.

Leganés

On 27 November 2024, Diomande agreed to a deal with Spanish La Liga side CD Leganés, [6] [7] officially joining the club in January. [8] Initially a member of the reserves in Tercera Federación, he made his first team – and top tier – debut on 29 March, coming on as a late substitute for Juan Cruz in a 3–2 away loss to Real Madrid. [9]

Diomande scored his first professional goal on 11 May 2025, netting his side's second in a 3–2 home win over RCD Espanyol. [10]

RB Leipzig

On 16 July 2025, Diomande signed a five-year contract with Bundesliga side RB Leipzig, [11] after the club paid his €20 million release clause. [12] A month later, on 16 August, he netted his first goal for the club in a 4–2 away win over SV Sandhausen in the DFB-Pokal. [13] On 25 October, he scored his first Bundesliga goal in a 6–0 away win over Augsburg. [14] Later that year, on 6 December, he netted a hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Eintracht Frankfurt, becoming the second youngest player to achieve this feat behind only Walter Bechtold in 1965. [15] [16]

International career

On 27 May 2025, Diomande was called up to the Ivory Coast U23s for a friendly. [17]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 12 December 2025
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
ClubSeasonLeagueNational cupEuropeOtherTotal
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Leganés B 2024–25 Tercera Federación 30———30
Leganés 2024–25 La Liga 102———102
RB Leipzig 2025–26 Bundesliga 14621——167
Career total278210000299

    International

    As of match played 31 December 2025
    Appearances and goals by national team and year
    National teamYearAppsGoals
    Ivory Coast 202572
    Total72
    Scores and results list Ivory Coast's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Diomande goal.
    List of international goals scored by Yan Diomande
    No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
    1.10 October 2025 Côte d'Or National Sports Complex, Saint Pierre, MauritiusFlag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles 5–07–0 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification
    2.14 October 2025 Alassane Ouattara Stadium, Abidjan, Ivory CoastFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 2–03–02026 FIFA World Cup qualification

    References

    1. 1 2 "Diomande, Yan". DME Sports. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    2. ↑ "DME's Yan Diomande Named to '23 Male Players That Dominated 2023′". DME Academy. 27 December 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    3. ↑ "Yan Diomande Named STARI Player of the Year". DME Academy. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    4. ↑ "ICYMI: Diomande Leads AS Frenzi to 2023 UPSL Title". DME Academy. 16 August 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    5. ↑ "Rangers news as Ivory Coast sensation Yan Diomande arrives on trial". Ibrox News. 8 October 2023. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    6. ↑ "El C.D. Leganés incorpora al atacante costamarfileño Yan Diomande, de 18 años de edad" [C.D. Leganés sign the Ivorian forward Yan Diomande, aged 18] (in Spanish). CD Leganés. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    7. ↑ "Yan Diomande Former DME Star Makes it To The Pro's". DME Academy. 17 December 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    8. ↑ "Former UPSL National Finals MVP Yan Diomande Has Joined La Liga side CD Leganes". United Premier Soccer League. 15 January 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    9. ↑ "Mbappé salva un mal día" [Mbappé saves a bad day] (in Spanish). Diario AS. 29 March 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
    10. ↑ "Leganés 3–2 Espanyol". ESPN. 11 May 2025.
    11. ↑ "RB Leipzig sign highly rated winger Yan Diomande from LaLiga". RB Leipzig. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
    12. ↑ "Yan Diomande transferred to RB Leipzig". CD Leganés. 16 July 2025. Retrieved 16 July 2025.
    13. ↑ "RBL erkämpft sich Pokalerfolg beim SV Sandhausen" (in German). RB Leipzig. 16 August 2025.
    14. ↑ "An (almost) perfect day for RBL". RB Leipzig. 26 October 2025.
    15. ↑ "Yan Diomande hat-trick powers RB Leipzig to 6-0 victory over Eintracht Frankfurt". Bundesliga. 6 December 2025.
    16. ↑ "Leipzig dismantle Frankfurt 6-0 with Diomande hat-trick". Reuters. 6 December 2025.
    17. ↑ SARL, NAS (24 May 2025). "Amical U23 : Issa Fofana, Abakar Sylla, Malick Yalcouyé, Richard Koné, … la liste des Eléphanteaux face à la Hollande". Mondialsport.ci.
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