Fousseni Diabaté

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Fousseni Diabaté
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Diabaté playing for Leicester City in 2018
Personal information
Full name Fousseni Diabaté[1]
Date of birth (1995-10-18) 18 October 1995 (age 26)[2]
Place of birth Aubervilliers, France
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[3]
Position(s) Midfielder, forward
Club information
Current team
 Giresunspor
(on loan from Trabzonspor)
Number 18
Youth career
2004–2011 Rennes
2011–2014 Reims
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2013–2015 Reims II 11 (1)
2015–2017 Guingamp II 49 (12)
2017–2018 Gazélec Ajaccio 18 (3)
2018–2020 Leicester City 15 (0)
2019 → Sivasspor (loan) 17 (2)
2019–2020 → Amiens (loan) 20 (1)
2020– Trabzonspor 6 (0)
2021 → Göztepe (loan) 18 (3)
2021– → Giresunspor (loan) 14 (5)
National team
2015 Mali U20 5 (0)
2016 Mali U23 3 (0)
Honours
Representing  Mali
FIFA U-20 World Cup
Third place 2015 New Zealand U-20 Team
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 6 December 2021 (UTC)

Fousseni Diabaté (born 18 October 1995) is a professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward for Giresunspor on loan from Trabzonspor. Born in France, Diabaté has played international football for Mali.

Club career[]

Diabaté was born in Aubervilliers, Seine-Saint-Denis.[1] He was at the youth academy at Stade Rennais for seven years before being kicked out, and thereafter joined Stade de Reims.[4] He played for the reserves of En Avant de Guingamp before joining Gazélec Ajaccio on 20 June 2017.[5] He made his professional debut with Gazélec Ajaccio in a 1–1 Ligue 2 tie with Valenciennes FC on 28 July 2017, assisting his side's only goal.[6]

On 13 January 2018, Diabaté moved to Leicester City for an undisclosed fee.[7] Two weeks later, he made his debut for Leicester City in the FA Cup fourth round match against Peterborough United and scored twice in a 5–1 win.[8]

He joined Sivasspor on loan in January 2019.[9]

On 25 September 2020, Diabaté joined Trabzonspor on a permanent deal.[10]

International career[]

Diabaté made one appearance for the Mali U20s at the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in a 2–0 loss to the Serbia U20s,[11] as well as 5 games at the 2015 African U-20 Championship.[12][13][14][15] He also appeared for the Mali U23s at the 2016 Toulon Tournament.[16]

Career statistics[]

As of 12 May 2019[17]
Appearances and goals by club, season and competition
Club Season League National Cup League Cup Other Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Stade Reims II 2013–14[18] CFA 2 11 1 — — — 11 1
Guingamp II 2015–16[19] CFA 2 23 4 — — — 23 4
2016–17[20] CFA 2 26 8 — — — 26 8
Total 49 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 49 12
Guingamp 2016–17 Ligue 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 — 2 0
Gazélec Ajaccio 2017–18[21] Ligue 2 18 3 1 2 2 0 — 21 5
Leicester City 2017–18[21] Premier League 14 0 2 2 0 0 — 16 2
2018–19[21] Premier League 1 0 0 0 2 0 — 3 0
Total 15 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 19 2
Sivasspor (loan) 2018–19 Süper Lig 17 2 0 0 — — 17 2
Career total 110 18 4 4 5 0 0 0 119 22

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Fousseni Diabate". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Fousseni Diabaté: Overview". Premier League. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Fousseni Diabaté". Leicester City F.C. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Fousseni Diabaté, à charge de revanche".
  5. ^ "L2 – Diabate Fousseni rejoint le GFCA – Gazélec Ajaccio". 20 June 2017.
  6. ^ "LFP.fr – Ligue de Football Professionnel – Domino's Ligue 2 – Saison 2017/2018 – 1ère journée – Valenciennes FC / Gazélec FC Ajaccio". www.lfp.fr.
  7. ^ "Leicester City: Fousseni Diabate joins Foxes from Gazelec Ajaccio". BBC Sport. 13 January 2018. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
  8. ^ Law, James (27 January 2018). "Peterborough United 1–5 Leicester City". BBC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
  9. ^ "Leicester's Diabate joins Sivasspor on loan". BBC Sport.
  10. ^ "Fousseni Diabaté Joins Trabzonspor On Permanent Deal". Leicester City F.C. 25 September 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  11. ^ FIFA.com. "FIFA U-20 World Cup New Zealand 2015 - Matches - Serbia-Mali - FIFA.com". FIFA.com. Archived from the original on 28 May 2015.
  12. ^ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  13. ^ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  14. ^ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  15. ^ Football, CAF – Confederation of African. "CAF – Competitions – 19th Edition of the African Under 20 Championship – Match Details". www.cafonline.com.
  16. ^ "Officiel : La liste des joueurs retenus pour le Tournoi de Toulon ! – Malifootball". 19 May 2016.
  17. ^ "F. Diabaté". soccerway. Perform Group. Retrieved 17 January 2017.
  18. ^ "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2013/2014". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  19. ^ "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2015/2016". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  20. ^ "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2016/2017". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  21. ^ a b c "Games played by Fousseni Diabaté in 2017/2018". Soccerbase. Centurycomm. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

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