Urawa Red Diamonds, colloquially Urawa Reds, also known as Mitsubishi Urawa Football Club from April 1992 to January 1996, is a professional football club in the city of Saitama, part of the Greater Tokyo Area in Japan. The club plays in the J1 League, the top tier of football in the country. Its name comes from the former city of Urawa, now part of Saitama.
Aboubacar Sidiki Koné is a Malian football player who play for MH Nakhon Si City in Thai League 3.
Drissa Diakité is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder and right-back for Championnat National 3 club Lucciana. A former Mali international, he scored one goal in 43 caps for the national team from 2004 to 2015.
Lassana Diarra is a French former professional footballer. His predominant position was as a defensive midfielder but he could also play in a more advanced role and has played at right back, which he occasionally has done for the France national football team. Diarra has, in his club footballing career, featured for Chelsea, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Real Madrid and most recently Paris Saint-Germain before retiring on 21 February 2019. The Frenchman has also played for Russian clubs Anzhi Makhachkala and Lokomotiv Moscow.
Mahamadou Diarra is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He served as captain for the Mali national team.
Paolo "Paul" Vincenzo Trimboli is a former Australian international football (soccer) player. Trimboli is of Italian ancestry and attended Xavier College, where he was a member of the First XI, and was captained by his brother.
Alou Diarra is a French former professional footballer. He was a France international from 2004 until 2012. As of the 2022–23 season, he is the manager of Troyes' under-19 side in the Championnat National U19.
This page indexes the individual year in association football pages. Each year is annotated with one or more significant events as a reference point.
Diarra is a French translation of the clan name Jara used in West Africa, as a hangover from the French colonial empire in that region. It originates from the Bambara language word jara, meaning lion, synonymous with waraba. The Kingdom of Diarra existed from the 7th Century until the 19th Century. The name is also frequently used with reference to the 18th to early 19th-century Bambara Empire in Ségou, Mali, which was ruled successively by Ngolo Diarra, his son Mansong Diarra, and then his son Da Diarra.
Juan Alberto Barbas is a retired Argentine footballer who played as an attacking or defensive midfielder. He played for a number of clubs in Argentina, Spain, Italy, and Switzerland before turning his hand to management in 2009 with Racing Club de Avellaneda.
Dino Sani is a Brazilian former footballer and coach. Sani was an experienced playmaking central midfielder with goalscoring prowess, and a "team player", who was well known for his ball skills, technique, accurate passing, creativity, and close control. Although he was not gifted with notable pace or athleticism, his positioning, keen tactical intelligence, outstanding vision, and his adeptness at long balls, in particular, made him a capable assist provider throughout his career.
In Mali, football is played widely and followed avidly, football is the most popular sport in Mali. Large professional clubs and international competition draw much popular attention, and the sport is played as a pastime.
Souleymane Dembélé is a Malian football player, currently playing for Stade Malien.
During the 2006–07 English football season, Sheffield Wednesday F.C. competed in the Football League Championship.
Artur Manuel Ribeiro Soares Dias is a Portuguese football referee who is a listed international referee for FIFA and UEFA since 2010.
Drissa Traoré is an Ivorian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Championnat National 3 club Chantilly.
Djigui Diarra is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Tanzanian Premier League club Young Africans and the Mali national team. He also represented his country at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup, where they achieved a third-place finish.
Souleymane Diarra is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Boubacar Diarra is a Malian footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Horoya AC.
Drissa Diarra is a Malian footballer who plays as a centre back for AS Bamako and the Mali national team.
