Djibril Diawara
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 3 January 1975 | ||
Place of birth | Dakar, Senegal | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defender | ||
Youth career | |||
1989–1993 | RCF Paris | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1993–1997 | Le Havre | 58 | (1) |
1997–1998 | Monaco | 24 | (0) |
1998–2002 | Torino | 21 | (0) |
2001–2002 | → Bolton Wanderers (loan) | 9 | (0) |
2002 | Cosenza | 8 | (1) |
Total | 120 | (2) | |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Djibril Diawara (born 3 January 1975 ) is a retired French-Senegalese footballer.
Career[]
He played for Le Havre, Monaco, Torino and Bolton Wanderers during his professional career.
Diawara played in Jean Tigana's talented Monaco side which famously put Manchester United out of the Champions League in 1998 on away goals after a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford.[1]
He went on loan to Bolton in the Premier League in 2001 and made 9 league appearances, getting sent off once against Everton.[2]
Honours[]
Monaco
References[]
- ^ "Monaco and bust for sorry United". The Independent. 19 March 1998. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
- ^ "Last-gasp Bolton thwart Everton". BBC. 2 November 2001. Retrieved 30 December 2014.
External links[]
- Djibril Diawara at Soccerbase
- Player profile - lfp.fr (in French)
Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Senegalese footballers
- French footballers
- Senegalese expatriate footballers
- Premier League players
- Serie A players
- Serie B players
- Ligue 1 players
- Association football defenders
- Bolton Wanderers F.C. players
- Torino F.C. players
- AS Monaco FC players
- Le Havre AC players
- Expatriate footballers in France
- Expatriate footballers in Italy
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in England
- Expatriate footballers in England
- Sportspeople from Dakar
- Senegalese expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Senegalese football biography stubs