Personal information | |||
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Full name | Amadou Diawara [1] | ||
Date of birth | [1] | 17 July 1997||
Place of birth | Conakry, Guinea | ||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1] | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Anderlecht | ||
Number | 21 | ||
Youth career | |||
2010–2012 | Syli Authentic | ||
2012–2014 | FC Séquence | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2014–2015 | San Marino | 15 | (0) |
2015–2016 | Bologna | 34 | (0) |
2016–2019 | Napoli | 49 | (1) |
2019–2022 | Roma | 44 | (2) |
2022– | Anderlecht | 33 | (1) |
International career‡ | |||
2024 | Guinea Olympic (O.P.) | 3 | (1) |
2018– | Guinea | 43 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 17 December 2023 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 30 July 2024 |
Amadou Diawara (born 17 July 1997) is a Guinean professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and the Guinea national team.
Amadou Diawara was born in Conakry, Guinea. [2] Diawara joined Lega Pro side San Marino in 2014.
While playing for San Marino, Bologna Director of football Pantaleo Corvino spotted his talents and brought him to Bologna in a deal costing the side £420,000 in July 2015. [3] On 22 August 2015, Diawara made his Serie A debut for Bologna, in an away match against Lazio, coming on as an 84th-minute substitute for Lorenzo Crisetig. [4]
On 26 August 2016, Diawara signed for fellow Serie A club Napoli . [5] On 17 October 2017, Diawara scored his first senior goal for Napoli from the penalty spot against Manchester City in the Champions League. [6] On 8 April 2018, he scored his first Serie A goal and second senior goal for Napoli against Chievo Verona.
On 1 July 2019, Diawara signed a deal with Roma until 2024. [7] [8]
On 31 August 2022, Diawara moved to Anderlecht on a three-year contract. [9]
Diawara was born in Guinea, but played football in Italy since 2014, and received Italian citizenship. [10] The Azzurri trainer Giampiero Ventura was trying to recruit him in 2018. [11] However, he pledged his international allegiance to the Guinea national team in March 2018, [12] and he received a call-up to the national team in October 2018. [13] Diawara debuted for Guinea in a 2–0 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualification win over Rwanda on 12 October 2018. [14]
Club | Season | League | Cup | Europe | Other | Total | |||||||
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Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | |||
San Marino | 2014–15 | Lega Pro | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 15 | 0 | |||
Bologna | 2015–16 | Serie A | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 35 | 0 | |||
Napoli | 2016–17 | Serie A | 18 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 1] | 0 | — | 28 | 0 | ||
2017–18 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 [lower-alpha 1] | 1 | — | 27 | 2 | |||
2018–19 | Serie A | 13 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 19 | 0 | |||
Total | 49 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 1 | — | 74 | 2 | ||||
Roma | 2019–20 | Serie A | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 30 | 1 | ||
2020–21 | Serie A | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 [lower-alpha 2] | 0 | — | 28 | 1 | |||
2021–22 | Serie A | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 8 | 0 | |||
Total | 44 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | — | 66 | 2 | ||||
Anderlecht | 2022–23 | Belgian Pro League | 22 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 [lower-alpha 3] | 0 | — | 35 | 1 | ||
2023–24 | Belgian Pro League | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | 12 | 0 | ||||
Total | 33 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 0 | — | 47 | 1 | ||||
Career total | 175 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 237 | 5 |
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Guinea | 2018 | 3 | 0 |
2019 | 7 | 0 | |
2020 | 1 | 0 | |
2021 | 7 | 0 | |
2022 | 10 | 0 | |
2023 | 9 | 0 | |
2024 | 6 | 0 | |
Total | 43 | 0 |
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